vinyl stripes bubbling up

[Sam The Plumber]

Does anyone who has vinyl stripes over the mail slot have problems with the corners,of the mail slot, bubbling up? in each corner i have a large bubble.

[Witwicky]

What was the question?

[Jose]

Are they the factory ones? If that's the case, then WARRANTY with them.

[Sam The Plumber]

they are aftermarket. i had them done by a reputable place. they tried to fix them but they continue to bubble in that area. i was just wondering if anyone knew why they continue to bubble in that area

[IAINIDIRIEIWI]

Pictures? I might be able to help, I had the same issue with the stripes I installed myself.

[MARINE1991]

[suplex]

What you should really do is stripes on the hood only, not going over to the front bumper. The less bends the stripes have to make...the better.

Either that or get them painted on.

[Russell James]

The only thing you can do is pop the bubble with a pin and try to press it down. Sometimes that works. If it doesn't, the install shop should be stepping up to a redo.

[f5journal]

My installer refused to do the heat gun thing necessary to install without cuts in that area. He said it would eventually bubble up. So, if you look closely there are cuts with pie shaped filler pieces in mine. It doesn't bother me

[Xello]

If the place that installed them is reputable then they should keep trying to fix them until they get it right.

[heRS]

Meybe there's something on the surface of the decal or paint that is preventing it from sticking - poor prep work? Might be they need to pull those decals off, prep it right and put new ones on for you.

[thebighar]

Probably wasn't clean when they installed them. Nothing is going to stay down now. They would probably have to be replaced I would think.

[Caspers2SSRS]

Yes...and its a common issue. Caspers Mail slot insert area is covered with the carbon fiber film....looks great. But heat lends a hand and it seems to shrink in the last 1" or so of the corners, and appears to lift as though its too tight. Though the actual edges of the corners are tight. "Surface retention" in the curved area of those corners is poor, no matter the film or amount of skill applied. Plenty of prep work before the install too............I have replaced the film twice "self installed" and the same results occur in a matter of a few weeks. These products simply do not have enough give 'expansion" in them for curved inside corner applications. These areas are subjected to a sort of tug or war, when-ever temps vary between the material and the surfaces they are applied to. These areas warm and cool, the materials and surface doing so at different rates..and thus the failure. Its only noticable only on close inspection.......This is problematic in the same fashion as window tint applied to curved glass is, especially rear windows. The heat destroys the adhesives, ie advancing the problematic results. Its easy to imagine how the heat sources ( Radiator, Engine, the Sun ) are affecting the materials and there longevity applied in the mail slot area.

[Sam The Plumber]

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