HarpZ
Member
- Location
- Brampton Ontario
- Car
- 2008 FX45 AWD
I got bored of my stock beryllium paint color and decided to wrap my FX matte white. I didnt like the stock rim color on the matte white so I plastidipped them black. I have spacers and a resonator delete. The roof is wrapped in carbon fiber.
For reference:
-Matte white wrap was $180USD incl shipping to my house (1.52m X 30m)
-The wrap supplier also threw in a carbon fiber wrap which I used on the roof, door handles, side view mirror caps and interior trim for $25USD (1.52m X 5m)
-Heat gun for the wrap cost $20CAD
-5 cans of black Plastidip for rims and grill were $50CAD
-ICHIBA 35mm rear spacers were $80CAD
-ICHIBA 25mm front spacers were $70CAD
-Resonator delete was $50CAD
-In total i spent about $475CAD/USD to completely revamp my FX
-Wrapping and plastidipping took around 45 hours, spacer install took 2 hours and resonator delete took 30 minutes at a local shop.
I know many people opt for 3M or 3M certified vinyl wrap which runs about $500 in Canada. Being a noob at wrapping, however, I decided to purchase a cheaper wrap and save myself 300 bucks incase i screwed it up. The wrap I used was exactly the same as 3M wrap... it had air channels, was extremely pliable under heat and worked just as well as my friend's 3m wrap which he used on his nissan rogue. In the final comparison between my cheaper wrap and his 3M wrap we found that both are exactly the same in terms of the vinyl's overall quality, texture, thickness and color.
I think it looks much better than stock and it definitely turns heads...
What do you guys think?
(Sorry for the bad pic quality, my phones camera sucks... Ill use my other camera and post better pics when I have the time)
Before
Roof Wrapped
Hood
Fenders
Doors
Done everything... ready to start cutting it out
Cutting
More Cutting
Still Cutting
Almost Done
Dipping Grill
Done Grill
Closeup of Handle
Done...(Reinstalled trim and it looks complete minus a few tiny unnoticeable areas left to cut out)
Other Side
The Finished Product
Here Are The Better Pics:
For reference:
-Matte white wrap was $180USD incl shipping to my house (1.52m X 30m)
-The wrap supplier also threw in a carbon fiber wrap which I used on the roof, door handles, side view mirror caps and interior trim for $25USD (1.52m X 5m)
-Heat gun for the wrap cost $20CAD
-5 cans of black Plastidip for rims and grill were $50CAD
-ICHIBA 35mm rear spacers were $80CAD
-ICHIBA 25mm front spacers were $70CAD
-Resonator delete was $50CAD
-In total i spent about $475CAD/USD to completely revamp my FX
-Wrapping and plastidipping took around 45 hours, spacer install took 2 hours and resonator delete took 30 minutes at a local shop.
I know many people opt for 3M or 3M certified vinyl wrap which runs about $500 in Canada. Being a noob at wrapping, however, I decided to purchase a cheaper wrap and save myself 300 bucks incase i screwed it up. The wrap I used was exactly the same as 3M wrap... it had air channels, was extremely pliable under heat and worked just as well as my friend's 3m wrap which he used on his nissan rogue. In the final comparison between my cheaper wrap and his 3M wrap we found that both are exactly the same in terms of the vinyl's overall quality, texture, thickness and color.
I think it looks much better than stock and it definitely turns heads...
What do you guys think?
(Sorry for the bad pic quality, my phones camera sucks... Ill use my other camera and post better pics when I have the time)
Before
Roof Wrapped
Hood
Fenders
Doors
Done everything... ready to start cutting it out
Cutting
More Cutting
Still Cutting
Almost Done
Dipping Grill
Done Grill
Closeup of Handle
Done...(Reinstalled trim and it looks complete minus a few tiny unnoticeable areas left to cut out)
Other Side
The Finished Product
Here Are The Better Pics:
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