Vinyl wrap ?
#2
08-13-2020, 02:40 PM
Tourer
I'm in the middle of doing it on my dyna....what a huge pain in the ***. Its way harder than my truck was.
It looks decent. I've been working on it for a couple of weeks. I still have the rear fender to do. I also did the forks, signals fuel guage and gas cap.
The tank would be harder on a sporty to do in one piece. The dyna has the console so you can do it in two pieces which is way easier. I also two toned it which is four pieces.
It can be done but you better have lots of patience and buy extra for screw ups.
It looks decent. I've been working on it for a couple of weeks. I still have the rear fender to do. I also did the forks, signals fuel guage and gas cap.
The tank would be harder on a sporty to do in one piece. The dyna has the console so you can do it in two pieces which is way easier. I also two toned it which is four pieces.
It can be done but you better have lots of patience and buy extra for screw ups.
#4
08-13-2020, 05:41 PM
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#5
08-17-2020, 09:09 AM
Tomahawk, that looks really well done, excellent job.
For the OP, wrapping is perfect for bikes, but as Tomahawk described, they can be more difficult to apply than cars. Wrap can be removed if it gets beat up, and it gives you a reasonable way to change the look of your bike without committing to an expensive (and permanent) paint job. If you're doing it yourself, just make sure you get a professional grade of wrap material, (3M, Avery Dennison, that type of thing), if you're planning on having someone do it, just ask what products they use, look online for what colors that company offers, and come up with a coherent design they can follow. Also, while they look neat, textured finish vinyls (think carbon fiber) are more difficult to wrap in tight spaces, and more likely to peel in these areas than a solid color. Keep in mind, if you go two-tone, like Tomahawk has, you'll want to find a pinstripe tape to cover where they meet up, you can typically get the same color pinstripe tape as one of your vinyl colors if you don't want a pinstripe that stands out.
For the OP, wrapping is perfect for bikes, but as Tomahawk described, they can be more difficult to apply than cars. Wrap can be removed if it gets beat up, and it gives you a reasonable way to change the look of your bike without committing to an expensive (and permanent) paint job. If you're doing it yourself, just make sure you get a professional grade of wrap material, (3M, Avery Dennison, that type of thing), if you're planning on having someone do it, just ask what products they use, look online for what colors that company offers, and come up with a coherent design they can follow. Also, while they look neat, textured finish vinyls (think carbon fiber) are more difficult to wrap in tight spaces, and more likely to peel in these areas than a solid color. Keep in mind, if you go two-tone, like Tomahawk has, you'll want to find a pinstripe tape to cover where they meet up, you can typically get the same color pinstripe tape as one of your vinyl colors if you don't want a pinstripe that stands out.
#6
08-19-2020, 10:28 AM
Tourer
Tomahawk, that looks really well done, excellent job.
For the OP, wrapping is perfect for bikes, but as Tomahawk described, they can be more difficult to apply than cars. Wrap can be removed if it gets beat up, and it gives you a reasonable way to change the look of your bike without committing to an expensive (and permanent) paint job. If you're doing it yourself, just make sure you get a professional grade of wrap material, (3M, Avery Dennison, that type of thing), if you're planning on having someone do it, just ask what products they use, look online for what colors that company offers, and come up with a coherent design they can follow. Also, while they look neat, textured finish vinyls (think carbon fiber) are more difficult to wrap in tight spaces, and more likely to peel in these areas than a solid color. Keep in mind, if you go two-tone, like Tomahawk has, you'll want to find a pinstripe tape to cover where they meet up, you can typically get the same color pinstripe tape as one of your vinyl colors if you don't want a pinstripe that stands out.
For the OP, wrapping is perfect for bikes, but as Tomahawk described, they can be more difficult to apply than cars. Wrap can be removed if it gets beat up, and it gives you a reasonable way to change the look of your bike without committing to an expensive (and permanent) paint job. If you're doing it yourself, just make sure you get a professional grade of wrap material, (3M, Avery Dennison, that type of thing), if you're planning on having someone do it, just ask what products they use, look online for what colors that company offers, and come up with a coherent design they can follow. Also, while they look neat, textured finish vinyls (think carbon fiber) are more difficult to wrap in tight spaces, and more likely to peel in these areas than a solid color. Keep in mind, if you go two-tone, like Tomahawk has, you'll want to find a pinstripe tape to cover where they meet up, you can typically get the same color pinstripe tape as one of your vinyl colors if you don't want a pinstripe that stands out.
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