What did you do to your NBS GMT800 Tahoe/Yukon Today?

[jcevans7]

That's sick. I want to wrap or plasi dip don't know which will hold up better. Good job. How long did it take you.

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[SlowD]

After a lot of research on plasti-dip and vinyl I decided to wrap it since I can get 4-6 years out of Avery vinyl and was quoted 3-4k to wrap it so I decided to do it myself.
I have about $750 total so far in vinyl, nice variable temp heat gun, ir temp gun, felt squeegees, cotton gloves, 3m edge sealer, 3m primer, razors etc etc.

So far I can only work on it 1-2 times a week so its been over 2 months lol. I still have the passenger side and body kit to do. Hopefully within the next month it will be done so I can enjoy it again.

 

[YukonXL04]

I really wanted to wrap my roof in a gloss black, but after hearing you say it sucks, pretty much confirmed it's not gonna happen lol. It looks like it will be really hard with the roof ridges.

Yours looks great though! Good job

 

[SlowD]

Thanks!
Well the roof wouldn't be too terrible if you have the space to move around the car freely AND have a helper or two. Problem is laying the vinyl flat on all 4 corners, so ideally you want to have someone on each corner laying it down while keeping it taut so you don't have as much air to squeegee out.

 

[YukonXL04]

Thanks!
Well the roof wouldn't be too terrible if you have the space to move around the car freely AND have a helper or two. Problem is laying the vinyl flat on all 4 corners, so ideally you want to have someone on each corner laying it down while keeping it taut so you don't have as much air to squeegee out.

Gotcha. Kind of like a cross between window tint and interior vinyl? Lol I'm assuming you use heat to stretch the film around the big roof ridges?

 

[SlowD]

After a lot of trial and error and watching a ton of videos yes you use as much heat as you need to soften the vinyl into and around the ridges before using the squeegee, that way your not excessively stretching the vinyl down, up and over every ridge.

The real ****** part is god forbid you have too much vinyl near the middle of the roof and have to lift the vinyl from the outer edge inwards to work out the extra vinyl, you then run into stress marks in the vinyl and worries of screwing it up further.
On smaller panels its easier to lift the vinyl if needed without too much damage. Ideally you want the vinyl as flat and smooth as possible laid over the panel before using the squeegee so you don't have to re-lift the vinyl to remove excess air but all the channels on the roof made that impossible lol.

 

[Countryboy07]

Got some new wheels installed and gave her a wash:

 

[Pockets]

Lookin good

 

[shakedown067]

As in the street forum, just tweaked the front keys to complete the drop, did the free travel mod, and got her aligned. No more hideous fender gapb Now we need a family road trip, to anywhere.

 

[Mudfrog]

My wheels and tires were finally mounted yesterday. It was a PITA though. The commercial tire shop that I bought them from ended up scratching one of my wheels fairly badly. They said they couldn't mount the tires on my new wheels. I had to take the wheels and tires across town, have them mounted somewhere else then bring them back to be balanced.

They are going to replace the wheel for me and they gave me a pretty big discount on the tires so overall I'm happy. It was just a PITA.