Black vinyl OR carbon fiber

[Ducmonsta]

Pull the little square cover in the door panel and then swiftly pull outward. The door panel is only held on with push pins. Then you'll have to unplug the interior lights, pull the plastic sheet that's stuck on with dum gum, and unbolt the 4 10mm nuts that hold the garnish. From there on, you should be able to figure it out. Let me know if youngetbstuck somewhere.

 

[Jay Rob]

Pull the little square cover in the door panel and then swiftly pull outward. The door panel is only held on with push pins. Then you'll have to unplug the interior lights, pull the plastic sheet that's stuck on with dum gum, and unbolt the 4 10mm nuts that hold the garnish. From there on, you should be able to figure it out. Let me know if youngetbstuck somewhere.

Awesome bro, thanks for the tip.

 

[sirhamlet]

Hi,
Did you pop off the chrome trim before vinyl-ing it or did you vinyl it while attached to your rig?

thanks

 

[Johnny Utah]

Jay Rob, got most of it done. Didn't do the front because I still have to replace the headlights and didn't feel like doing it twice. Here you go! Sorry for the crap phone pics.

that red 4runner logo looks flipping badass man

 

[Ducmonsta]

Hi,
Did you pop off the chrome trim before vinyl-ing it or did you vinyl it while attached to your rig?

thanks

Took it off. I originally had red instead on the di noc, but in warm weather, the vinyl started shrinking. So if you're going to do it, wrap whatever vinyl you want all the way behind the moulding, so that heat doesn't shrink it.

 

[Ducmonsta]

that red 4runner logo looks flipping badass man

Thanks, thought I'd try something different.

 

[Jay Rob]

Ducmonsta, I was planning on doing the chrome around the bottom of the vehicle by leaving it on the truck rather than removing them. Was that the same way you did yours? If not, how did you remove them?

 

[FlyNavy]

other uses?

Any reason why this material couldn't be cut to shape and used as interior scuff protection? I am tired of scuff marks from purses, backpacks, knees on the glove box. Will it adequately bond to the interior plastic?

 

[Jay Rob]

Any reason why this material couldn't be cut to shape and used as interior scuff protection? I am tired of scuff marks from purses, backpacks, knees on the glove box. Will it adequately bond to the interior plastic?

It bonds very well to interior. If you google 3M di noc carbon fiber you can see the pics and watch youtube for some videos on how to install it. If you were going to do any kind of interior trim, this is the way to do it. I've done this before and it is a lot of fun and very simple to do. Hardest part is the disassembly of everything. The carbon film looks spectacular in person. You literally can't tell it from the real thing. You don't need to cut it to sahpe though. Just cut it in a larth square shape. Have a heat gun and sharp exacto knife handy as well. check out some of these videos. You can literally cover just about anything with it. 3m carbon fiber installation - YouTube

 

[FlyNavy]

It bonds very well to interior. If you google 3M di noc carbon fiber you can see the pics and watch youtube for some videos on how to install it. If you were going to do any kind of interior trim, this is the way to do it. I've done this before and it is a lot of fun and very simple to do. Hardest part is the disassembly of everything. The carbon film looks spectacular in person. You literally can't tell it from the real thing. You don't need to cut it to sahpe though. Just cut it in a larth square shape. Have a heat gun and sharp exacto knife handy as well. check out some of these videos. You can literally cover just about anything with it. 3m carbon fiber installation - YouTube

Awesome, Thank you.

 

[Ducmonsta]

Ducmonsta, I was planning on doing the chrome around the bottom of the vehicle by leaving it on the truck rather than clips removing them. Was that the same way you did yours? If not, how did you remove them?

Pulled both rockers off, undid clips, and wrapped. For the rear, you'll either have to remove the entire rear bumper or break the retaining clips (what I did) that hold the moulding. It will be fine for reinstallation because the chrome piece still has clips to hold it into the bumper. I just saved the two outermost "blue" clips.
Haven't done the front yet because I need to install new headlights, grill, etc.