superb Idea Chris

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Any idea where to get the vinyl from Chris?

Another option would be to have my local friendly bodyshop paint the trims in piano black...

Thinking about it the vinyl may be more durable for that part of the wood trim on the front door which gets hit by the seatbelt buckle every time you get out of the car

Hexis for vinyl wrap

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I just found this place

http://www.thevinylcorporation.co.uk/wrapping-vinyl

they have a bewildering choice...

I also have a vinyl sign making place down the road from me, I will see how much those guys would charge me to wrap the trims. I suspect it will be considerably more than the cost of buying the wrap and doing it myself and there would be no satisfaction of a job well done, but I could have a pint whilst they do it

I have some really good vinyl wrap carbon effect,it looks and feels as though it is woven.The beauty of the vinyl is if you dont like it just peel it off.I also have some of the 3m vinyl at home so may do one in that tonight to see what it looks like :wink:The other option would be to use Hydrographics a company I have used in the past for my other hobby

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I have some really good vinyl wrap carbon effect,it looks and feels as though it is woven.The beauty of the vinyl is if you dont like it just peel it off.I also have some of the 3m vinyl at home so may do one in that tonight to see what it looks like :wink:The other option would be to use Hydrographics a company I have used in the past for my other hobby

Pictures when you've done a piece please and let us know how difficult it is/what the piece looks like/feels like as sometimes pictures can be a little misleading

Ok here you go,this is not the vinyl I would have chosen it is just what I had to hand.I spent about 15 mins doing it as It is going to come off but It is easily doable to a very good standard with a bit more time.I used a heat gun to warm the edges/corners by doing this you can pull the wrap round onto the back of the part so making it virtually impossible to peel on the corners. Hope you like

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Looks very good, how much vinyl do you estimate you would need to do the car (hockey sticks, doors and the handles)? It seems that most sheets are about 1.2 m by 1m

1 sheet should be plenty,so 15 quid to update your interior bargain

I got some 3d carbon wrap from hexis £31 delivered,Here's one wrapped and fitted.A tip if you fancy doing this is to not wrap the vinyl around the back of the trim where the handle or logo sits as the clips do not fit properly and as the handle has a lip it wont peel anyway.

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looks very good

I tried with a sample of high-gloss black vinyl from a sign makers yesterday afternoon with disastrous results

Air bubbles everywhere, wifes hairdryer broken... I blame the type of vinyl, rather than my own lack of skill

I may need to meet up with you and then you can show me where I am going wrong...

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I got some 3d carbon wrap from hexis £31 delivered,Here's one wrapped and fitted.A tip if you fancy doing this is to not wrap the vinyl around the back of the trim where the handle or logo sits as the clips do not fit properly and as the handle has a lip it wont peel anyway.

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The Hexis vinyl is a far superior product than the 3m

Now that, i do like. :thumbsup:

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I'm not a carbon fan but that does look very tidy

Hexis black gloss vinyl me thinks..

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Simon you can always nip down to me one Saturday and I/we will do it.You really need a hot air gun,the type for paint stripping as it makes it plyable in a second.I work all over Leyland,Longton,penwortham most days so its only 15mins away .The first one I did was gloss and is harder to get air bubbles out but it can be done.

I wasn't going to do the door grabs as I dont mind them silver.But one has a small scratch from a ring I would imagine,so I did it just to see what it looked like Simon be warned if you do your door grabs they are hard work due to the contours.It took me 20mins to do the door grab,I did all 4 door trims in 1 hour.

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