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Dry or Wet Install on Rvinyl or Aerotech Redouts?

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Old 03-14-07, 12:46 PM
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Default Dry or Wet Install on Rvinyl or Aerotech Redouts?

Got my Rvinyl redouts today,

Was wondering what the positives and negatives of Wet or dry install?

Let me hear it CLers

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i dunno... just make sure you clean it before you put it on
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soapy water and blow drier make it easier A LOT easier
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definately wet...incase it's not aligned you can still move it around...also no air bubbles as well
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should be wet, much easier. I remember I tried it dry, and it shows bubles. So, I took it off and put them wet
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I tried wet but couldn't get it to stay in the right spot so I did dry and came out great. Not a single air bubble.
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I did it the wet way... I found it quite simple.
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I got mine installed wet and used a hair dryer to dry. It's been months and still no show of it comming off.
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wet was impossible for me so I stuck them dry
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is it possible to buy the vinyl in stores like autozone or advance auto parts etc....any body know if they carry it...or has everyone just gotten them of rvinyl.com
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I LIKE IT RAW!!! hahah Dry for me.
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I dunked the vinyl in the soapy water and it helped as I was able to move it around, then while holding it in place I just squee-gee'd the extra water out. I wouldn't recommend getting anything other than the precut. The Xacto knife will make slight stratches and I don't know how anyone was able to cut the pieces to fit without doing this, even applying the littlest pressure possible, and IMO its too much work to do it the other way(trace paper, etc). Just feel safe with the pre-cuts
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Originally Posted by nehal51086
is it possible to buy the vinyl in stores like autozone or advance auto parts etc....any body know if they carry it...or has everyone just gotten them of rvinyl.com
I got them precut from a seller on ebay (atrop0s) $13 shipped...look great...and I did the dry install.
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Originally Posted by MIAMIS250
wet was impossible for me so I stuck them dry
HEY,HEY,HEY.
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Some how I knew this thread was going to dirty, I got Rvinyl precut.

What brand is everybody?


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