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Looks great. I don't trust myself to attempt something like this but wanted to ask how many feet did you order to complete the car? Also how much for the roll? I tried looking up Hexis for pricing and am having a hard time. Where did you make your purchase? I might have my local tint shop do this for me. looking forward to seeing your finished work!
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Looks great. I don't trust myself to attempt something like this but wanted to ask how many feet did you order to complete the car? Also how much for the roll? I tried looking up Hexis for pricing and am having a hard time. Where did you make your purchase? I might have my local tint shop do this for me. looking forward to seeing your finished work!
seriously, if i attempted this, it would look like a bad window tint with bubbles all through it...
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Originally Posted by mickeyboi
Looks great. I don't trust myself to attempt something like this but wanted to ask how many feet did you order to complete the car?
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good job on the wrap!
i tried to use the hexis CF wrap on my daughter's powerwheel.. getting it around complex bends is kinda hard... even with a heat gun.. maybe i'm doing it wrong...
how are you gonna do the front bumper near the vents where it has to come in around a 90 degree bend? (i.e. near the front vent).. pull and stretch?
i tried to use the hexis CF wrap on my daughter's powerwheel.. getting it around complex bends is kinda hard... even with a heat gun.. maybe i'm doing it wrong...
how are you gonna do the front bumper near the vents where it has to come in around a 90 degree bend? (i.e. near the front vent).. pull and stretch?
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Thanks for the encouragement gents and lady.
good job on the wrap!
i tried to use the hexis CF wrap on my daughter's powerwheel.. getting it around complex bends is kinda hard... even with a heat gun.. maybe i'm doing it wrong...
how are you gonna do the front bumper near the vents where it has to come in around a 90 degree bend? (i.e. near the front vent).. pull and stretch?
i tried to use the hexis CF wrap on my daughter's powerwheel.. getting it around complex bends is kinda hard... even with a heat gun.. maybe i'm doing it wrong...
how are you gonna do the front bumper near the vents where it has to come in around a 90 degree bend? (i.e. near the front vent).. pull and stretch?
@ Chebosto: This video really helped me to understand how to "chase the wrinkles" with the heat gun.
I try not to use the heat gun as much as possible. The less you heat it the less it warps, keep it at least a foot away and gentle heat no more than 500F. With complex curves you want to cover the entire thing with the vinyl then heat the areas that do not make contact. Watching youtube vids helped me the most in learning how to wrap. Look up cookie's 3m vinyl wrap. He's got a ton of videos and suggestions.
With the bumper I intend on overlapping certain areas of the vents and leaving some areas exposed. With other colors, you would need black or carbon vinyl to hide and overlap the vents on the bumper. You can't treat this stuff like paint, have to be tricky in hiding certain areas.
Last edited by mr. sparco; 01-04-2013 at 03:02 PM.