honestly....its the best damn mod ive ever done to my car. the CIC retrofit is a close second (save for all the coding issues/woes i endured).

put it like this, the car is still only 90% complete and im breaking necks as i drive around detriot. all kinds of people ranging from little kids to 50 year old men are honking their horns or giving me the thumbs up! not that i do it for the attn, but the attn has been overwhelmingly positive.

the car is completely transformed. at night it looks like a demon. during the daytime it looks like a stealth bomber on deep dish wheels lol.

im so happy i did this mod.

 

Yes and no.

once you break down the science of it....if you can measure out items and cut correctly its quite simple. for almost every section, you have extra material that folds over something and tucks away. its usually as simple as measuring enough material so you have a 2 or 3 inch slack that can be tucked in or trimmed off.

the heat gun allows you to shrink wrap contours. patience allows you to take your time and get it right. im not pro at all. but i was able to complete all the contours of my front bumper by myself. i looked online at videos and found tons of ways to cheat the material and get it to do what you want it to. after obtaining that knowledge, there's no way id pay someone to do it for me, it would be a waste of $ but that my philosophy in general when it comes to automotive tasks.

will the final fit and finish look 100% professional....honestly no. will it look 95% professional...yes it will. for the pieces that i did poorly, ive redone them after trial and error so it eventually all looks perfect. the biggest joy is doing it myself rather than paying $2800 in labor and not learning a new skill.

speaking of which, anyone know where i can find some good alcantara? (for cheap lol!) my next mod will be something equally ambitious

 

Looks freaking amazing. Can't wait to see finished pics and the video. A couple months ago, I called a couple places about doing my car in a matte grey or blue and the $3K cost kept me from doing it. Maybe you will inspire us to take a stab at it. Good job Chris...

 

Maybe I'll use some extra material I have from the roof to experiment with hard to wrap spots.

 

give me a couple days to edit this video and you can learn from my mistakes and steal some of my best practices. it wont be the rosetta stone of DIYs but hopefully it will helpful.

 

M-M-M-M-M-MEAN!!!!!


- Antti -

 

That would be awesome!!

 

Anyone know if you need to remove shark fin for wrapping roof? I'm getting mine installed in AM

 

You don't have to, but are you not gonna wrap the fin? I have seen the fin wrapped without being taken off, but the end result is usually pretty crappy.

 

Yeah I was planning to have them wrap it.