Vinyl Wrapping your 986

[John Thomson]

Originally Posted by Van914

Be careful when trimming? Knife or blades will scar the paint. Saw a Cayman wrapped, the owner had it professionaly done. He says the use fishing line to trim no scars.
Good luck

A blade should never be used on a car/van directly........it is not fishing line...but a product called Wrap-Cut or Knifeless Tape ( the difference is where the cutting line is placed in the tape)

The car MUST be cleaned to the vinyl manufacturers specification ( usually their cleaning product).....if not and the vinyl fails they will not honour any warranty claim.

All handles/badges should be removed..........all recessed should be post heated with a heatgun to the manufacturers specs and checked with an infra red temp gauge.

I have been a signmaker for 20 years,completed 2 vehicle wrap courses but would not take on a wrap job.....

Best of luck, I hope it goes well.

[truegearhead]

I thought the matte black thing was dead....or I'm I just getting old? Good luck, I imaging the boxster is a relatively easy car to wrap since it has no trim and no real grill or roof.

[papasmurf]

and it is not something I would recommend to the first time user. I have probably wrapped well over 100 cars over the years and it still can be a challenge from time to time. I have been trying to get my employers to try out the vvivid brand vinyl as it appears to be decent quality. That being said, you know what you are getting when you purchase avery, 3m, or oracal materials. You are probably going to get some adhesion promoter (3M primer 94), a heatgun (we use propane torches), and have the car washed with an aggressive soap to get any wax and oil's off the paint before wrapping. The knifeless tape is expensive and kind of hard to use but is what you want if you are not going to put knife to paint. Frequently we would use masking tape under the edge and cut on that before peeling the vinyl back to remove the tape. There really should not be too many areas you have to cut on the body. To do things right, remove the headlights, sidemarkers, tailights, air vents, etc. The material stretches easily with heat so working in a cool location is always a plus.

Good luck....been thinking about wrapping my boxster in a green similar to signal green or a lime green color.