Vinyl wrapped the front grill in gloss black and put the summer wheels on..

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Old May 11, 2013 | 08:32 AM
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Vinyl wrapped the front grill in gloss black and put the summer wheels on..

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Old May 11, 2013 | 08:48 AM
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Looking good!

Shiny exhaust tips
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Old May 11, 2013 | 08:48 AM
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Nice job on the grill.
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Old May 11, 2013 | 02:14 PM
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I like it!
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Old May 11, 2013 | 02:44 PM
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Old May 11, 2013 | 04:00 PM
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Old May 11, 2013 | 06:17 PM
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car looks great but not really feeling the wheels much
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Old May 15, 2013 | 10:29 AM
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looks dope man!
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Old May 15, 2013 | 10:40 AM
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very nice
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Old May 15, 2013 | 12:45 PM
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Looks clean... but the painted calipers always make me laugh to myself. Its like painting drum brakes, why point out stock parts?
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Old May 15, 2013 | 08:23 PM
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Well the stock caliper color looked like poop so i painted em lol
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Old May 16, 2013 | 07:57 AM
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OP did you vinyl wrap the center bar of the grill?
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Old May 16, 2013 | 08:09 AM
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^yup looks like he did.

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Old May 16, 2013 | 03:40 PM
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yep...i wrapped the middle bar in vinyl...i spent almost 2hrs getting it right
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Old May 16, 2013 | 03:52 PM
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yep...i wrapped the middle bar in vinyl...i spent almost 2hrs getting it right
Jesus son! u use any adhesive promoter?
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Old May 16, 2013 | 05:11 PM
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the car looks purrrdy !!! me likey !!!
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Old May 16, 2013 | 08:51 PM
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nope...just used a hair dryer lol...and lots of patience
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Old May 17, 2013 | 09:48 AM
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Now that looks good! well done
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Old May 17, 2013 | 09:50 AM
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Do you have any direct side shots so that I can see the drop? you ever have any rubbing issues with the tein s techs? Car looks great!!
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Old May 17, 2013 | 11:44 AM
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ill try to get some side shots...nope no rubbing with the s techs
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Old May 17, 2013 | 01:25 PM
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Thats good to hear! im in between the H&Rs and the S techs.
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Old May 17, 2013 | 01:38 PM
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s techs >
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Old May 17, 2013 | 09:36 PM
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Like!!! Are your rims stock powder coated?

My bad,those are not stock. What size?

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Old May 19, 2013 | 12:01 AM
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there 19x8.5 +35
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Old May 25, 2013 | 11:06 PM
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heres some more pics with some side shots http://www.flickr.com/photos/81154912@N06/8831796828/http://www.flickr.com/photos/81154912@N06/8831796828/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/81154912@N06/, on Flickrhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/81154912@N06/8817725437/http://www.flickr.com/photos/81154912@N06/8817725437/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/81154912@N06/, on Flickrhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/81154912@N06/8831780324/http://www.flickr.com/photos/81154912@N06/8831780324/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/81154912@N06/, on Flickrhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/81154912@N06/8835860375/http://www.flickr.com/photos/81154912@N06/8835860375/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/81154912@N06/, on Flickrhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/81154912@N06/8836483044/http://www.flickr.com/photos/81154912@N06/8836483044/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/81154912@N06/, on Flickrhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/81154912@N06/8817681253/http://www.flickr.com/photos/81154912@N06/8817681253/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/81154912@N06/, on Flickr
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Old May 26, 2013 | 01:33 AM
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Car looks good, grille wrap was great. Did you open the headlights and do them yourself? What spoiler is that, Ebay?
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Old May 26, 2013 | 07:22 AM
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yeah did the headlight myself..and yeah its a spoiler i got from ebay

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Old May 26, 2013 | 07:59 AM
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Damn! That's sexy!! I just vinyl wrapped my grill myself! Check it out on the last page of my progress page! S techs have the perfect drop!
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Old May 26, 2013 | 09:33 AM
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Very sharp! I'm a fan of the black wheels.
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Old May 26, 2013 | 10:53 AM
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^+1. Did you do the tails yourself as well?
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Old May 26, 2013 | 11:43 AM
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yeah i did the tails myself...my favorite part about em now is how they look with the frosted piece removed...the leds look awesome at night
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Old May 29, 2013 | 12:00 PM
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nice !!!
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Old May 29, 2013 | 01:38 PM
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I am REALLY digging the wrapped grill, I would very much like to do that as well but kind of lost on where to begin / how to go about it, I've never wrapped anything before
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Old May 29, 2013 | 02:50 PM
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Grill looks good
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Old May 29, 2013 | 02:54 PM
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clean!
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Old May 29, 2013 | 03:45 PM
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Originally Posted by whoismiked
I am REALLY digging the wrapped grill, I would very much like to do that as well but kind of lost on where to begin / how to go about it, I've never wrapped anything before
I wrapped my grill and it was my first time! Nothing is impossible just take your time and wrap away! check out my progress to see how mine turned out

The center bar is the hardest one to do, most ppl just plastidip them but I wrapped mine like OP did. only took me 1.5 hours!
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