Interior/Exterior Good times with 3M carbon vinyl - PICS
#152
04-11-2013, 02:01 PM
#154
04-11-2013, 09:14 PM
Good luck Rob, and let me know if you have any other questions.
#155
05-05-2013, 03:36 PM
4th Gear
Well, today i figured out im better at making bread than wrapping parts... i effed up twice on mirror caps as i got it 90% done then it bunches up at the end... i got frustrated... heated too much and it tore. I cant for the life of me get the mirrors right. I even tried the back straps on my clubman at the back doors. Basically one curve. I screwed that up too. Got most of the way there and tried to fix bubbles. Ugh.
MY bread is good though.
MY bread is good though.
#156
05-11-2013, 08:11 PM
Well, today i figured out im better at making bread than wrapping parts... i effed up twice on mirror caps as i got it 90% done then it bunches up at the end... i got frustrated... heated too much and it tore. I cant for the life of me get the mirrors right. I even tried the back straps on my clubman at the back doors. Basically one curve. I screwed that up too. Got most of the way there and tried to fix bubbles. Ugh.
MY bread is good though.
MY bread is good though.
I tried my mirror caps to and ended up with a "bunch" of crap. I once saw a video of it being done. Involved 4 people - 1 to hold the mirror cap (fist inside the cap facing up), 2 others holding the sheet of vinyl above it, and a 3rd applying light heat. On the count of 3 the two with the vinyl pulled the sheet hard and fast over the cap. They had to do a lot of stretching to avoid the bunch up.
#157
08-12-2013, 12:46 AM
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#158
08-12-2013, 09:39 AM
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#159
08-12-2013, 05:19 PM
Love 'em! I had them on my Tacoma for 4+ years and had to have them on my MINI. I wasn't a big fan of the leather/leatherette in the MINIs, and besides that I like the waterproof quality since I can jump in after the beach and mountain biking. Easy to clean and super comfortable. Mine also have heat and lumbar support.
#160
08-31-2013, 05:22 AM
#161
08-31-2013, 06:52 AM
Wrapped them on the car. It was a challenge and would've been easier if I had removed them, but I wasn't willing to go through that hassle at the time.
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#164
02-16-2014, 10:05 PM
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02-16-2014, 10:21 PM
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#166
03-01-2014, 01:45 PM
I wanna~
I was feeling adventurous today and decided to wrap the steering wheel inserts. Mostly successful, not sure how long it will last around the MFST buttons though. Easy to do just mind the airbag, wires etc..disconnect neg battery terminal! I also took apart the controls to wrap them better around the buttons, I did not take out the big round dials though. They seemed to be a bit more permanent, didn't want to test its durability
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speaking of late to the party, sorry to bring up an old reply, but how did you guys take off the plastic mounting gear off the crossbars? I'm trying to vinyl my crossbars but don't know how to take off the plastics and hardware....
I'm late to my own party! 
MrT offered some good suggestions. In the picture you can see that I removed the cross bars and wrapped them each in a single piece. Before I peeled the backing I folded the vinyl in half to create a center line. I also drew a pencil line down the center of the bottom of the cross bars. When I peeled the backing off I was still able to see the crease, then I carefully laid the cross bars on the vinyl, making sure that both pencil lines were lined up with the crease. From there I flipped the cross bar over and began smoothing everything toward the top channel. I had excess on the sides and in the channel that I trimmed at the end. To wrap the vinyl into the channel I used a "L" shaped feeler guage to get a tight fit.
Good luck. Vinyl is all about practice and patience.
MrT offered some good suggestions. In the picture you can see that I removed the cross bars and wrapped them each in a single piece. Before I peeled the backing I folded the vinyl in half to create a center line. I also drew a pencil line down the center of the bottom of the cross bars. When I peeled the backing off I was still able to see the crease, then I carefully laid the cross bars on the vinyl, making sure that both pencil lines were lined up with the crease. From there I flipped the cross bar over and began smoothing everything toward the top channel. I had excess on the sides and in the channel that I trimmed at the end. To wrap the vinyl into the channel I used a "L" shaped feeler guage to get a tight fit.
Good luck. Vinyl is all about practice and patience.
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