3M Carbon Vinyl Wrap Shifter Console - 2010 Prius

After having a fresh repainted Vertex front lip, fender flares and side skirts my normal procedure is to have the front end clear bra'ed. I had one before but it was destroyed by the front lip since the lip was added on subsequently after the whole front bumper was covered, everytime I scrape the front lip it will push up the lip and slowly destroy the clear bra. After repainting the front lip I had the front clear bra completely removed, and dropped off the car to redo another clear bra with correct cutting to match the front lip, partial half front fender flares and wrap the side skirts.

I am in SoCal, the place I used for clear bra with 3M film authorized distributor and installer is Aerotect in San Dimas California. They do a good job and this is not my first vehicle to have the clear bra done. This time the friendly sales staff of Aerotect showed me the 3M stick and peel Carbon vinyl cover they now carry. I told them I always wanted my shifter console wrapped in Carbon style look, so they were nice enough to give me a sample section of a gloss finish carbon vinyl for me to try it out. There is also a matte carbon finish which I preferred, but since I didn't pay a penny I couldn't compalin what was handed to me for free.

Picked up the car, went back to my work and had the shifter console wrapped in about 30 minutes. Being that this is first time doing this type of artistic work, I screwed up the first time. Luckily the section that was given to me as a sample were enough to do the job twice. 2nd time was much better. Here are the pics. Enjoy..

* sorry for distorted photos, taken by my iphone again with weird resolutions.

 

I didnt use heat gun, although heat gun would help to flatten the sticker to get rid of the ripples or air bubbled. Key part is to stretch Or tension the sticker vinyl and the work your way down slowly with your fingers.