Finished Wrapping my Car

[imaSSnake]

Originally Posted by TwentyTen2SSRS

What's the trick?


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The wrap

[Rlrawalt]

Originally Posted by Talladega

Do you plan on doing anything to the front emblem? I noticed you did the rear one in purple.

I just realized you took those pictures at the Wal-Mart off 136th and I-25. I recognize the yellow and brown things in the parking lot and the Wells Fargo in the background.

Sorry everyone, I forgot to check back after I posted. I will get the other pictures up tonight.

Yes I did take the pictures at the walmart! I haven't decided if I am going to keep the calipers green of not. My camaro was black with lime green stripes and I have been debating if I like the green myself. But it'll stay that way for now.

I do plan on doing the front bowtie like the back, just haven't gotten around to it yet. It is harder to get off than the back one.

Thanks everyone for the comments!!

[Rlrawalt]

Originally Posted by BlackKnightLT

Where'd you get the vinyls on the passenger headlight?

Looks pretty sweet! Good job

I actually cut them out myself. I have a cricut machine (which will cut out any file I have on my computer) You can find them on eBay and they're pretty cheap. I believe just type in Camaro scar.

[Jayjellyfish212]

I like it! Nice to see different colors etc.. would be a boring world if we all looked the same. Nice job too! Waiting to see your other pics of the process.

[Rlrawalt]

Obviously first and foremost, wash your car as clean as possible. We cleaned each panel with denatured alcohol right before we wrapped it. It was tough to get all the fuzzies off, just make sure to examine well. I did forget to take pictures some of the time. We did use knifeless tape on some areas especially the front bumper. Do not try to wrap when it is below 70 (just a random guess on the temp). You can tell it is too cold if the material is too stiff. We made the mistake on the silverado roof and it ripped very easily. Then was very hard to get off. Since it was a little chilly at night when we were wrapping, we used a propane heater to heat the garage up to about 80.

The first thing we did was the trunk. A little more tough than we thought. I have seen people not take the spoiler off and just cut around it, but I think it is a must to take it off. I just plasti dipped it black instead of trying to wrap it.

Next were the front two quarter panels which were the easiest and only took about 20 minutes each. Pretty straight forward.

Did the roof next. We didnt take off the shark fin but if I hard to go back and do it again, I would. Just didn't want to take the whole interior roof apart to get to it. It does eat up a lot of time but I think it is less time than it takes to wrap around it, and to cut the fin out perfectly. It ended up looking great in the end, just more time consuming. Best thing to do is to start in the middle of the roof and work your way out on each side.

The two back quarter panels were next. The first one went on a lot smoother than the second. First one we started on the flat vertical part of the panel and worked our way down, then up the side to the pillar. Didn't have too many mistakes. Then on the second one, I watched a video of someone doing it. Wish I wouldn't have because we started at the bottom and worked our way up. We ended up with so much extra material after the flat part that it was almost impossible to get it smooth. Had to do a lot of heating and stretching to get it to work. Probably tacked on an extra hour and a half to two hours of work. The picture doesnt really show how much extra we really had.

The doors are easy but you HAVE take the door handles and mirrors off. Wrapping the handles was easy once removed and I recommend doing that over either painting, plasti dipping or leaving the same color. The mirrors are tricky. You have to start with a piece about double the size and heat/stretch it a lot. There's a lot of good videos on it.

The front bumper was by far the hardest. I do not recommend cutting slits where the grill is like we did (can kind of see it in the pictures). It stretches the material and you end up with a lot of extra on whatever level you didn't start with. We used two step ladders to hold the material away from the car a little on each side (see picture)

Back bumper was a little hard. Worst part was trying to get the fabric stretched enough to go down in the licences plate area.

All in all, it wasn't too bad of a project. Definitely a lot cheaper than taking it to someone and having it done. It was a lot cheaper for us to buy it locally through a wrap shop than it was online anywhere, which I found strange. Always start in the middle of the piece you're doing and work out. We had the heat gun set to 350-450 and invest in a good quality squeegee.

[Jayjellyfish212]

Excellent write up! Again that is a fantastic job too. Make sure you put this in the DYI section also because you two did a great job from what I can see. Props to you because this is definitely a test of patience mod.

[TwentyTen2SSRS]

Thanks! Happen to have any links to the videos you watched specific to camaro? Looks great and going to try to follow your footsteps!


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[G701LE]

I personally love the color. Purple is one of my favorites. Nice job! Wish I had the patience to do that.

[Rlrawalt]

This is the one I watched before we did the second back panel. They made it look so easy! Once again, I would start on the flat part.





Heres one of the ones I watched for wrapping mirrors. I think I watched a few before I tried it.


I know there were a few more but I cant seem to find there. There weren't very many that actually showed the process. More of a before and after. Just type in vinyl wrap camaro, then videos. There's a few more.

Forgot to add that we used knifeless tape on a lot of it. Worth the investment. I will try to go back and edit the post.

[Rlrawalt]

Originally Posted by TwentyTen2SSRS

Thanks! Happen to have any links to the videos you watched specific to camaro? Looks great and going to try to follow your footsteps!


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Be sure to post pictures if you do! I always love to see the difference it makes. It is much easier with two people and as I just said, look into knifeless tape.

[floyd haughton]

looks great