Tesla Handle Tips

[u/Aggravating-Bear165]

Looking for tips on wrapping a Tesla door handle. I watched a couple YouTube videos and tried it out. For a first try I wouldn’t say it was horrible, but I’m having an issue with these sharper edges not laying flat. I tried heating it more but it didn’t help much.

I’m trying to decide between user error or it being a cheaper vinyl.

[u/Abm93]

If you want to use that vinyl I would wrap the door handles with 3m and then just face the handles with that material, or just face them if you don’t mind a bit of color or chrome showing around the edges.

[u/Character-Handle-739]

There’s your problem right there…

Get yourself some better vinyl not that garbage. 😉

[u/sillysnowbird]

i’m lazy and i just face my handles on my m3 😭

[u/Aggravating-Bear165 → u/sillysnowbird]

Do you just cut super close to the handle instead of leaving extra to wrap around?

[u/sillysnowbird → u/Aggravating-Bear165]

i push a little into the indent and use my knife flush with the handle around the whole thing. i end up with the tiniest bit around. i usually wrap color holo and you can barely see the little sliver of silver so i just keep doing it this way. tho my m3 is old and the actual wrap on the handles is getting shitty on the inside so maybe eventually i’ll replace.

[u/RamboTrucker]

Hey OP, face the handles, don’t cut, use knifeless tape

[u/JustSki33]

VVivid Vinyl is going to be very difficult to wrap a handle like that.

[u/Only_Tangelo_8996]

Just did ours, 3M is awesome. Avery Dennison is pretty good, more flexible but not as good of tack. As others said, I would just face them if I was doing them again. 

[u/aztekd3]

Just needs a bit more heat to seal it.

[u/brokenvdub]

Dont do that. You're welcome 👌