Vinyl wrapping B pillar black?

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soulsea

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Included is a piss poor photoshop of the general idea ...

I suppose it's sort of an Escalade thing, except I'm not sure I'd wrap it in gloss black ... I might wrap it in matte black to match the existing window trim.

I'm thinking it might actually look good ... although I do worry about the transition to paint, especially at the top.

I suppose I could plasti-dip it but I'm thinking quality vinyl wrap will be better in the long run.

Thoughts?
 
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micahthomson on here has his silver Avalanche done like that. I'm not sure what his process was. Maybe he will chime in. I think it looks pretty good.
 
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I think that looks good :waytogo:
 

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(CHIME) I used black vinyl to wrap around to the window edge and then used a laser cut black polycarbonate piece on top to make it highly reflective.

http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewitem?itemId=230690763380

It looked good with vinyl only though so you could try it out that way. I had already ordered the other pieces though.

Here is a close up of it on my Avy.

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Let me know if you have any questions!
 

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I'd try it. The vinyl can't be more than $5 or even free for some left over pieces from a shop. I'd do gloss black on mine to match my blacked out windows. I can do this on Monday when my buddies shop opens...
 
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Thanks for the opinions everyone ...

@Micah: I'm trying to avoid stick plastic trim pieces on my truck, because one can usually tell that they glued on there due to their thickness. I've actually seen the ones you have in person and they don't cover everything from window to window, so like you, one has to add vinyl to finish it right. I'm figuring at this point might as well do it in one vinyl finish.

@Nathan: Yeah I'm also leaning gloss ... it would match both the windows and the esky mirror sail. My only thought on matte was to match the matte black window trim.
 

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DoIt. Looks more better....flows with tinted windows ;)


Or just have a black vehicle---everything matches.......
 
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What do you guys think about also wrapping the little angled painted part below the front and rear windows so that the gloss black flows back from the bottom of the side mirror sail?
 

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I say no to any vinyl. Truck looks clean as is. That makes it look too much like a ford in my opinion.
 

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I say no to any vinyl. Truck looks clean as is. That makes it look too much like a ford in my opinion.

like the new 2014 Ford Expedition?

:lol2:



@ Serge. I see what your saying about the lower piece (from the mirror), but I wouldn't do that. It's a little too much black vinyl.
 

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