Anyways back to the original topic. I actually sprayed in on the car which is a RISKY idea. I had to literally wrap my car in newspaper. I used sandpaper , Rustoleum primer, gloss black and clear coat. Only issue was that it was a pain in the ***.

If i were to go back, i would have either got the trim wrapped which i will soon or pull them off and do it.

 

Thanks for bringing this back on topic

How hard/time consuming is it to remove the trim... For those that wrapped it what did you use and how hard is it to do?

 

Wrapping the trim requires patience, lots of patience. I spent over 4 hours doing this.

I watched this YouTube video of an installation and thought it looked pretty simple.

I bought a 4" gloss black vinyl roll from this place for $30.

The biggest problem I had was trying to get all the air bubbles out -- it was harder than expected. I got better as I went along. You actually need 3 hands to do this well -- 2 hands for stretching and placing the vinyl and one hand to apply a little heat with a hair dryer. A little heat really helps, but I was doing this alone, so I rarely got to take advantage of it.

I was really disappointed when I finished because of the bubbles and the amount of time I spent, but I decided to leave it on for the time being. I have since noticed that after a few weeks of the car sitting out in the sun, most of the bubbles have dissipated -- so it actually looks better now than it did when I finished.

The other piece of advice -- have a lot of razor blades. Make every cut with a fresh blade. I got lazy and tried making multiple cuts with the same blade a few times causing the vinyl to tear and me starting over on that piece. Cutting also requires attention and patience -- you're using a brand new razor right next to rubber molding for most of the cuts and you need to be extremely careful not to cut the rubber.