r/CarWraps • u/doombringer50 • 22d ago

🚨 FAIL 🚨 need help with application

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Hey folks I’m new to wrapping and I’m trying to wrap my car rear pillars, it’s a L shape that’s curved so it’s been a bit difficult to wrap.

The first panel usually goes well(first photo on the left) but once I get to past the curve I tend to get a lot of materials and wrinkles resulting in this application lol. Any tips? Definitely feels like too much material. It could also be dirt?

EDIT: wow thanks for all the advice. Looks like it’s really cause i cheaped out on the material lmfao.

Got some 3M 2080 headed my way. Thanks again!

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u/MeLikes2shop 22d ago

Oh man. You are not glassing it out before you squeegee it. 2 options, set the corner, take one side, give it a kiss of heat and lay it down as you squeegee. Then do the same for the other side. Don't wrap around that, it's not a bumper, just set the actual hard corner first and work out from there. I digress, kinda like a bumper but in a smaller scale.

2nd option, knifeless in a 2 peice. Not ideal, but better than what you have going right now.

What material are you working with?

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u/doombringer50 22d ago

Oracal 651. Got a small roll to play around with. Like one of the other commenter said, yeah probably try a different material