so jealous at your skill.. saving some bucks by DIYing..hah

 

Looking good! Great progress pics!

 

Thanks, just a couple of bucks, paid 300 for the vinyl.

Thanks, did you know Steve T? He used to work for you guys. Buddy of mine from college.

 

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...

 

It's coming along nicely!

 

Where'd you buy your vinyl man?

 

They recommended 5x40ft but I got 5x45 and it was just enough. I have to redo the driver's side door as that was my first panel and am not satisfied wit the outcome. I would get 5x50 or 5x60 to be safe.

It's not as bad as you think, the backing of the vinyl has crisscross lines to channel all the bubbles out.

Seller Autovinylsolutions on eBay. They are having a sale right now.

 

nice! subscribed.. i hope you show up to the meet this saturday.. finished or not.

 

Side skirt came out really nice, hard to tell it's wrapped.

 

Of all of the wrap material I've seen, this hexis wrap looks the nicest. And it's priced right too. If I ever dedcide to do something like this ill go that route for sure. Looks perfect!

 

i love this stuff! looking good!

I'm Andrew at JGY

 

You're doing great Sparco, keep it up!

 

Looks good man! Keep it up!!!

 

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?

 

Looks really good! Can't wait to see end results!

 

Thanks for the encouragement gents and lady.


@ 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.

 

Looking great so far!

 

Looking good John, you're making alot of progress!

 

Got a little crazy with a Sharpie, most likely not going to do this, fortunately it's just in a small section.