Vinyl wrapping mirrors?
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Vinyl wrapping mirrors?
Anyone here wrap their mirrors? I attempted to do it, but found it really difficult with one continuous piece. Watched some Usetube vids, but they were all wrapping mirrors with half shells.
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You mean with PPF? DIY pre cut kits are available - the last time I did the 993 I used an Xpel kit. It has all the right shapes and notches for the tight curves.
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Sign up for a month subscription ($16.99) on Wrap Institute: https://wrapinstitute.com/subscription No affiliation, just a happy customer. Plan on hours of viewing, practice, and revisiting videos.
I also took 3-day 3M training class, wish I would have found WI first, would have probably not needed / taken the 3-day class.
There are some techniques you need to learn / practice to color change wrap such a convex switching to concave surface as a mirror housing (or a 993) and to make it last. Justin and his team have 100's instruction videos and even a 993 series color change wrap and lots of carbon fiber examples. Videos range from a few minutes to under 1-hr. Most mirrors are under 20 minutes. But I can't emphasize enough, you need to practice and learn some techniques first and understand the vinyl. So buy some extra yards of vinyl to practice.
It also make a difference which vinyl product you use. I prefer 3M 1080 and 2080. My avatar track car is a DIY color change wrap from arctic silver [note the green mirrors :-) ]
I also took 3-day 3M training class, wish I would have found WI first, would have probably not needed / taken the 3-day class.
There are some techniques you need to learn / practice to color change wrap such a convex switching to concave surface as a mirror housing (or a 993) and to make it last. Justin and his team have 100's instruction videos and even a 993 series color change wrap and lots of carbon fiber examples. Videos range from a few minutes to under 1-hr. Most mirrors are under 20 minutes. But I can't emphasize enough, you need to practice and learn some techniques first and understand the vinyl. So buy some extra yards of vinyl to practice.
It also make a difference which vinyl product you use. I prefer 3M 1080 and 2080. My avatar track car is a DIY color change wrap from arctic silver [note the green mirrors :-) ]
Last edited by Kein_Ersatz; Nov 24, 2021 at 09:58 AM.
