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Originally Posted by imom
Hey Ghost,
I'm thinking of wrapping the car myself...how do you apply the emblem back on over the PPF of the front bumper. Also how hard is it to do the BRZ trunk...do you have to remove the rear spoiler? Appreciate some pointers if you don't mind.
For the rest of the folks...after having opti coat done on my car... I would say it's better to invest in PPF if you can afford it or had to pick one or the other. Rocks and gravel on the freeway suck.
My detailer did a great job with the color correction, but OC still have issues with protecting from bird poop and the orange and yellow spots...still gets eaten away. It's a nice to have...but PPF is the way to go if you can afford it or do it yourself. For cutting the PPF don't use a razor...go knifeless.
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Honestly call around to local installers and try to find prices for their installs. There's a good chance you won't be happy with the final product if you do it yourself. It's not really a DIY application. But hey if your confident or have experience with vynil or other automotive films then give it a try.
Let me know what film you'll use and I'll give you as many pointers as I can. I can also get you kits for bumper, lights, mirrors stuff like that. I can also get you bulk film. PM me if you wanna go that route through me.
As far as reapplying the badges, just get the grey 3m sticky tape from Home Depot that's rated for like 5 or 10 pounds. Shit sticks good! Clean all the old off the badge and apply new in strips. You don't have to completely sticky tape it up like the factory does. Only a little would hold the badge on cuz that tape sticks that aggressively.
The scion or subi badges have pins that go through the bumper and trunk, the front you'll have to remove that gasket thing that's held on by some 10mm nuts under the hood at the top of the bumper. Pull the top of the bumper up and just snap those pins off the front badge. They have a lame rivet type thing in there. I tried to remove it nice nice off my car and wasted some time, ended up saying screw it and just broke them off. Upon reinstall of badges just eyeball it's location and you'll get it pretty good. Take pictures with a tape measure in place for reference. Ditch the lame frs or brz badge on the trunk.
Since you have a factory spoiler I would remove it yes. That way you can do one piece on the top of the trunk and another piece on the back of the trunk and hide the seam under the wing. I could do the trunk in one piece but there's no way someone with no expieriance could :/ be warned that the front bumper on the twins is not easy either.
I've had multiple bird shits bake onto my Suntek film with no etch or stain. I whipe clean with shine supply spray detailer, rubbed it with alcohol, then spray detailer again and it was fine
Suntek is very tough film!
Thanks for making my point about OC, it's good but not the end all be all like dudes make it out to be.
To me it's like this. Say my clear bra gets messed up, that's fine! IT DID ITS JOB AND SAVED MY PAINT