araaadi

So, the local vinyl shop quoted me $250 for vinyling the grill and door handles. I find it way to expensive, I am looking for a good colour matching gloss black for my black tsx. Any recommendations of where to buy a high quality vinyl to attempt it myself.

PyroDave

plastidip

araaadi

I am not interested in the flat black look, prefer the gloss

mrstak

iTrader: (1)

the internet.

MC MiYoung3269

Plastidip + Glossifier

araaadi

Yea I just found out about this last night, might attempt this.

MC MiYoung3269

If you do, report back with pics! lol

araaadi

Do you think I should mask off the grill or remove it?

MC MiYoung3269

If you're plasti dipping it just stick a piece of cardboard behind the grill so you dont get any on the condenser. Then just mask off around the grill leaving about an inch border from the edge of the grill to the tape. Search a bit and you will find some methods used by other members on here

1cleantsx2012

Just man up and order some vinyl online and get a hairdryer taking your time is key...

BobbyC

just buy some gloss black vinyl online.
put it on top of the hood for like 10 mins on a hot day. (this makes the material easier to work with)
clean the grill with alcohol.
place vinyl on grill.
crease the corners with your fingernails.
cut with razor
its VERY easy.
the hardest part is the cut out for the emblem.
just push that area in a little bit to get the outline.
stick a xacto knife in and cut around.

just dont hesitate. smooth strokes get good results.

the door handles are a little trickier but done the same way.
i did mine but took it off. i didnt like the way it looked. unless you plan on doing the window trim too, it wont look right imo.

good luck

BobbyC

you wont find a exact match in vinyl. they dont make vinyl wraps with pearl in it.

gloss black didnt look that great to me so i went with the carbon look.