blnewt

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The place I linked in my DIY is the best I've found Auto Vinyl Solutions they also have an Ebay store where you can find it even cheaper sometimes (or w/ free shipping).

keraxis

Just ordered my vinyl. The silver was bothering me on my red car really really bad. lol. ill post some pictures when I am done. Also dying my white stitching red on my front seats.

drizzy315

does it matter if i do carbon fiber my car is mettalic grey so this would be good match

http://www.ebay.com/itm/3M-1080-Gloss-Black-Carbon-Fiber-Vinyl-Vehicle-Wrap-Sheet-Roll-60-x12-CF12-/400561761646?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item5d43576d6e&vxp=mtr

blnewt

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Look forward to pics of both those DIYs, I'm thinking about the stiching dye too, are you going to dye the Infiniti emblem and wording on the seat back too?

I carbon wrapped my grill and the rear bumper valance and am very happy w/ the look, but don't think it would look right on the window edges, too many different curves to keep the weave looking right, just my 2 cs. Here's my grill & valance pics for reference, and a pic of another G that has the door pillars in carbon wrap.

HeHateMe

This is f'ing impossible to get perfect. I'm painting it.

HeHateMe

LOL. Well after a few "practice" pieces I think I got the hang of it. Sorry for the previous outburst. Will shoot some pics when I'm done. Got one side on, hopefully now that I know what I'm doing the other side will go smoothly.

blnewt

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Good luck bro, and don't hate me

keraxis

Yea I am dying all the white red. Using a brush tipped sharpie since they are very permanent. Slow going though because it will mark on your leather and try to stay. Some people say acrylic paint works but with red i think that might turn pink. The fabric markers scare me because they are very wet and a few people said the red turns pink after you wipe it. Probably take me another week or so... maybe more if my wrap shows because iam not going to be able to wait. Also thinking about painting the blades in my car. Since its inspired by a samari sword i was thinking gloss black with a red sweep somewhere on it. Ill have to think about that one though.

keraxis

Got my wrap yesterday afternoon and I have the next 3 days off. Granted my wife was quick to fill that honey-do list up i plan on wrapping this weekend.

keraxis

Did the bottom of window. Not so hard.

max223

First off, thanks blnewt for this awesome DIY! I decided to give it a go on my 2010 moonlight white sedan and it turned out great. The only trouble I had was working with the vinyl in 20 degree weather.. I just got the car last month so the weather can't hold me back from my Christmas list of mods.

Take a look and let me know what you think. (sorry for the dark garage pics, I didn't want to park it out in the snow )

blnewt

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Looks great Max, if you can install in 20 degrees you can probably wrap most anything in the summer
Just need some window tint now

max223

Thanks! I'm going to try out one of bluebats rear valence wraps and maybe vinyl the chrome lip on the trunk. At $15 a roll it's pretty easy to try out new looks.

Funny thing is that I do have tints They're only 55%, but with the black interior and white body they look fairly dark in person. I also live in Chicago which has some pretty ridiculous tint laws (as well as many others).

So far I've got K&N SRIs, Tanabe Medalion axle-back exhaust, 55% tint, interior/license plate LEDs, DIY grounding kit, DIY black grille

Next up for mods hopefully will be:
• 19" wheels (IPL?)
• HID foglights
• Autokits rear diffuser, depending on how the rear valence vinyl turns out
• OEM spoiler
• Slight drop all around

blnewt

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Nice list of current & planned mods, true about light tint on white cars, and you pic looks a bit lighter as well. You can DIY the rear valance in vinyl, I did mine in carbon wrap, just used celophane for a template, took a bit of transfer time but just got one side perfect then flipped it in half and just copied the other side for a perfect match. Here's a pic of it



And another use for vinyl on the interior
https://www.myg37.com/forums/g37-sed...m-project.html

max223

Looks good! I may have to give it a try. Seems like the hard part is figuring out exactly where to taper the ends off since they kind of just blend back into the sides of the bumper.

The interior wrap looks nice as well. Still getting used to the car so I'm not bored of the interior yet haha, nice to know there's always options though.