El-Debs

Guys what do you think about wrapping vinyl? Does it look similar to paint if I wrapped my grille in gloss black? and how long would it last?

I don't want to paint them. So, i would be glad with someone helping me.

CarHopper

Vinyl will end up looking best. Just remove the chrome pieces on the grille, wrap those, and pop them back in. It will last better than plastidip and paint because it will resist chipping.

There is another thread going right now about this. I believe it is the PlastiDip thread that should still be on this page

El-Debs

What do you mean by remove the chrome piece? I never knew it is just a piece? I was going to wrap it in gloss black also :$

ddcha

The chrome fins slide out. the surrounding frame does not.

CarHopper

Those strips on the grille are just chrome inserts. When you remove the grille you can access the tabs to remove them from the back. So, you pop out the chrome strips. wrap those, and thus you have a blacked out grille.

Or, you can always just try wrapping the chrome strips while they are still on the grille.

ddcha

You don't need to remove the grill to slide out the chrome strips. You just slide them in the direction away from the center of the car.

El-Debs

Thank you both!

CarHopper

Um, what? Are we talking about the same thing? The chrome on the fins (ie pre-facelift 2 fins vs facelift 1 fin)... The fact that the most outside edge of the grille sits flush with the chrome strips on the fins would be enough to say you cant "slide" them out. Not to mention there are literally tabs in the back.

Maybe I'm just going crazy?

Clark Kent

Mine is wrapped in glossy vinyl -

ddcha

Yes, I'm talking about the chrome on the the fins pre-facelift. We have 4 of them, 2 on each side. The outside edge of the grille is flexible. You need to use a little muscle to slide the fins out. I've done it.

C63-AMG

Clark Kent our cars can be twins.. Same lip and hood ;-)

CJM-C63

Love that hood Clark Kent! Which one is it, where did you get it, and How much? And I'm def wrapping my grille soon!

Clark Kent

C63-AMG : I could just tell that you were an Officer and a Gentleman!

Thanks, I love it too! I can't take my eyes off of it EVERYTIME that I approach my car. It is from VIS Racing. I happened to visit their website last week looking at CF diffusers and noticed the hood (GT Style is what they call it I think) had gone up in price quite a bit. Perhaps supply and demand has caught up to the detriment of consumers.

momo style

I did it on mine and its perfect

CJM-C63

How is the fitment and quality of hood? Says in the description u need hood pins but I see u don't have them.

C63-AMG

No pins required and fitment is good on mine. My body guy installed it and did all the adjustments for like 50 bucks. The only thing I did not put back was the hydraulic push rods.

Clark Kent

Essentially the same for me. No pins required. I think that they say this just to cover their butts legally. Fitment was great - I had a body shop put it on while they were doing other work. They spoke of tiny adjustments, but with their experience it is properly installed. As for quality, my weave is mostly perfect. Not everywhere, but with all of those contours I can expect some imperfections. And - when at a Dallas Cars & Coffee event my hood is the best looking CF piece compared to nearly every other car. I even park in the right orientation so that the rising sun hits it straight on. People stop, point, touch, call their friends over, and take pictures. :-)