Hey guys just searched through 10 pages of vinyl threads and found lots of stuff about interior, trunk CF and roof vinyls.... What im looking for that is to do a large center piece of gloss black vinyl or possibly carbon fiber, not the whole hood but a wide center section that I have seen on a few cobalts here one guy in particular, actually had it done to his LS coupe with paint but I have seen it done with vinyl on other cars.


Just wondering if anyone else has done it and what lines/design they chose to follow on installing it. Also just want to know what size of vinyl to use. Any help appreciated thanks! Also, going to be doing the trunk as well but thats another story.

 

looking for something similar to this




bump for keeping me sane and giving me something to read while my 10 month old screams for 3 hours straight with a 101 degree fever...

 

 

Damn that four door looks sexy, Makes me miss my four door LT

 

wow that hood looks great man!!!! exactly what I want to do, How much did you pay for that? and did you have it professionally installed?

 

thats not my car its a member on here. he actually demodded that car and is selling it because he bought an ss/tc

 

For some reason the one on the left reminds me of a 96-00 civic with that bumper on it..

 

i want to do the same thing with my hood as that guy did with the sedan

 

I dont know if I like that roof rack, but that car looks pretty good

 

its pretty cool... idk i'm 45/55 on it

 

what size vinyl should i get to do the hood like that? and do you guys know what the average price is on something like that ive seen numbers like $100-$200 so far.

 

Should have lined up the paint on the hood with the grille better, but still looks good

 

bump still looking for some install info here.

 

Hey ^ that's my old ride, here's another pic






I thought about lining it up with the grill but in my opinion it looks a hell of
Alot better when it follows the body line

 

I've never done a hood but I've done plenty of vinyl work. Just clean the surface, spray a ton of Rapid Tac over where the vinyl will lay (make sure to spray around the border of where the vinyl will be) This will allow you to adjust the vinyl and get the bubbles out. And once it dries it gives it a much stickier backing. To get the bubbles out just use a rubber squeegee made for vinyl application. When you push a bubble to the edge some of the Rapid Tac fluid will come out each time.