justthebest

This stuff is actually pretty fun to work with. Bought a small piece from a web retailer & covered my OE reflectors. Just a little glow when the lights are on, and it looks pretty stellar when they're off, IMHO. The keys took about 5 minutes each to do. Super simple.

Sincity

Looks awesome!

exdes

nice!
what kind of bulbs on the eye lid?

justthebest

They're the error-free LEDs from eBay (around $30 per pair). I have blue in the middle and white on the outside, but they look impressively blue here for some reason. Those are the stock HIDs, so the eyelid LEDs are that color (the white ones) and slightly more blue (the blue ones).

For color reference, my avatar is the stock bulb / blue LED combo in the eyelid.

Hope that helps.

dacls63amg

Do you think I should go and order the cf wraps? Is it good quality?

justthebest

I think it's great stuff - easy to apply, good looking, and it feels pretty durable. I would definitely say get a sample (usually 1' sq.) and play around. I'm actually thinking of re-selling my (real) cf fender vent covers and spoiler and just going vinyl because you can always re-wrap if it gets dinged or bonked (technical terms).

avengerboater

Nice! I love the keys!! Very creative.

BerBer63

Did the same to my key.

AkaSigFreak

This product is incredible. It was huge at SEMA (I had some almost a year ago). The keys were my first project too.
There is a demonstration where the sheet is crumpled up and then completely flattened by applying heat.
I was going to apply to my mirror turn signals.

andy_meng1024

I love these. I wrapped my 350z and my SL55 interior with it and am pretty happy with it.

superlubricity

The keys look great!

Raleighc63

How did you get the side marker lights out? I tried removing mine and it felt like I was going to break something...

lebreeze

Looks great! How does it stick? glue? I think I'm going to try and do my vents.

emericr

This looks awesome.
Can you give us links to where you bought this and x2 on how this sticks. It appears that you can wrap it aorund and it leaves no creases.
I would love to do my front grill with this but always wondered how to apply it.
Also, how do you remove this stuff if you end up screwing up the install or needing to redo it if it gets chipped.
Any more info would be greatly appreciated.

AreL11

The Godfather sells it one here. There are a few other sellers, too.

http://www.oneautosport.com/

justthebest

Here's a pic taken from right above the engine looking towards the inside of the panel with the side marker. You have to push the small gray clip down to remove the marker. You have to wiggle it some, but eventually the orange part will separate from an inner black holder. The bulb is held directly in the orange part, so don't get overzealous and inadvertently pop it or the wires out as you pull the side marker away from the car (the wires just run through the black holder).



The vents will probably be my next project - I bought some real CF vent covers, but I'm thinking doing the CF vinyl instead. (see below for the how it sticks review)

The vinyl is just a huge sticker. Because it's made by 3M, I trust the adhesive, and as I've been installing, my confidence has only gone up, even after peeling off and re-applying once or twice. I documented installing in on my radar detector so you can see how it forms, what the adhesive looks like, etc.

As far as creases - I think with a heated application you could bend it pretty much how you wanted, but I did have to do small segmented cuts under the corners of the side markers (not visible from the outside - think a luggage conveyor belt at the airport & how it has to fold when it goes around a corner).

Here we go:

The sheet of vinyl (sturdy & textured)



To be wrapped.



Step 1: from the hip shaping



Step 2: initial application & trimming. (the adhesive is a square pattern that has negative space - think tile floor - so air can escape as the vinyl is installed)





Step 3: refined trimming with the good old x-acto. This is really easy to do when there are seams in whatever you're applying it to.



Step 4: viola.



Step 5: repeat as needed.





Finished product.



***** One lesson learned from playing around with this is that HEAT HELPS. Immensely. I grabbed my gf's hairdryer, and even that relatively small amount of heat was incredibly helpful. Specifically, it helps the vinyl be more flexible and adhere more solidly (IMHO).

Finally, I bought mine from MetroDecals.com, but I also got a sample from OneAutosport (was lost in the mail, but they've been great about sending another out / customer service in general).

Any more questions, let me know.

PatSC23

y not zip tie the bulb outside the casing OR paint it black with high temp paint? that way youll get no glow.

AkaSigFreak

http://www.carbonfiberfilm.com/

emericr

Thanks for info.

justthebest

Once out of the water tight socket the bulb / socket would rust - where can I find some paint that will handle the temp?

PatSC23

autozone or pep boys would have it -

justthebest

Got some +500F paint and did this -



There was still some light making it through



But the glow was significantly reduced



Thanks for the advice

exdes

wow.. thanks for the great write up on the CF vinyl..

ELO168

So we need 2 pair to make them all blue?

justthebest

Yea - one pair per side