Shrugydad

Pics of my SC...first vinyl wrap DIY. It turned out nice, but I would like to compare notes with others who have done this to see where you have seams in the vinyl and how you applied the vinyl to the mirrors and the front lower grill.

Before applying vinyl wrap. Paint was about 4 different shades of white when I purchased the SC in 2019. Badges, dings & dents removed and sprayed in white primer

After the vinyl DIY project was completed using Avery-Dennison Satin Pearl White. My opinion is that this vinyl looks best in early morning just before sunrise.

Ryksc4

That's a pretty wrap and well done

FatBrian81

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When I had my green 95 I was planning to get it wrapped but I got rid of it before I did.

Kira X

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That satin white looks amazing. You did a great job on the wrap. How difficult was it to do?

RudysSC

Nice work, it turned out great!

smm3

I think it turned out great. What wheels are those? Really like them as well!

Shrugydad

Thanks again for all of your compliments. This was my first wrap so I would say that is was difficult, but I did a few things to try to make sure that the end result would look good:
1) More hours prepping the surface than actually wrapping. Removing the emblems leaves you with 20+ holes to fill alone! Add another 10ish holes to fill from the wheel inner fender cut/roll and it's a challenge!
2) I watch hours of videos on YouTube from CKWraps. That guy is the best!
3) Selected one of the best wraps for a first time DIY; Avery-Dennison vinyl is much easier than 3M
4) The car was white and I wrapped it with white vinyl so you cannot see flaws like where I partially wrapped each side view mirror
5) I spent $100 on vinyl material just for testing purposes and I bought about 20% more vinyl than I needed because I knew I would screw up ;-)

As part of my upgrades, I also installed Megan Easy Street coil-overs and wheels from Velocitymotoring.com:
FRONT: V710 19x8.5 ET 35
REAR: V710 19x9.5 ET 33
These wheels cost $255 each. They are machined to fit your specific application, in our case that's a 5x114.3 bolt pattern with a 60.1 centerbore

Now I've just finished wrapping my truck. This is an '07 Honda Ridgeline and much more difficult than the smooth body lines on our SC's! Now I'm experimenting with chrome vinyl. That stuff is easily 100+% more expensive and definitely much more difficult to install, but if I can figure it out the SC will be re-wrapped in chrome this year!

AceVL

That wrap looks great. If I can ask, what vinyl did you end up using?

I bought some white pearl that is slightly off the normal color, but I was planning to use it on the roof since my Diamond White clearcoat was fading.

Shrugydad

This is where I "butt seamed" the vinyl under the lip on each side. Doing this is not what the pros would do but this makes the wrap MUCH easier for a first time DIY

You have to place a seam somewhere on the roof or C piller. THis is where I seamed the vinyl on the C piller. This is a butt seam and would have been a mistake if my SC was gold or black since you can see the paint at the seam. I think the pros would have some small overlap here and not use a butt seam

Just for fun, I wrapped the aftermarket spoiler with black carbon fiber vinyl. The vinyl will not cover the entire spoiler with one piece so you have to seam.

AceVL, feel free ask away on the questions! Considering the market value of our SC's, it does not make sense to spend thousands on new paint, but $500 for a vinyl wrap (assuming you prep and install) can make these cars look amazing for a very reasonable cost. This is the vinyl that I used:

Avery Satin White Pearlescent | SW900-117-O | 315 sq/ft |

I bought it when Metrorestyling.com had this on clearance for $417. 315 sq ft was more than a pro would use I'm sure, but I used nearly all of the vinyl because I had to wrap the hood twice, the rear spoiler four times and other panels as well. I think I wrapped the mirrors at least 4-5 times until I could get them to look good. When I started this project I did not know about a product called Tack Reducer by VVIVID. I wish I had heard about that product since it works like a charm on large surfaced like the SC roof and hood. The tricky part about a wrap on the roof is that you have a "continuous" flow from the roof to the C pillar to the rear quarter. You need to put a seam in there somewhere. I will take a photo of what I did and post later. The BEST part about our SC's for a vinyl wrap is the hard body fold on each side of the car on the fender, quarter panel and door just below the door handle. You can seam the vinyl all along that and it will not be visible. Makes the wrap pretty easy for a first timer DIY project!

kez

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Wow the wrap results are damn good

Matt L

Shrugydad
Great job on this wrap! It looks amazing. Question: How close to the stock Lexus Diamond White Pearl is the Avery Dennison White Pearlescent SW900 that you used?
Thanks!
Matt

Shrugydad

This time it turned out much nicer than my first and second attempts. Like everything, vinyl wrapping is a skill that takes practice. This is 3M Frozen Vanilla Satine white. Avery Dennison Satin Black was used for the accents.