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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 12:04 PM
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Looks good man!! What did it cost you to get it done? I did the install on mine.
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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 12:35 PM
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me & my buddy wrapped them ourselves at his shop during some downtime.

if you have the ability & knowledge to do it yourself then it is a great mod. but if you had to pay someone or a shop 2-3 hours of labor then you might as well just buy OEM trims.

just my $0.02
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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 01:01 PM
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Originally Posted by jay bimma
me & my buddy wrapped them ourselves at his shop during some downtime.

if you have the ability & knowledge to do it yourself then it is a great mod. but if you had to pay someone or a shop 2-3 hours of labor then you might as well just buy OEM trims.

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Man...I tried, and this was a very frustrating process for me...I don't have the patience. Tried and failed..especially with the rear windows Anyway, nice job man, glad it worked out for you
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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 08:14 PM
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Originally Posted by -Mike-
Man...I tried, and this was a very frustrating process for me...I don't have the patience. Tried and failed..especially with the rear windows Anyway, nice job man, glad it worked out for you
You cut the roll to around 25mm width, process will become easy.
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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 08:32 PM
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Originally Posted by ricky1329
You cut the roll to around 25mm width, process will become easy.
mm?? WTF is that Ricky?? We here in the US don't do metric like the rest of the world buddy...it's feet and inches!!! 22mm....what is that like a half an inch?
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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 08:58 PM
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I'm taking mine in tomorrow to get vinyled also, was gonna get them painted then heard of a good vinyl guy..he say he might not even need to remove the trims & just add the vinyl without removing..wonder if its gonna be possible, we shall see
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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 09:00 PM
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Originally Posted by -Mike-
Man...I tried, and this was a very frustrating process for me...I don't have the patience. Tried and failed..especially with the rear windows Anyway, nice job man, glad it worked out for you
Same here.
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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 09:21 PM
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Originally Posted by tarek307
I'm taking mine in tomorrow to get vinyled also, was gonna get them painted then heard of a good vinyl guy..he say he might not even need to remove the trims & just add the vinyl without removing..wonder if its gonna be possible, we shall see
did mine while still mounted on my car

about to redo it in glossy black

just gonna apply over the matte black one

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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 10:26 PM
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Originally Posted by god_003
did mine while still mounted on my car

about to redo it in glossy black

just gonna apply over the matte black one

Great, so the guy knows what he's talking about! i think i'm going with Glossy! Matte in my opinion might look too much like plastic..my car is Saphire black so i hope the glossy doesn't clash
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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 11:03 PM
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Originally Posted by tarek307
Great, so the guy knows what he's talking about! i think i'm going with Glossy! Matte in my opinion might look too much like plastic..my car is Saphire black so i hope the glossy doesn't clash
my friend commented to me...

"great it looks like u removed ur chrome pieces and applied thicker weather stripping"

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...that comment and my pillars now being gloosy has motivated me to change it to glossy

trying to get a seamless look on my windows

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