Originally Posted by nugganuche

Well to start with youre simply taking it the wrong way. I never wished or hoped for you to fail.

You must understand though, its like any other profession. It takes years and years of training.

What your planning on attempting is not only very difficult but its also giving dillusional hope that its gonna be cheap.

If you really want to try and tackle this I suggest you start off by grabbing a few "how to wrap dvd's" there are quite a few out there.

Then once you start actually applying the film practice on boards in your garage, or items you dont care about.

The last thing you should do is take a knife, torch, and chemicals youre not familiar with to a vehicle you care about.

Also, when researching wraps, be aware that alot of images are photoshopped. Which gives everyday people the illusion that wraps look like paint.

If your planning on performing this wrap and are planning on taking it off in april I wouldnt bother laminating. That is there to protect the vinyl giving it a longer lifespan.

Also, a good installer will use primer before the film is apllied. This is a brush on product that helps activate the adhesive on the vinyl. Its used in areas around deep curves, vents, things like that.

However, its fairly a mess taking it off when you peel your wrap. So, I would just apply the wrap and be done with it knowing its coming off soon anyway.

I also woulod suggest you dont use a torch at all. I would use a heat gun on its low settings. This will help you in protecting your paint and general safety.
Its not as quick as the torch but you will be more comfortable as a beginner.

Also, as for the comments regarding how people should help others, yeah thanks, but Im not knew to jeeps, not the internet. Im on quite a few sites.

Just understand that I wasnt bashing you. The nature of this thread just struck me the wrong way, no hard feeling I hope. Its just like being a dentist and going on a dentist forum and seeing someone post a thread about how "theyre gonna do their own root canal, its only 30 bucks worth of needed items and its gonna be easy"

Originally Posted by JKid

You all prolly know I'm the super sticker freak here on the forums. show us the stickers
I'm planning on wrapping my Jeep with some Matte vinyl. I took a look at the fender chop thread Eddie posted to see how to remove the fenders and I'll be looking around a bit more for the door handle and hinge removal processes. I figure it's gonna take a weekend to do, so prolly sometime during my Month long Christmas break from School It should go along a lot like painting would. And instead of spending 2 grand on a paint job I can spend $70 on a roll of matte vinyl, $15 on fender clips and take it off after If I don't like it! The vinyl has a 3 year guarantee.


Here's another with black, but everyone does matte black! So I'm thinking more of a dark grey... Like this

Originally Posted by dadgummit

From what I remember this one is not vinyl it is all Line-x. Very nice looking and functional! I am sure eventually my jeep will be all bedliner too.

Originally Posted by nlgrav182

This one is definitely vinyl; there's another thread elsewhere from the owner stating that it's all vinyl with only one seam down the hood and a pretty detailed write-up.

If Line-X could be finer, I'm sure a lot of guys would be spraying their entire tubs inside and out. I think the coarseness makes a less-than-ideal exterior appearance.

Originally Posted by Youri

Wouldn't putting this on a fast car slow it down? I imagine the glossy paint has to help out a little bit with aerodynamics! And on a track every millisecond counts!!