Window trim wrapped with vinyl

moonsin · 09-16-2012, 02:36 PM

Little weekend project. wrapped vinyl on my friend's e39 window trim gloss black while back. Kinda liked how it looked so i decided to rip off plastidip and wrap it gloss black.

E39 before

E39 After

Ripping off the plastidip on my e92

Wrapping process

Plastidip (bottom), glossy vinyl (top) and chrome all in one shot

used the leftover vinyl to cover the reflector

E90Company · 09-16-2012, 02:45 PM

Nice

Rmk392 · 09-16-2012, 02:45 PM

Looks good. Wanna wrap my trim

Wolf 335 · 09-16-2012, 02:49 PM

were you not able to bent the vinyl around that bend?

moonsin · 09-16-2012, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Wolf 335

were you not able to bent the vinyl around that bend?

i was able to do it on the driver's side. but as you can see in the picture, i failed at it on the passenger side. so i did it in two pieces

Wolf 335 · 09-16-2012, 02:55 PM

ok good. so its possible.

Im assuming you had to heat it up around the bend?

moonsin · 09-16-2012, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Wolf 335

ok good. so its possible.

Im assuming you had to heat it up around the bend?

yupp heat n stretch

cmyk · 09-16-2012, 04:56 PM

Looks good!

I could never get vinyl to work on my trim. I wasted way too much time trying to wrap it and when I was done it looked like a 5 year old did it, so I just had my trim replaced with OEM shadowline lol. Yours looks great though!

cmyk · 09-16-2012, 04:56 PM

Forum is acting up and my reply posted twice sorry

N55 · 09-16-2012, 05:00 PM

Nice and clean job!

moonsin · 09-16-2012, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by N55

Nice and clean job!

Quote:

Originally Posted by cmyk

Looks good!

I could never get vinyl to work on my trim. I wasted way too much time trying to wrap it and when I was done it looked like a 5 year old did it, so I just had my trim replaced with OEM shadowline lol. Yours looks great though!

Thank you!

VTECaddict · 09-16-2012, 05:29 PM

Gonna try to attempt this soon. Noob question...how do you trim the vinyl without damaging the paint or cutting into plastic? Just be super careful with a sharp knife?

moonsin · 09-16-2012, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by VTECaddict

Gonna try to attempt this soon. Noob question...how do you trim the vinyl without damaging the paint or cutting into plastic? Just be super careful with a sharp knife?

Just a sharp knife and lots of patience (it gets frustrating)

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moonsin First Lieutenant 19 Rep 341 Posts Drives: 08 E92 328xi Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: NJ iTrader: (1)	Window trim wrapped with vinyl Little weekend project. wrapped vinyl on my friend's e39 window trim gloss black while back. Kinda liked how it looked so i decided to rip off plastidip and wrap it gloss black. E39 before E39 After Ripping off the plastidip on my e92 Wrapping process Plastidip (bottom), glossy vinyl (top) and chrome all in one shot used the leftover vinyl to cover the reflector __________________ '08 BSM//SB PROGRESSION THREAD Bilstein/Eibach Pro-Kit, ACS Style Roof Spoiler, trunk lip spoiler,Aero lip, blackout grill/reflector, 19" ST8, Lightwerkz Custom Headlights, Muffler Delete, coded etc etc
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Wolf 335 Brigadier General 2341 Rep 3,537 Posts Drives: 2007 E92 335i Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: GTA - Greater Toronto Area iTrader: (0)	ok good. so its possible. Im assuming you had to heat it up around the bend?
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