anyone know any good diy videos on youtube on how to apply the vinyl on the front grill? i have honda day on sunday and im going crazy lol. suggestions would help .. thanks !!

 

Save urself the heaDache and do it right the first time. Take off the bumper, disassemble the entire grille. Wrap each piece individually...use a hair dryer to heat the vinyl, that is key to streaching it and making it lay nice.

Clean all grille pieces to be wrapped with alcohol (ipa). Use a couple drops of dawn in a spray bottle of water for lube. A rubber squeegee, or a credit card to smooth out any bubbles. Also a pin comes in handy for any little bubbles left. Just poke a small hole, squeege out water/air...

Most importantly...patience..it'll take a while to make it look good, especially if its ur first time....hope this helps...good luck bro!

 

The vinyl is a dry vinyl and you do NOT use water. Use A LOT of heat and stretch the vinyl and push it into your grill. I've done a couple grills myself and it really isn't that hard after a few times playing with vinyl! Good luck!

 

fixed.

^this.

 

Anyone tired this with the 3M carbon fiber-looking stuff?

 

Hmmm...I've always used a little water...turned out fine...ill try without next time.

 

yeah and it works the same as the other 3M colors.

 

Awesome... my buddy was gonna get some and have leftover so I figured I'd try it, I just didn't know if it were as plyable as the regular vinyl.

 

^yup just be careful with the CF bc if you heat it and stretch it too much/often, it tends to lose it's "carbon fiber" pattern.

 

Thanks for the heads up.

 

thanks guys !

 

Which portions are you looking to do? I'm 20 mins from Philly and may be able to help you out on this, it'd take me 30 mins for the install.

 

just did the piece attached to the hood last night. fairly easy to stretch/mold when its hot. i just mainly used my fingers instead of the plastic squeegee, i found that my fingers produce less scratches..

 

^^^your squeegee should have a piece of felt on it...produces no scratches

 

The grille can be done as a dry wrap only with no need to "squeege"

 

^^i know that...even with a dry install you can still use one...no matter how big or small the job is...