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10-23-2010, 03:09 AM
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How to: Pinstriped wheels
Most of this is self explanatory but for those who don't know here it is anyway.
Items required:
Wheel pinstripe size and color of your choice.
Vinyl rim pinstripe decals wheels bike, car, truck graphics - $12.99 : House of Grafx, Your One Stop Vinyl Shop
Spray bottle with water and dish soap mixture.
Sponge and/or terry cloth.
Cleaning clay.
Rubbing alcohol.
Girlfriend's hair dryer.
Procedure:
1. Spray soap and water scrub wheel with sponge or cloth.
2. Clay bar the area to be pinstriped.
3. On a clean applicator do a final wipe-down with rubbing alcohol.
4. Spray the soap and water mixture onto the cleaned wheel.
5. Peel back first section of vinyl while spraying the vinyl's adhesive with the spray bottle.
6 Carefully maneuver the vinyl onto the wheel in the correct position- avoid contaminating adhesive with dirt and debris.
7. When you are satisfied with the position squeegee water out of the vinyl with your fingers until the vinyl adheres.
8. Use heat gun with light heat not spending too much time in any one area speed up drying. This will make the vinyl stick to the wheel real nice.
9. Repeat steps 4-8 for the next section of vinyl. I overlapped my vinyl about 1/4" between sections. Get creative with scissors to save on the vinyl for the final wheel section as the vinyl connects to create the circle. There's no reason to overlap more than 1"
Final result:
Items required:
Wheel pinstripe size and color of your choice.
Vinyl rim pinstripe decals wheels bike, car, truck graphics - $12.99 : House of Grafx, Your One Stop Vinyl Shop
Spray bottle with water and dish soap mixture.
Sponge and/or terry cloth.
Cleaning clay.
Rubbing alcohol.
Girlfriend's hair dryer.
Procedure:
1. Spray soap and water scrub wheel with sponge or cloth.
2. Clay bar the area to be pinstriped.
3. On a clean applicator do a final wipe-down with rubbing alcohol.
4. Spray the soap and water mixture onto the cleaned wheel.
5. Peel back first section of vinyl while spraying the vinyl's adhesive with the spray bottle.
6 Carefully maneuver the vinyl onto the wheel in the correct position- avoid contaminating adhesive with dirt and debris.
7. When you are satisfied with the position squeegee water out of the vinyl with your fingers until the vinyl adheres.
8. Use heat gun with light heat not spending too much time in any one area speed up drying. This will make the vinyl stick to the wheel real nice.
9. Repeat steps 4-8 for the next section of vinyl. I overlapped my vinyl about 1/4" between sections. Get creative with scissors to save on the vinyl for the final wheel section as the vinyl connects to create the circle. There's no reason to overlap more than 1"
Final result:
10-25-2010, 11:19 PM
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10-25-2010, 11:24 PM
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Most of this is self explanatory but for those who don't know here it is anyway.
Items required:
Wheel pinstripe size and color of your choice.
Vinyl rim pinstripe decals wheels bike, car, truck graphics - $12.99 : House of Grafx, Your One Stop Vinyl Shop
Spray bottle with water and dish soap mixture.
Sponge and/or terry cloth.
Cleaning clay.
Rubbing alcohol.
Girlfriend's hair dryer.
Procedure:
1. Spray soap and water scrub wheel with sponge or cloth.
2. Clay bar the area to be pinstriped.
3. On a clean applicator do a final wipe-down with rubbing alcohol.
4. Spray the soap and water mixture onto the cleaned wheel.
5. Peel back first section of vinyl while spraying the vinyl's adhesive with the spray bottle.
6 Carefully maneuver the vinyl onto the wheel in the correct position- avoid contaminating adhesive with dirt and debris.
7. When you are satisfied with the position squeegee water out of the vinyl with your fingers until the vinyl adheres.
8. Use heat gun with light heat not spending too much time in any one area speed up drying. This will make the vinyl stick to the wheel real nice.
9. Repeat steps 4-8 for the next section of vinyl. I overlapped my vinyl about 1/4" between sections. Get creative with scissors to save on the vinyl for the final wheel section as the vinyl connects to create the circle. There's no reason to overlap more than 1"
Final result:
Items required:
Wheel pinstripe size and color of your choice.
Vinyl rim pinstripe decals wheels bike, car, truck graphics - $12.99 : House of Grafx, Your One Stop Vinyl Shop
Spray bottle with water and dish soap mixture.
Sponge and/or terry cloth.
Cleaning clay.
Rubbing alcohol.
Girlfriend's hair dryer.
Procedure:
1. Spray soap and water scrub wheel with sponge or cloth.
2. Clay bar the area to be pinstriped.
3. On a clean applicator do a final wipe-down with rubbing alcohol.
4. Spray the soap and water mixture onto the cleaned wheel.
5. Peel back first section of vinyl while spraying the vinyl's adhesive with the spray bottle.
6 Carefully maneuver the vinyl onto the wheel in the correct position- avoid contaminating adhesive with dirt and debris.
7. When you are satisfied with the position squeegee water out of the vinyl with your fingers until the vinyl adheres.
8. Use heat gun with light heat not spending too much time in any one area speed up drying. This will make the vinyl stick to the wheel real nice.
9. Repeat steps 4-8 for the next section of vinyl. I overlapped my vinyl about 1/4" between sections. Get creative with scissors to save on the vinyl for the final wheel section as the vinyl connects to create the circle. There's no reason to overlap more than 1"
Final result:
Can you post a super upclose of how the vinyls lay over each other?
10-25-2010, 11:27 PM
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I love it, Im going to do green but I want to see the color first, how do I do it on that website? I also want to color match the pin stripe when i paint my calipers green also. Rims will be powdercoated black.
10-26-2010, 12:03 AM
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6 mm for 18" (Hyper gray) MSR 045's
I'm not positive if that size would cover up all the red or silver polished lip. 6mm fit into the half circle groove just about perfect. I would assume 7mm to be too large.
I'm not positive if that size would cover up all the red or silver polished lip. 6mm fit into the half circle groove just about perfect. I would assume 7mm to be too large.