Wrapped the engine bay support struts

[Shockington]

I learned that I kind of suck at working with the wrap, but it looks pretty damn good. Now just waiting for the rest of the pieces for my intake to come in.

 

[westcoastGT]

Nice job .................but all that extra weight , sheeessshhh !

 

[Shockington]

Nice job .................but all that extra weight , sheeessshhh !

Uh dude....it's carbon! I'm saving hundreds of pounds.

 

[westcoastGT]

Uh dude....it's carbon! I'm saving hundreds of pounds.

somebody tell him ......................................

 

[DiabloStinger]

I'm going to plastidip mine soon...

 

[Shockington]

I'm going to plastidip mine soon...

I was going to do them in a metallic red, and I bought the roll of wrap as kind of a test. I really like this look and will probably keep it as is.

 

[niko]

I learned that I kind of suck at working with the wrap, but it looks pretty damn good. Now just waiting for the rest of the pieces for my intake to come in.

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Where did u get that wrap

 

[Shockington]

Where did u get that wrap

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B017BVXGIS/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

US site has it as well. Pretty much every colour you can imagine. The 1ft by 5ft is enough to do 6 struts if you mess it up.

 

[eflyguy]

I learned that I kind of suck at working with the wrap, but it looks pretty damn good.

That is GENIUS, I would never have thought of that. I have a roll of that stuff in regular carbon black.

 

[ZyroXZ2]

Heh, I like that a lot of people end up doing things I was thinking about so I can see what it might look like. Of course, mine weren't going to be red, they were going to be carbon fiber or just matte black to hide the stupid weather stripping I put on the bar, lol

 

[Shockington]

That is GENIUS, I would never have thought of that. I have a roll of that stuff in regular carbon black.

All in it took me about an hour to do both with 0 previous experience. The bends were a little tricky. I just kept telling myself if I do it good once and take my time, I won't have to do it again!

 

[Kamauxx]

I'm going to plastidip mine soon...

Will that hold up to the heat? I guess it's technically the same as vinyl wrap...

Actually, will the vinyl wrap hold up to the temps in the engine bay?

 

[Shockington]

Will that hold up to the heat? I guess it's technically the same as vinyl wrap...

Actually, will the vinyl wrap hold up to the temps in the engine bay?

There are a lot of companies that offer a vinyl wrap on various parts in the engine bay. If it doesn't hold up, I'll just hydro dip it. But I live in Jack Frost's a**hole so I don't think it will matter.

 

[westcoastGT]

Will that hold up to the heat? I guess it's technically the same as vinyl wrap...

Actually, will the vinyl wrap hold up to the temps in the engine bay?

It will be fine , I've done lots of wraps on body parts and the roof . the worst might be a bit of shrinkage on seams but those are unseen in Shocks project .................all good!!

 

[eflyguy]

The vinyl will probably be fine but the adhesive may loosen up enough to cause it to come undone. There are ways to deal with that..

 

[Stinger GT SS]

Looks good, chamois all the dust out of the engine bay & it will really pop....lol

 

[terrylharris]

I learned that I kind of suck at working with the wrap, but it looks pretty damn good. Now just waiting for the rest of the pieces for my intake to come in.

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How about these?

 

[Black Magix]

I like em! The only issue I have is that they aren't lying flat, I can see where the S in "Stinger" is hovering.

I'm glad someone did this as I had a few ideas I wanted to do with mine. I'm getting a CAI in sometime in the future and was planning on doing wrapping trim panels in carbon fiber and painting the bars and tubing red.

 

[DanielN]

You did a good job wrapping it. I gave up at the bends and ended up cutting it where it starts bending.

 

[rocket23]

which is exactly what I did,lol.....but I didn't bother to redo it.....it's on and it's mine.
they call me a ''ten foot'' man............looks good from 10 feet away!!