Wrapped my fender flares with carbon fiber

[FellowM3]

This looks great. Subtle and clean.

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[bhb]

Yes I do

where is this?

 

[Mo’ Money Mo’ Broncos]

Thanks yes I agree has to be matte. Your plan should work I have 37's with just a 1" Zone level
with no rub but I have -1 offset wheels without that I think it would probably rub the wheel
well liners.

Awesome, I appreciate the info. I plan to do 0 offset so that’s nice to have some confirmation. Great work man hope you enjoy the rig!

 

[ChrisB351]

Please report back in 6mo on how the vinyl has held up.

 

[MillerAndCheeto]

Yes I do

That looks so awesome.

 

[4avor8ntfair]

First I painted my flares to match my grill that I painted satin black. I really liked the way the grill looked as opposed to the stock grey
so I thought the flares would look good to but after putting on the truck didn't like the way satin looked so I wrapped them.

Here's the way the looked painted

Did you paint the grill yourself? I was thinking about doing it and trying to decide between gloss an matte.
The wrap makes more sense after seeing that you didn’t love the paint! It definitely looks good…hopefully it holds up!

 

[21Badlands]

Nice job,working with wrap is like battling an angry octopus in a dark phone booth

LOL

 

[21Badlands]

Thanks, for me after seeing both matte is much nicer IMO.

 

[21Badlands]

What offset are those zephyr wheels ?and I assume 35 tires what kind?

-1 offset and 37" BFG KO2's

 

[21Badlands]

Did you paint the grill yourself? I was thinking about doing it and trying to decide between gloss an matte.
The wrap makes more sense after seeing that you didn’t love the paint! It definitely looks good…hopefully it holds up!

Yes I painted it. It is satin black

 

[21Badlands]

where is this?

We went to three places that day started out at pine barrens then went further south ,maybe Brendan T Byrne state forest, I was following my nephew.
Pretty sure that pic was in the pine barrens.

 

[rws]

First I painted my flares to match my grill that I painted satin black. I really liked the way the grill looked as opposed to the stock grey
so I thought the flares would look good to but after putting on the truck didn't like the way satin looked so I wrapped them.

Here's the way the looked painted

I have never wrapped anything before and to me this was pretty hard to do i cut into 9" x 60" strips and placed on top of the flare working down on side then the other. the strips kept wanting to move to the back of the flare not leaving me enough to cover the front side but I eventually got it to work.
Doing it this way it was very hard to wrap the front face but Got it with a little heat and a lot of patience. Probably should have bought enough to cover the face
of each flare and then pulled it over the top.

Here is what they looked like before I painted them very stained.

Here's what they looked like after lots of sanding.

If anybody is going to try this I would not try to wrap the the flares if they weren't painted I don't think it would stick.

Here is a link to the vinyl I picked it is a matt carbon fiber.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00L9J4SQ8?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

If I did it this way again I would by a 48" x 60" giving me a 1 foot strip for each flare.
Here are some more pics of the finished project

I do like the carbon fiber look... add one more thing to my "to-do" list now!

 

[rtazz17]

First I painted my flares to match my grill that I painted satin black. I really liked the way the grill looked as opposed to the stock grey
so I thought the flares would look good to but after putting on the truck didn't like the way satin looked so I wrapped them.

Here's the way the looked painted

I have never wrapped anything before and to me this was pretty hard to do i cut into 9" x 60" strips and placed on top of the flare working down on side then the other. the strips kept wanting to move to the back of the flare not leaving me enough to cover the front side but I eventually got it to work.
Doing it this way it was very hard to wrap the front face but Got it with a little heat and a lot of patience. Probably should have bought enough to cover the face
of each flare and then pulled it over the top.

Here is what they looked like before I painted them very stained.

Here's what they looked like after lots of sanding.

If anybody is going to try this I would not try to wrap the the flares if they weren't painted I don't think it would stick.

Here is a link to the vinyl I picked it is a matt carbon fiber.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00L9J4SQ8?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

If I did it this way again I would by a 48" x 60" giving me a 1 foot strip for each flare.
Here are some more pics of the finished project

Looks great.
would love to try this myself. I guess ill start educating myself with some videos before I screw up. Which I will.. Im guessing my 25 dollar heat gun wont cut it? That I use for electrical shrink wrap

 

[21Badlands]

Looks great.
would love to try this myself. I guess ill start educating myself with some videos before I screw up. Which I will.. Im guessing my 25 dollar heat gun wont cut it? That I use for electrical shrink wrap

Thanks, Yeah watch whatever videos you can and it will still seem hard they make it look easier
then it is but it's worth it in the end. Your heat will be fine I used the same type and kept it on
the lowest setting you don't need a lot of heat.

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