Got my deck lid panel wrapped

WJBertrand · Feb 20, 2023

Tried to wrap it myself but that ended badly with a temper tantrum and a wad of expensive vinyl in the trash bin. Some things are best left to the pros.

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Midlife Crises · Feb 20, 2023

I had the same experience when I tried to put black cobra stripes on my GT. Scratched and wrinkled, I just pealed them off and will go without.

GT R13 · Feb 21, 2023

Looks good. Might try that with mine.

WJBertrand · Feb 21, 2023

GT R13 said:
Looks good. Might try that with mine.

Thanks, it looks a lot better than the black faded/delaminating surface on the OEM panel, that's for sure!

GT R13 · Feb 21, 2023

That’s about where mine is at , fading. Been using Meguires black restore on it. Helps for a little while but not more than a week or so.

cavero · Feb 21, 2023

WJBertrand said:
Tried to wrap it myself but that ended badly with a temper tantrum and a wad of expensive vinyl in the trash bin. Some things are best left to the pros.

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Looks great, any close ups of the panel?

I've wrapped interior panels before, even a center console, so when a buddy asked if I could help him wrap his roof, I figured I had this. NOPE. Definitely not the same. Lots of swearing later we got it done alright, but there were a few blemishes where we overstretched it, maybe got too close with the heat gun.

I see it kinda like drywall mudding -- yeah you can do it yourself and in principle it should be straightforward. But there's a real technique to it and sometimes your sanity is worth the price of paying a pro to get it done right the first time

WJBertrand · Feb 21, 2023

cavero said:
Looks great, any close ups of the panel?

I've wrapped interior panels before, even a center console, so when a buddy asked if I could help him wrap his roof, I figured I had this. NOPE. Definitely not the same. Lots of swearing later we got it done alright, but there were a few blemishes where we overstretched it, maybe got too close with the heat gun.

I see it kinda like drywall mudding -- yeah you can do it yourself and in principle it should be straightforward. But there's a real technique to it and sometimes your sanity is worth the price of paying a pro to get it done right the first time

Exactly my experience and analogy! I too have successfully wrapped the center console, center stack panel, headlight switch panel and the window switch panels, but those are mostly flat (not to mention smaller), which is a LOT easier!

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moooosestang · Apr 18, 2023

It really depends on the vinyl. tinybot 6d carbon is hard to stretch, probably any of the carbon fiber wraps are harder. Gloss 3m or avery is easy! I'm surprised they didn't remove your emblem. I removed mine and wrapped it in tinybot 6d carbon. the hardest part was lining up the top. Trying to do it with the emblem on is crazy. Now i want to fill the holes and probably the key hole with bondo and redo it.

WJBertrand · Apr 18, 2023

moooosestang said:
It really depends on the vinyl. tinybot 6d carbon is hard to stretch, probably any of the carbon fiber wraps are harder. Gloss 3m or avery is easy! I'm surprised they didn't remove your emblem. I removed mine and wrapped it in tinybot 6d carbon. the hardest part was lining up the top. Trying to do it with the emblem on is crazy. Now i want to fill the holes and probably the key hole with bondo and redo it.
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Removing the emblem won’t help. There’s still a raised area on the panel itself so I would need to buy a different panel to make it flat. Besides, the only way to remove the emblem is from behind and removing the panel to do so results in many broken fixation clips (BTDT). Ford doesn’t really design this panel for removal unless you’re replacing with new.

In addition, once the panel is removed, there’s still a raised section of the metal trunk lid underneath that corresponds to the emblem location. You’d have to go another step and cut out that section from the metal lid too.

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moooosestang · Apr 18, 2023

WJBertrand said:
Removing the emblem won’t help. There’s still a raised area on the panel itself so I would need to buy a different panel to make it flat. Besides, the only way to remove the emblem is from behind and removing the panel to do so results in many broken fixation clips (BTDT). Ford doesn’t really design this panel for removal unless you’re replacing with new.

In addition, once the panel is removed, there’s still a raised section of the metal trunk lid underneath that corresponds to the emblem location. You’d have to go another step and cut out that section from the metal lid too.

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I forget ford got stupid with the rear deck lids after 09. I really don't understand why they felt a raised deck lid under the emblem was necessary.

Jwood562 · Apr 29, 2023

Looks good OP!

not to high jack but I got a spare decklid off of offer up super cheap, I welded the trunk key and emblem holes as well as the third brake light, debating on to paint it or wrap it. fun little project to keep my mind occupied getting over a knee injury

Iceman62 · Apr 29, 2023

Few months late w/ my reply, but that's a great way/option for refinishing the rear of car. Nice touch & I'm same as OP - wouldn't end well if there were flaws. I'm a perfectionist and any little bubble/line/mis-alignment comes with tantrum, 4-letter barrage & throwing.

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