3M Reflective Red Brake Caliper Vinyl Wrap
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3M Reflective Red Brake Caliper Vinyl Wrap
I decided to try and some reflective vinyl to my calipers today. I first tried to wrap the entire caliper from a single sheet, but found it impossible and temporarily gave up. If broken down to 2 (or more) sections, the job becomes a lot easier. All I did was spray the caliper with brake cleaner and wipe, isoprohyl alcohol and wipe, and then begin the wrapping. You will need a heat gun (~180 F) or a hair dryer I hear works as well. Once the vinyl was finished, I added the lexus decal and then added a clear coat of VHT high temp
These are my results:
Its not perfect, but I'm happy with the results. Hope this helps someone out there since I only saw a tutorial of hope to wrap the rear calipers (which I hear is a lot easier)
These are my results:
Its not perfect, but I'm happy with the results. Hope this helps someone out there since I only saw a tutorial of hope to wrap the rear calipers (which I hear is a lot easier)
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ALE81 Wow, nice job! Do you have a link to the 3M material? Thanks for the tutorial.
http://www.metrorestyling.com/Red-Br...3m-ref-red.htm
*** I got 2x4' (I got extra since I never installed vinyl before and expected to make mistakes). 2x2' is likely all you need if you're experienced installing vinyl ***
High Quality Felt Edge Squeegee 4 Inch
http://www.metrorestyling.com/High-Q...-p/feltsqg.htm
VHT SP730 Gloss Clear Brake Caliper Paint Can - 11 oz.
http://www.amazon.com/VHT-SP730-Gloss-Clear-Caliper/dp/B000CPJLV2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00
Lexus Brake Caliper Decal
Ebay: Just search for Lexus Brake Decal. After you've applied the decal, just give a quick coat of the VHT SP730 clear coat of the decal and vinyl. Dont go too crazy with it. A light coating is all ya need
Last edited by jaywuzhere; 04-10-16 at 07:14 PM. Reason: removed ebay link
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I tried this before on my ISF and the caliper is a lot bigger and shaped differently so I gave up. haha!
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3M Reflective Red Brake Caliper Vinyl Wrap
http://www.metrorestyling.com/Red-Br...3m-ref-red.htm
*** I got 2x4' (I got extra since I never installed vinyl before and expected to make mistakes). 2x2' is likely all you need if you're experienced installing vinyl ***
http://www.metrorestyling.com/Red-Br...3m-ref-red.htm
*** I got 2x4' (I got extra since I never installed vinyl before and expected to make mistakes). 2x2' is likely all you need if you're experienced installing vinyl ***
Last edited by jaywuzhere; 04-20-16 at 11:39 PM.