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[zw470]

My '13 Boss 302 style stripes from Big Worm came in.

I'm planning on installing them myself but they sure do look intimidating all laid out.....

 

[Vert]

Looks like you can do it yourself.

 

[zw470]

Yeah, first thing tomorrow I'm gonna tape everything out on the car and see what I think. I'm thinking once the hood section is in place it will be simple to line up the rest as long as I take my time. The kit did come with good instructions and a nice squeegee.

 

[Jabooh1]

What vinyl did he use to match the color?

 

[zw470]

They're just regular matte black, not reflective or anything like the real Boss uses. I'll look when I get home to see what manufacturer it is, the website says they use a few different ones depending on the color.

 

[Jabooh1]

Ok thanks. I thought someone cracked the code on the Boss stripes.

 

[zw470]

Stripes are on. Took me about 5 hours. There's 2 little wrinkles on the center hood piece from where I squeegeed out big bubbles. I'm going to talk to the company I bought them from and see if they have any suggestions or just want to sell me a new piece. Other than they came out flawless. I almost bought them in white but I'm glad I went with matte black.

 

[Vert]

Looks great. You might try and hit the wrinkles with a heat gun to see if it will smooth them out.

 

[zw470]

I tried a hair-dryer because that was all I had. It shrunk them a bit. May have to make a run to Harbor Freight for an actual heat gun, though.

 

[gt5.0coyote]

Looks great man. You did it in a awesome amount of time too. Congrats!

 

[zw470]

The wrinkles are from 2 large water bubbles. I got the bubbles out, but think I squeegeed them too hard and it bunched up the vinyl. A couple guys from work were checking out my car in our hotel parking lot and they said they didn't even notice them. Of course since I know they're there they might as well be 4' long LOL.

Here's a side-shot

Thanks for the kind words!!!

 

[Jabooh1]

Looks good man!

 

[zw470]

 

[Douglas White]

For future reference. Water underneath the vinyl will evaporate over the course of a week or two. Freshly tinted windows usually has a few too. They go away.