Ever wrapped this?

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ridirkulouspoke

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Hey all,

Wondering if anyone has wrapped the outer door panels in vinyl?

If not, is it possible and will it hold up in the long run?

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Sick of seeing the peeling, scratches, and sun spots/heat rash on an otherwise beautiful ride!

I also want to do my grille and the Infiniti rear hatch cover if possible. Kinda wanna try out the Gotham look.

Let me know if it's possible and if someone could point me to a DIY, I would really appreciate it!
 

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You can totally wrap it. Just make sure the surface is smooth and oil/wax free.
I've done those on my dad's car, don't think there is a DIY but it's very straight forward.
Cut the pieces of vinyl exact the same lengths as the pillars leaving 1/2 of slack to wrap around under the window rubber sill and around the edge of the door. Roll down the window to be able to get vinyl under the rubber and you're done. Same for the triangular piece. Apply primer to improve adhesion and forming of the vinyl to the grooves.
 
Those surfaces are flat and easy to wrap. I've wrapped the upper and lower because of fading, haven't done the middles yet since they're still good.
 
I wrapped my wife's BMW pillars in black gloss, looks great. I would suggest getting good 3m wrap and use a felt covered squeegee to lay it down if you use the glossy stuff. If not when you heat it and rub it down it. I could leave marks, good luck!
 
Mine is perfect on the driver's side, but the quarter panel window on passenger side, faded as hell, almost as if someone stripped the paint off of it, still need to paint it before I put the visors on :)

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If you remove the top trim, you will see how it comes wrapped from the factory, I still have my trim off, will take pix when my better half returns my FX. I'm dealing with our Mercedes now, piece of German würstel, lol
 
I plastidipped mine but still think wrap would be better.
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That looks really good, iMotion. I'm gonna wrap them tomorrow afternoon. Will report back with results. Should be pretty straight forward.


Thanks for the input everyone.
 
I personally haven't tried it, but it looks decent. And at 36 bucks, if it doesn't work out, you're not out of a whole lot of money. To play it safe, you may want to check the quality of the adhesive and possibly add some more (3M brand) to reinforce the hold.
 
Don't buy pre-cut, it's never worth it. They typically make them with paper/poster templates and then scan those dimensions and cut using a plotter. Problem is that they don't take into account tucking the edges in, or the curvature of the piece you're wrapping. I used to make similar pre-cut pieces like this and I'll admit it's never perfect.

At $36, you're much better off buying the material and trimming it yourself using a razor, then tucking the edges properly. You could buy enough material at that price to do the job about 3 times so you'd have plenty of room for error.
 
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