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04-26-2010, 03:54 PM
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| BMW owner vinyl wraps his own car
Seen this over on the BMW forum, not sure if I would wrap my own BMW but have to give this guy credit for wrapping his own car and saving major cash. Quote:
I vinyl wrapped my car flat black. This was just a random project i decided to pull the trigger on.... I had no experience whatsoever on vinyling anything. I just watched a few vids on youtube and got some advice from friends who do vinyl stickers. Here's a few pics of the process and outcome...
Hate it, Love it...It was my first time... it took me 1 week and a day to complete....did a panel a day after work =)
oh, and for the record... I didn't pay over $3000 bucks that most people pay to vinyl their car....
I paid about $120 for all materials... and i did all the work myself, with some help from my fiance from time to time
=) enjoy
DIY!!!!
so this will be my little DIY since there's not really much to mention =)
THINGS YOU NEED:
Vinyl (about 25 yards give it take..also depending how much you mess up)... measurements for the vinyl i got were 25 yrds and 48 inches wide....
2 qts of application fluid for the vinyl
I used a felt squeegee so it wont scratch the surface of the vinyl.
I also used a heat gun from Harbor Freight... $10 FTW!!!!
1 XActo knife and scissors
AND LOTS OF PATIENCE!!!!!
I fully detailed the car prior to vinyling including:
- Full car wash, Clay bar'ed the car, and waxed just to be sure the car was flawless.
It is important to make sure there are no specs of dust, bugs, dirt, or anything that would affect the vinyl application onto the car...
Applying:
1. Start with the easiest parts first (for me, it was the roof, trunk, and hood)
2. Cut the vinyl to the size of the section you are going to start on and make sure you cut an oversized piece just in case for stretching the vinyl.
3. Spray the application fluid all over the area you are about to vinyl, and peel off the backing of the vinyl and apply it to the section.
4. Be sure you squeegee the vinyl slowly because if you're too rapid, that may cause creases and lots of air bubbles; this is where the heat gun comes into play. With creases, just lift the vinyl back up and heat the area which you creased, stretch the vinyl until there is no more crease and reapply the vinyl. ALWAYS SQUEEGEE FROM MIDDLE OUTWARD...
5. The vinyl may keep coming up at the edges, this is due to the application fluid. Let it dry and you may continue to squeegee the vinyl down.
Now for the curvy areas!!!!
This is where you may need some help from a person or two...
FOR THE BUMPERS:
1. do not use application fluid when vinyling the bumpers or the most curvy areas of the car. If you do, it will be a Bi*ch to apply it.
2. Use A LOT of stretch and heat for this application
3. Start middle outward; squeegee the middle area of the bumper on, and have someone pull on the vinyl away as you heat the vinyl and squeegee it down. Do NOT over heat or overstretch the vinyl as it may lose its flat black appearance.
FYI: There will be a lot of bubbles on the sections where you do not spray the application fluid. NO WORRIES! try to get the bubbles as small as possible, and when you're done, let the car sit out in the sun and the bubbles will magically disappear!! (with the help of a needle from time to time) =)
when starting this project, you'll learn more and more as you keep vinyling sections of your car.
I learned as i went, and you all will too! (if you decide to tackle this)
Try vinyling a piece a time. I vinyl'd a section a day because that took all my patience in a day..
In the end, you'll be satisfied. This is a pretty straightforward DIY, so if there's any other questions, feel free to PM me.
Thanks again everyone!!!!!
http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=376442
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04-26-2010, 04:06 PM
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#2 | | NOOB, Not Quite a Regular!
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i think it looks pretty good lol
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04-26-2010, 04:10 PM
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#3 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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patients is key here....i would hate for someone to ding my car...and put a rip in the vinyl aswell as a dent...
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04-26-2010, 04:11 PM
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#4 | | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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So.... What's the problem here?
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04-26-2010, 04:24 PM
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#5 | | My dinner reheated before my turbo spooled
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makes me tempted...
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04-26-2010, 04:40 PM
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#6 | | Diagonally parked in a parallel universe
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it looks good
makes me wanna try to vinyl my roof black myself. where can we buy vinyl locally?
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04-26-2010, 05:06 PM
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hhaha.. how much would this cost?
i wunder if it comes in white???
but now he has to change is insurance policy, color is different...
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04-26-2010, 05:08 PM
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#8 | | Willing to sell body for a few minutes on RS
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Pretty nice, I bet I could vinyl wrap my own car if I wanted. Worked with 3M trimline and NGSI for a bit haha Posted via RS Mobile | |
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04-26-2010, 05:09 PM
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#9 | | It's like going crazy when you're already nuts
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LOL @ Federal tires on BMW
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04-26-2010, 05:19 PM
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he must be part of SR Autogroup now.. lol
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04-26-2010, 05:29 PM
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#11 | | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
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exhaust could use some work, other than that looks good
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04-26-2010, 05:31 PM
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wow great job.
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04-26-2010, 05:39 PM
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w0w i don't think i have the patience to do this
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04-26-2010, 05:45 PM
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Looks really good
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04-26-2010, 05:47 PM
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Originally Posted by RC0310_EJ he must be part of SR Autogroup now.. lol | indeed
everyone is vinyl fucking their cars now
played out thats all i can say
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04-26-2010, 06:10 PM
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not bad for DIY.. i see a crinkle on front fender though...
hes good. props to him
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04-26-2010, 06:19 PM
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very nice for DIY.
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04-26-2010, 06:28 PM
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#18 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
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why does this guy remind me of
bredan s
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04-26-2010, 06:30 PM
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#19 | | I bringith the lowerballerith
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looks pretty good. I did my side mirrors on matte then ordered some cf. when i took off the matte black off my mirrors it took some of the paintoff... like huge chunks. so now im getting my mirrors repainted. and then i put the cf on but looks like shit, so one i my mirors has this super shitty vinyl peeling n shit off till i get it repainted, not really sure why it stripped the paint. but matte black vinyl is really cheap i got it for 3.99/ft by 3ft wide
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04-26-2010, 06:33 PM
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where's the SR auto group sticker at?
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04-26-2010, 06:42 PM
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04-26-2010, 08:29 PM
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pretty good job, looks pro, except in the little air bubble in fender (last picture)
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04-26-2010, 09:52 PM
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Thats impressive.
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04-26-2010, 10:00 PM
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Originally Posted by kookoobird88 looks pretty good. I did my side mirrors on matte then ordered some cf. when i took off the matte black off my mirrors it took some of the paintoff... like huge chunks. so now im getting my mirrors repainted. and then i put the cf on but looks like shit, so one i my mirors has this super shitty vinyl peeling n shit off till i get it repainted, not really sure why it stripped the paint. but matte black vinyl is really cheap i got it for 3.99/ft by 3ft wide | Did you use a heat gun?
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04-26-2010, 10:28 PM
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Originally Posted by kookoobird88 looks pretty good. I did my side mirrors on matte then ordered some cf. when i took off the matte black off my mirrors it took some of the paintoff... like huge chunks. so now im getting my mirrors repainted. and then i put the cf on but looks like shit, so one i my mirors has this super shitty vinyl peeling n shit off till i get it repainted, not really sure why it stripped the paint. but matte black vinyl is really cheap i got it for 3.99/ft by 3ft wide |
Where did you get the vinyl?
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