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just tried vinyl on my b pillars, proving much more difficult that i thought with regards to the tiny pathetic bubbles...any advice?

roop27 wrote:just tried vinyl on my b pillars, proving much more difficult that i thought with regards to the tiny pathetic bubbles...any advice?

a friend of mine did his whole roof with this stuff, and said treat it like you would windown tint. spray soapy water onto it first. then lay the carbon vinyl on and squeege out the water. that might help??

Gtimatt wrote:

roop27 wrote:just tried vinyl on my b pillars, proving much more difficult that i thought with regards to the tiny pathetic bubbles...any advice?

a friend of mine did his whole roof with this stuff, and said treat it like you would windown tint. spray soapy water onto it first. then lay the carbon vinyl on and squeege out the water. that might help??

hmm didnt think of that, will definetly give it a go!

roop27 wrote:just tried vinyl on my b pillars, proving much more difficult that i thought with regards to the tiny pathetic bubbles...any advice?

I didn't have any problems with it, Did you buy the decent stuff? (Some types are better than others!) Use a credit card to smooth it down as you go. And a hairdryer helps mould the stuff to the right shape.

Tim_GTi wrote:

roop27 wrote:just tried vinyl on my b pillars, proving much more difficult that i thought with regards to the tiny pathetic bubbles...any advice?

I didn't have any problems with it, Did you buy the decent stuff? (Some types are better than others!) Use a credit card to smooth it down as you go. And a hairdryer helps mould the stuff to the right shape.

how can you tell its decent stuff? lol i just picked up some from ebay for £6 (1mx600) where did you get yours tim? (im talking about the black gloss btw, not carbon)

i tried the soapy water idea and it worked perfectly!

You preferably need 2 people. 1 person to heat up the vinyl and one person to apply. Easy as anything then!

roop27 wrote:

Tim_GTi wrote:

roop27 wrote:just tried vinyl on my b pillars, proving much more difficult that i thought with regards to the tiny pathetic bubbles...any advice?

I didn't have any problems with it, Did you buy the decent stuff? (Some types are better than others!) Use a credit card to smooth it down as you go. And a hairdryer helps mould the stuff to the right shape.

how can you tell its decent stuff? lol i just picked up some from ebay for £6 (1mx600) where did you get yours tim? (im talking about the black gloss btw, not carbon)

i tried the soapy water idea and it worked perfectly!

Ah I thought you meant the carbon fibre stuff. The decent CF stuff has a slight square uniform texture to the underside to prevent air bubbles. I'll find out about gloss black later this week as I'll be having a go!

Ah I thought you meant the carbon fibre stuff. The decent CF stuff has a slight square uniform texture to the underside to prevent air bubbles. I'll find out about gloss black later this week as I'll be having a go!

do it with the soapy water, works perfectly.

im about to carbon wrap my wing mirrors, my polo is silver but the wing mirrors are black anyway because they havent been painted. im stuck between silver wrap or black wrap. any recommendations?

black would look sexier

MODDED9N wrote:black would look sexier

great, i just decided on silver and you've thrown me up in the air again....CHEERS:D

looks good

roop27 which silver wrap did you go for ??

Sorry about that mate

matt_123 wrote:roop27 which silver wrap did you go for ??

i went for the same wrap as modded9n recommended (link below)

its a b***h to do the climate control center though! bubbles all over the dials!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 724wt_1135

p.s. is it me, or is the smell of this carbon wrap just to DIE FOR? ive been wrapping parts and found myself sniffing a few times