JT614
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As you may have seen from many previous posts I like blue .
This post is my DIY attempt to wrap the grille bezels in matching blue vinyl car wrap. Note that I have never done anything in car vinyl wrap, but have watched plenty of YouTube videos on vinyl wrapping so I figured I should give it a go! All said and done I give myself a 'C'. Steep learning curve with vinyl, but tons of potential with the forgiving nature of this type of vinyl.
Here's what I did:
1. Remove the grille. Six pop rivets at the top, just remove pop out the insert, then remove the pin.
2. After the pop rivets are out, there are metal clips at the bottom of the grille. Just give her a good yank
3. I have an Overland with the silver inserts so this is what I had to do. First pop out these four retaining clips.
Then remove these six tension clips around the headlight bezels.
Next remove these eight torx screws that hold the honeycomb inserts in place. After that, just pop out all of the sections and your'e good to go!
4. Vinyl prep. This is all the stuff you need. The bottle is isopropyl alcohol which is needed for a final wipe down before the vinyl.
5. I didn't capture pics of the process, but basically you wrap the bezels with the vinyl. The vinyl is super easy to work with, and the heat gun is a necessity! Plenty of YouTube videos showing this process.
6. With the grille inserts wrapped, you just reverse the steps above to reinstall. Again, I give myself a 'C' with this first introduction to vinyl wrapping, but the grille looks great and give great accents to my blue theme!
What I learned during this process:
1. Buy more material than you may need. I just scraped by in this project, and it could have turned out better if I had more material.
2. Vinyl is awesome and forgiving to work with. Just a little heat will let you stretch it anywhere you need it!
3. This isn't a friendly DIY project. Patience is the key. Luckily I had wine
4. Practice makes prefect!
UPDATE:
After a few days in the heat the vinyl starts to remove from the bezels. Likely user error. Therefore I decided to remove the vinyl and try Plasti-dip as I've seen other Wrangler owners do this too.
I did a half can of white for the base coat in order for the blue to pop, then 1.5 cans of blue. I would estimate a solid 6-8 coats, so it should be easy to peel off when I'm ready for a change. I ended up with almost the identical look to the vinyl which made me very happy!
Hope you find this informative!
This post is my DIY attempt to wrap the grille bezels in matching blue vinyl car wrap. Note that I have never done anything in car vinyl wrap, but have watched plenty of YouTube videos on vinyl wrapping so I figured I should give it a go! All said and done I give myself a 'C'. Steep learning curve with vinyl, but tons of potential with the forgiving nature of this type of vinyl.
Here's what I did:
1. Remove the grille. Six pop rivets at the top, just remove pop out the insert, then remove the pin.
2. After the pop rivets are out, there are metal clips at the bottom of the grille. Just give her a good yank
3. I have an Overland with the silver inserts so this is what I had to do. First pop out these four retaining clips.
Then remove these six tension clips around the headlight bezels.
Next remove these eight torx screws that hold the honeycomb inserts in place. After that, just pop out all of the sections and your'e good to go!
4. Vinyl prep. This is all the stuff you need. The bottle is isopropyl alcohol which is needed for a final wipe down before the vinyl.
5. I didn't capture pics of the process, but basically you wrap the bezels with the vinyl. The vinyl is super easy to work with, and the heat gun is a necessity! Plenty of YouTube videos showing this process.
6. With the grille inserts wrapped, you just reverse the steps above to reinstall. Again, I give myself a 'C' with this first introduction to vinyl wrapping, but the grille looks great and give great accents to my blue theme!
What I learned during this process:
1. Buy more material than you may need. I just scraped by in this project, and it could have turned out better if I had more material.
2. Vinyl is awesome and forgiving to work with. Just a little heat will let you stretch it anywhere you need it!
3. This isn't a friendly DIY project. Patience is the key. Luckily I had wine
4. Practice makes prefect!
UPDATE:
After a few days in the heat the vinyl starts to remove from the bezels. Likely user error. Therefore I decided to remove the vinyl and try Plasti-dip as I've seen other Wrangler owners do this too.
I did a half can of white for the base coat in order for the blue to pop, then 1.5 cans of blue. I would estimate a solid 6-8 coats, so it should be easy to peel off when I'm ready for a change. I ended up with almost the identical look to the vinyl which made me very happy!
Hope you find this informative!
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