This photo was at the end of the day. After doing that roof i needed to sit down.

Is it just me or is it really as bad as everyone says? It seemed way too stiff after barely sitting, didn’t really pull well either. I am a rookie but I never struggled this hard with vinylfrog

Back in july my 2020 STi that I bought as my daily/show car project got damaged from hail. For lack of better terms my hood and trunk were fucked, but my roof was damaged enough that I can PDR it instead of replacing it. I already found my replacements for the hood and trunk, a Seibon carbon fiber one, the trunk coming with a ducktail. I think it would be really cool if I could make my hood trunk and roof match, and wondered if I could wrap carbon fiber the same way I can wrap a metal or plastic body panel? If I can I found a forged carbon fiber wrap that I would like to put on all three panels, and I will be wrapping the rest of the car black for good looks. If it is possible, the forged carbon fiber wrap I found is from metrorestyling, it’s their own vinyl they made called Metro Wrap Forged Carbon Fiber Vinyl Film, would that be a good quality vinyl or is there another material you guys would suggest instead of that? Sorry for such a long post but if I can be able to find help from you guys I will be forever thankful and will try to post an update when the vehicle is all said and done! 😁

Anyone know of where I can get a cool Ninja Turtle wrap for my 2019 Hyundai Kona

So I feel obligated to post this. I recently got a new car and wanted to try my hand at matte PPF after getting some quotes locally. I was planning on doing the job without the use of plotters or pre cut kits. I would be "bulking" one of the hardest cars to bulk wrap.

The first material that I purchased was from eBay. This was being sold as "rejected film" from XPEL. I purchased from 'hitechvaper", but I believe he is also "closeoutmods". I didn't have any experience with PPF to begin with so I assumed that this is what XPEL stealth actually feels like. I wrapped the entire car. It all went pretty smoothly but I had a very hard time with the bumpers. At the end of it all, it was acceptable from about 50 feet away. When you got closer, it was very apparent that this was the work of an amateur. I did some research and learned that I was sold a generic TPH film.

I was ready to give up and just go to my local shop. I decided to try Alibaba as a last resort. I purchased from one seller initially. They assured me they were going to ship the film immediately. What they did immediately was create a tracking number, and the tracking would only say "label created". It was about five days later, when I decided to cancel this order and purchase from another supplier. The other supplier shipped almost immediately. Then I found out, the first seller also decided to ship at the very last minute. I could see on the tracking that it literally said "package received after hours" 😭

Long story short, I received both rolls of film on the same day. I tested both films and one of them was immensely superior to the other. I bet you can guess which seller had the better film.

My dumbass decided to redo all the easy peasy panels with the superior panels. When I ran out of the better film, I got stuck using the shitty film on the hardest parts of the car. The bumpers!!!

Anyway, the first seller is Guangzhou GWF New Material Co., Ltd. I do not recommend using these people at all.

The second seller that I do recommend is Guangzhou UMore Film Technology Co., Ltd.

Another thought that I had is that some of these sellers may be drop shipping from the actual manufacturers. They are all in the same area for the most part. You want to definitely go with the seller thats actually producing these films.

Just food for thought. I know I did a ton of research looking for advice on here on who to buy from.

Why do people use these things when there’s heatguns 😂😂 Just saw a clip on instagram of someone using one. It just look so ridiculous to me but maybe I’m ignorant or something 😂

Im wrapping my first car this week and don’t know what brand to go with or how much length to order. Any tips?

Going to wrap my 18 expedition. Will be my first vehicle.

I've settled on KPMF red black iridescent gloss. Where is the best place to source?

5x75 ft enough or too much? Has anyone done this vehicle and have any tips?

I’m going to send this part to get wrapped by someone with experience. They asked me to prep the part as it had a lot of dents and scratches. Would this be good enough? I sanded the whole thing and put primer over the bondo with a primer sealer over it. Is there anything else I need to do before dropping it off?

I have KPMF wrap and I am wanting to tape some christmas lights to my whole car this year. usually I just do my glass roof but I am doing the whole car this year. Will regular scotch office tape damage the vinyl if I leave it on for a month? or maybe painters tape?

Are there any reputable vinyl dealers that sell scraps on materials? I'm doing a wrap and the customer wants an 11" x 10' strip of carbon fiber on each side. Have never done carbon fiber before, so I don't have a roll, and I don't want to spend up for a whole roll I might never go through in entirety.

I’m looking to wrap my window trim and front and back trim on my Mazda. I was wondering depending on the quality of wrap (looking to use 3m 2080), how well would a chrome delete hold up in automatic car washes??

I recently picked up a food truck that was painted light pink. The paint job was a professional NAPA paint job and is smooth. There are already decals that I need removed and replaced with a large decals that would cover about 60-70% of the truck.

I emailed a local company that was highly recommended and all I got back after I sent the photos they asked for was an email that stated they couldn’t do it because it was painted pink with no further explanation. I responded asking for more detail, but have not heard back.

My questions are:

Is it true that a pink paint job prevents decals or wraps from being put on a vehicle, and if so why? If not, what reasons would someone have to not want to do this? Is it possible for me to order the decals myself and put them on? I’d prefer not to because they are large and I want them to look good, but if I have to then I have to.

Any insight would be helpful, as I don’t want to waste a lot of time searching for someone to do this if no one can actually do the job. I have a feeling they just didn’t want the job since it’s not a full wrap, but I’m not knowledgeable enough to say for sure.

Read up and looked at FAQs to see aftercare but wanted specific products that you guys use to hand wash or quick detail your wraps

We're looking at buying a RV, and have a chance to buy a great one...but it's black. These are by ATC, and are all-aluminum. Talking to users, the black ones are uncomfortably hot.

Thinking about maybe buying the black one and wrapping it white.

Folks who know about wrapping - a) would this work to keep it cooler? and b) is it practical?

Thanks!

I have a 3M sky blue wrapped G500. It shows scuffs from everything very easily. Especially the back bumper that kicks up road debris and essentially everything off the road.

Today I tried this product with a foam applicator /microfiber. It got some massive scuffs off after a few applications. I’m sure it will work well with bird droppings too. Just wanted to share my insight if anyone is looking to get scuffs or imperfections off their wrap !