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rico428 · 01-30-2013, 10:03 PM

guess you're right, we got in and pulled it out to look at it and aside from being a little dirty looking up near the closest part to the opening, there isnt really much to tell. we did clean it off before putting it back in and it feels slightly better but still not 100%. gonna check grab a new one and hopefully it solves the problem. anything else i should do while im at it? oil change or anything? obviously the dealer told me every 15k but id say its somewhere around 8.

byoung8 · 01-30-2013, 11:36 PM

Just got my black CF vinyl to wrap my wood burl!

I hope I make it look ssssswwweeeeeeettt!!!

JasonDCarton · 01-31-2013, 12:29 AM

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Originally Posted by byoung8

Just got my black CF vinyl to wrap my wood burl!

I hope I make it look ssssswwweeeeeeettt!!!

Will you have any extra, I want to do the exact same setup with black cf

Murse · 01-31-2013, 12:32 AM

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Originally Posted by byoung8

Just got my black CF vinyl to wrap my wood burl!

I hope I make it look ssssswwweeeeeeettt!!!

I have the same wood and want to do a black CF wrap.

byoung8 · 01-31-2013, 01:40 AM

I ordered a lot and will probably have enough for another go around bit it's tough getting around the curves and making the corners look good. I've just done the small driver side vent and rear door trim and it's not 95% perfect....I've always turned in B work.

JasonDCarton · 01-31-2013, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by byoung8

I ordered a lot and will probably have enough for another go around bit it's tough getting around the curves and making the corners look good. I've just done the small driver side vent and rear door trim and it's not 95% perfect....I've always turned in B work.

Let me know if you will sell me your remaining pieces

rico428 · 01-31-2013, 09:57 PM

Anyone know a good junkyard to check out in SD?

byoung8 · 01-31-2013, 11:38 PM

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Originally Posted by JasonDCarton

Let me know if you will sell me your remaining pieces

I will sell them to you. Once I am done, I'll measure it out. Looks like I probably didnt even use half of what I ordered. I initially order 5' x 5'. It's a little tough pulling the pieces off not wanting to snap them in half and then wrapping around corners and curves. I'd say mine's about 85% perfect. About to do the main center console piece tonight.

JasonDCarton · 02-01-2013, 12:51 AM

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Originally Posted by byoung8

I will sell them to you. Once I am done, I'll measure it out. Looks like I probably didnt even use half of what I ordered. I initially order 5' x 5'. It's a little tough pulling the pieces off not wanting to snap them in half and then wrapping around corners and curves. I'd say mine's about 85% perfect. About to do the main center console piece tonight.

Thank you and Goodluck on the rest of the wrapping, is the vinyl good quality I heard there's different brands some stronger then others? Also I'm in Tucson right now for school but will be home in march and will most defiantly buy it. If that's too long though I understand, just a problem that I'm at school :/ if its a problem I could maybe have a friend back home pick it up

byoung8 · 02-01-2013, 01:42 AM

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Thank you and Goodluck on the rest of the wrapping, is the vinyl good quality I heard there's different brands some stronger then others? Also I'm in Tucson right now for school but will be home in march and will most defiantly buy it. If that's too long though I understand, just a problem that I'm at school :/ if its a problem I could maybe have a friend back home pick it up

I just finished and overall grade would be a B-. The center console was looking good until I snapped it back into the car and put the shifter back in. Edges started to come up. I did not use any glue, maybe that would've made a stronger bond after it dries. Anyways, just looking at the interior though is awesome for my DIY. Cool thing is that I can just peel it all off. Total time it took me would be about 3-4 hours. If I wasn't interrupted and could get the pieces off the car quicker, then I think it can be done close to 3 hours.

Spring break isn't too far away. If someone else locally wants to buy it off me before that then it's all fair game. I have 2023 square inches left from my 3600 square inches I bought. There's definitely enough to do a complete trim wrap with the weave going in the same direction. As for toughness, it wasn't thin. I'd say it was pretty good stuff but the snug areas made it a little messy in the end.

I'll take a picture with some real daylight.

Next I'm waiting for my matte black wrap to do my mirror caps!!

byoung8 · 02-03-2013, 12:10 AM

Here's my finished product. Overall after everything was reinstalled I give my work a low B. This stuff would be hard for a perfectionist. Thankfully I am not, but it looks good to the untrained eye.

JasonDCarton · 02-03-2013, 12:59 AM

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Originally Posted by byoung8

Here's my finished product. Overall after everything was reinstalled I give my work a low B. This stuff would be hard for a perfectionist. Thankfully I am not, but it looks good to the untrained eye.

Looks great in the pictures

Murse · 02-03-2013, 01:25 PM

Did you use a heat gun of any sort to help with conforming it to the edges and rounding of corners?

supahdave · 02-03-2013, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Murse

Did you use a heat gun of any sort to help with conforming it to the edges and rounding of corners?

It definately helps with the adhesive and working the corners and tight areas. I bought my heat gun for 15 bucks at harbor freight.

Murse · 02-03-2013, 03:59 PM

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It definately helps with the adhesive and working the corners and tight areas. I bought my heat gun for 15 bucks at harbor freight.

That is what I was thinking. I was going to buy myself a heat gun and sheet of this vinyl in the next month and get to work. I also plan on buying some "smoke" vinyl and doing tail lights, side markers and possibly the headlights.

JasonDCarton · 02-03-2013, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Murse

That is what I was thinking. I was going to buy myself a heat gun and sheet of this vinyl in the next month and get to work. I also plan on buying some "smoke" vinyl and doing tail lights, side markers and possibly the headlights.

Murse let me know what smoke vinyl you end up choosing, until I get blacklines I really wanna smoke mine just a little so the red doesn't look so bright. You can see in my sig how my lights just don't really work out well. I wanna do that and wrap my trim over my spring break.

byoung8 · 02-03-2013, 05:33 PM

I did not use a gun. I pretty much had all the pieces wrapped good until reinstalling and vinyl got pushed up. I should've used a gun around the spots where the pull was too tight and had a chance of tearing.

I used a blow dryer when I put the smoke film on my taillights.

Kasé Zomé · 02-03-2013, 08:57 PM

We're doing another meet this Tuesday, 02/05 @ 7pm.

Same place as last month.

SDe92nIT · 02-04-2013, 12:33 AM

Finally got the M3 rep front with cf lip, M3 sides, and Mtech rear installed. Plan on getting gloss black grilles, 10mm spacers/front, and 15mm spacers/rear this week. Let me know what you think!

sdalpha · 02-04-2013, 12:57 AM

It's been a while since I've logged into the forums; been really busy with work lately. Anyway, I decided to take some photos before watching the Superbowl today.

More photos here: http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=799730

deluxe 247 · 02-04-2013, 01:49 AM

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Originally Posted by SDe92nIT

Finally got the M3 rep front with cf lip, M3 sides, and Mtech rear installed. Plan on getting gloss black grilles, 10mm spacers/front, and 15mm spacers/rear this week. Let me know what you think!

nice!

If you plan on selling any of that let me know

SDe92nIT · 02-04-2013, 01:55 AM

Thanks Deluxe! I also put V2's on so my H&R race springs are up for grabs if anyone in SD needs a set

01-30-2013, 11:36 PM	#618
byoung8 Legendary Drives: 2007 335i E90 TiAg Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: San Deigo Posts: 219 iTrader: (0)	Just got my black CF vinyl to wrap my wood burl! I hope I make it look ssssswwweeeeeeettt!!! __________________ '07 335i E90 Titanium Silver

01-31-2013, 01:40 AM	#621
byoung8 Legendary Drives: 2007 335i E90 TiAg Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: San Deigo Posts: 219 iTrader: (0)	I ordered a lot and will probably have enough for another go around bit it's tough getting around the curves and making the corners look good. I've just done the small driver side vent and rear door trim and it's not 95% perfect....I've always turned in B work. __________________ '07 335i E90 Titanium Silver

02-03-2013, 12:10 AM	#627
byoung8 Legendary Drives: 2007 335i E90 TiAg Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: San Deigo Posts: 219 iTrader: (0)	Here's my finished product. Overall after everything was reinstalled I give my work a low B. This stuff would be hard for a perfectionist. Thankfully I am not, but it looks good to the untrained eye. __________________ '07 335i E90 Titanium Silver

02-03-2013, 05:33 PM	#633
byoung8 Legendary Drives: 2007 335i E90 TiAg Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: San Deigo Posts: 219 iTrader: (0)	I did not use a gun. I pretty much had all the pieces wrapped good until reinstalling and vinyl got pushed up. I should've used a gun around the spots where the pull was too tight and had a chance of tearing. I used a blow dryer when I put the smoke film on my taillights. __________________ '07 335i E90 Titanium Silver

02-03-2013, 08:57 PM	#634
Kasé Zomé Captain Drives: faster than my demons can fly Join Date: May 2011 Location: SoCal Posts: 735 iTrader: (1) Garage List 2011 E90 M3 [4.93]	We're doing another meet this Tuesday, 02/05 @ 7pm. Same place as last month. __________________ 2011 M3/4/6 ZCP Slick Top / Euro MDM / OEM v1 Exhaust Mod / AA Green Filter / Red Volk TE37 SL 18x10.5 et20 square / Dunlop Direzza II 275/35 / OEM Carbon Splitters / F10 M5 Shift Knob Last edited by Kasé Zomé; 02-04-2013 at 03:24 AM.

01-30-2013, 10:03 PM	#617
rico428 Registered Drives: 06 330i White Sedan Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 0 iTrader: (0)	guess you're right, we got in and pulled it out to look at it and aside from being a little dirty looking up near the closest part to the opening, there isnt really much to tell. we did clean it off before putting it back in and it feels slightly better but still not 100%. gonna check grab a new one and hopefully it solves the problem. anything else i should do while im at it? oil change or anything? obviously the dealer told me every 15k but id say its somewhere around 8.

01-31-2013, 09:57 PM	#623
rico428 Registered Drives: 06 330i White Sedan Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 0 iTrader: (0)	Anyone know a good junkyard to check out in SD?

02-03-2013, 01:25 PM	#629
Murse Enlisted Member Drives: 2010 335i E90 Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Kingman, AZ Posts: 33 iTrader: (2)	Did you use a heat gun of any sort to help with conforming it to the edges and rounding of corners?

02-04-2013, 12:33 AM	#635
SDe92nIT Private First Class Drives: 07 335i coupe Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: San Diego Posts: 149 iTrader: (1) Garage List 2007 335i [0.00] 2007 335i [0.00]	Finally got the M3 rep front with cf lip, M3 sides, and Mtech rear installed. Plan on getting gloss black grilles, 10mm spacers/front, and 15mm spacers/rear this week. Let me know what you think!

02-04-2013, 12:57 AM	#636
sdalpha Private First Class Drives: ///MR e92 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: San Diego Posts: 110 iTrader: (0)	It's been a while since I've logged into the forums; been really busy with work lately. Anyway, I decided to take some photos before watching the Superbowl today. More photos here: http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=799730 __________________ - Mark Last edited by sdalpha; 02-04-2013 at 10:41 PM.

02-04-2013, 01:55 AM	#638
SDe92nIT Private First Class Drives: 07 335i coupe Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: San Diego Posts: 149 iTrader: (1) Garage List 2007 335i [0.00] 2007 335i [0.00]	Thanks Deluxe! I also put V2's on so my H&R race springs are up for grabs if anyone in SD needs a set

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