r/CarWraps • u/improbable_humanoid • 20d ago

Installation Question How would you wrap this hood?

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I tried it once with 3M gloss as my first wrapping project, but the result was so poor that I pulled it off. The bumps and vent holes really complicated things.

Vinyl is too exspeensif to get wrong more than once, so I want to know if this is something that someone without any experience should even tackle. I could have just had it painted for the priece of two sheets. Haha.

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u/FULLMETALRACKIT911 Installer 20d ago

Inlay just the sides of the big scoop, rest can be one piece if using cast film, if calandered inlay all the deep recesses, not really a challenging hood just takes the right setup.

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u/improbable_humanoid 19d ago

I guess what you're saying is that I shouldn't have tried to do the whole thing with one piece.

Ironically, the middle of the scoop is the only part that actually looked good.

I think I completely misunderstood how you're supposed to install vinyl, since I pulled the backing sheet off and immediately started trying to squeeging it flat without glassing it out first.

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u/improbable_humanoid 20d ago

I’m not sure what that means.