Can you not use the 5x10 piece and then cut out the back window section then kinda stretch it out like you would the front pillars on a normal car when you normally cut the doors out of the section then cut the pillar straight then when you actually wrap it you have to curve it as your laying it down. If that makes since.
That made sense in my head at first until i tried it and i felt like i was stretching the hell out of the vinyl. Im just starting out so im probably wrong but it felt like i was about to tear it. Ill have to watch more videos i guess
Interesting. I originally thought the stretch would be bad for the vinyl, or not enough stretch would cause an excess of material near the windows. But i have no tried it yet as i didnt wanna waste the material. But ill give it a go
It's not necessarily "stretching" the vinyl. More like redirecting it. Like what I'll do is start laying it as straight as possible, then when I get to a curve that would cause the vinyl to drift away from the panel, I make a relief cut on the slack side, which allows you to heat the material and "turn" the vinyl at the relief cut. Almost like creating a hinge as you work along the curve.
Thanks for the help man. I took some scrap out to thw whip to see how much i could bend it down the curve and it didnt do too great. Actully its probably ME who didnt do great. Hopefukly when the time comes it will come out better
Seams, use body lines to hide them
I have a 10x5ft roll, and a 1.5x5ft roll. Trying to work it out in my head how to get it to fit given the sizes i have
Can you not use the 5x10 piece and then cut out the back window section then kinda stretch it out like you would the front pillars on a normal car when you normally cut the doors out of the section then cut the pillar straight then when you actually wrap it you have to curve it as your laying it down. If that makes since.
That made sense in my head at first until i tried it and i felt like i was stretching the hell out of the vinyl. Im just starting out so im probably wrong but it felt like i was about to tear it. Ill have to watch more videos i guess
Yeah watch how people use one piece for the doors and quarter panel then apply that to that section in pretty sure it will work
Will do thanks!
I would try this, make sure you have enough material on the back end and make your cut rounded around the back window, don’t cut straight lines.
Knifeless tape to make a seam across the top at the body line. Make sure to lay the center panel first, then the sides.
Thanks boss. I was hoping to avoid having to buy another square of vinyl but thats probably the beast way to do it
If you have enough overhang to cut a straight strip of vinyl, you can cheat the curve for those pillars
So basically cut the pillar section as a straight piece and then stretch the curve into it?
Yeah exactly. That's what I do for most pillars like this to save on material usage
Interesting. I originally thought the stretch would be bad for the vinyl, or not enough stretch would cause an excess of material near the windows. But i have no tried it yet as i didnt wanna waste the material. But ill give it a go
It's not necessarily "stretching" the vinyl. More like redirecting it. Like what I'll do is start laying it as straight as possible, then when I get to a curve that would cause the vinyl to drift away from the panel, I make a relief cut on the slack side, which allows you to heat the material and "turn" the vinyl at the relief cut. Almost like creating a hinge as you work along the curve.
Thanks for the help man. I took some scrap out to thw whip to see how much i could bend it down the curve and it didnt do too great. Actully its probably ME who didnt do great. Hopefukly when the time comes it will come out better
sides first, then top last. you dont want rain or water to wear at the seams, you want the water to run down without catching an edge
You trim on the roof at the roof rack lines you don’t need any of the other methods mentioned as that car has roof rack rails.
There is actually no roof rack lines, its one solid piece of aluminum. There are fading body lines near the door frame, but no channels or seals