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Generally speaking, the chrome window trim on a Lexus is more difficult to wrap due to its design than most all other cars out there. There's a lot of rubber around the chrome window trim on the Lexus cars, so you must be extra careful when working around them.
I did mine a few weeks ago using knifeless tape. As Don said, it's a tricky design. Took me longer than I expected. Maybe 3 hours. It gets tricky around the mirror triangle. You can remove the triangle and risk snapping the plastic clips or you can tuck the vinyl. Hard to get super super clean.
One more.. precision knifeless tape. It gets very awkward around the edges there at the back of the triangle. Go too little and you see chrome. Go too much and it looks awkward and can peel. You are working down to millimeter precision to get it right. The tape has to lay perfectly. I'm new at it so I did my best. It's not 100% but close enough. All work post-heated for good sealing.
**also be careful with knifeless tape. it's sharp. i almost cut clean through my finger when i was rushing. be very careful. that will slice through flesh if you aren't careful. thankfully i stopped just in time.
Not too sure what width you need but I'm thinking 4 inches? Deciding this myself as well. Hard to find satin black but matte or gloss really depends if you want shine or not.
it's extremely glossy. particularly over rounded surfaces like mirrors.
Definitely Gloss. If wanting to do a gloss / matte contrast the window trim is not the place to do it. I was considering 2 tone black on my car hood, spoilers, diffuser, etc. but resolved that matte trim just looks...Kia-ish
What did you not like about 3M Gloss? I used it on my front grille surround and found it almost too thick. And it's starting to peel at the inward bend at the middle.
was vivid gloss black more pliable / easy to work?