mecyl

First timer. Took me an hr to complete.
You need to heat up the warp first before applying.
Here is some pictures

2nd picture
Sorry for the blurry picture.
Starting from the top
Be careful, those warp is easily to be scratched

3rd picture
Heating up the warp
Use your thumb to squeeze bubbles from centre to the end
Always cut a little more than edge then tuck it in the gap.

4th picture.
Cutting logo out
You have to cut it a little small than logo otherwise the chrome will expose

Final picture

Here you go.

Have fun with DIY. Next project will be on side mirror

Crashmaster

There is another thread. I am in the process of doing my TLX beak, but I decided to paint the beak instead of the carbon fiber wrap. I wanted the beak to match the paint. There are some pictures in the thread here:


https://acurazine.com/forums/fifth-g...ctures-930135/

I'll have more pictures up soon.

You did a good job of applying the carbon fiber without removing the grille. I thought of painting the beak without removing it, but thought I could do a much better job if I remove it. It is coming out very good. I'm on my second coat of poly. The removal of the grille takes about 90 to 120 minutes for a first timer and then perhaps 40 to 60 minutes to reassemble. Good job!

Stew4HD

The beak is warped? An hour to heat up a warp is too long

TacoBello

That looks well done, actually. Good job!

BEAR-AvHistory

Nice work on trimming the logo.

mecyl

The whole job took an hr. Heating the warp is just a few minute.

NBP04TL4ME

I think he was busting on your spelling mistake - warp vs wrap.

oracion

Looks pretty clean. Nice job! Thanks for sharing the pictures.

Stew4HD

Sorry, yes, I was just picking on you for the typo.. was too much of a good to not use since warp and wrap can be verbs.

The result looks good.

Steven Bell

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Dude, you DO know you can post more than one picture in a single post, right????

Colin

haha, I know. All I could think of was, he has a "warp drive" now.

NBP04TL4ME

Hoosier_TLX

I think your mod will look fine on your car (white it looks), but I actually have grown to like the contrast of the beak on my black car. I think Acura has finally done a tasteful job with getting the right amount of "beakness" on their cars.

I saw the "warp" misspelling too, but it's already been addressed, so I'll just congratulate you guys for running with it.

BellaTLX

Your car looks GREAT! Awesome job.

tlxsteve

Awesome job.

I thought I was getting old and missed out on the slang use of "warp".

Glad I am still with it but still getting old.

weather

I am the KING of being "warped"

tlxsteve

Now that I can agree with.

NBP04TL4ME

weather

*lmao* Hey...I am able to poke fun at myself which is the most important quality one must have when being a weatherman!!

miner

I hope your TLX is not the Adv model. CMBS radar is behind the beak.

BellaTLX

OMG I hope it's not the advance blah blah blah.

mdm

Looks great. Where did you purchase the wrap?

Steven Bell

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It does look good.

Sonor Kid 2

+1

9SpeedTran

Really nice. I am interested how you cut out the logo... What tools did you use? How did you get it so clean?

miner

Very helpful - nice to have you here.

NBP04TL4ME

You don't have to worry - he has been banned.

mecyl

Just a box cutter. Start with a small hole then enlarge it.
Cut the hole slightly smaller so you can tuck extra underneath the logo.

Crashmaster

If you have the Advance (as I do) make sure not to disturb the flat black paint on the back of the beak. I purchased some carbon fiber and was going to use that by removing the grille and then removing the Acura emblem, applying the carbon fiber and then installing the emblem over the carbon fiber. I just didn't think that I could cut out the emblem and make it look professional. After I read about how carbon fiber can block millimeter radar, I decided on non-metallic paint instead.

9SpeedTran

You did a beautiful job. I am afraid (based on past experience) that I would really struggle to achieve that level of craftsmanship. :-(

ranger

Now that I have seen several TLXs with a black beak, I have to have it. I haven't decided whether to use gloss or satin black yet, but either should be easier than carbon fiber because of the pattern. The real issue is that while I prefer to do the wrap on a workbench, I really don't want to remove the bumper.. You did a really good job that way - would you recommend it or was it really more difficult?
Thanks,
ranger

Civic2TSX

The guy who did my grill did not remove the bumper and it looks great! And you can see in that last pic, I did originally wrapped the trim too but then decided I liked it better without the trim wrapped.