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Vinyl wrap front grill

Old 12-05-14, 09:53 PM
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Default Vinyl wrap front grill

I am thinking of vinyl wrapping the front grill area on my nebula grey pearl.
Hopefully this method will hide the 2 front license plate holes + make the car looks nicer.
Is this possible? If so what color vinyl wrap would you guys think will look nice on the nebula grey pearl?
Old 12-05-14, 09:57 PM
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I've seen a lot people on the forum wrap that part with gloss black vinyl, along with the chrome trim on top of the grille. Looks good to me, but mostly seen it on the Ultra White or Star Fire Pearl F-sports.

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Originally Posted by dchar
I've seen a lot people on the forum wrap that part with gloss black vinyl, along with the chrome trim on top of the grille. Looks good to me, but mostly seen it on the Ultra White or Star Fire Pearl F-sports.
Can't find any picture of a nebula grey wrapped with vinyl
All are the ultra white or star fire like you said.
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I remember seeing someone with a Nebula Gray with middle grille wrapped on the forum. Look up username GSthe4th for gloss black and jvjr9902 for matte black. Both look good, but I lean toward gloss.




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Will look into doing this looks nice. Thanks
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I just had my Starfire Pearl done with a kinda matte gray to match the grille. Also had them wrap Skipper Front lip as well.








Now I need that dark Lexus front badge from Sewell lol!
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Looks beautiful! Man, how much did it cost you? Where did you get it done?
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Originally Posted by xRYD3Rx
Looks beautiful! Man, how much did it cost you? Where did you get it done?
In NorCal at Kuttek cost $450
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Originally Posted by blzer76
In NorCal at Kuttek cost $450
Was there holes on the front bumper for the license plates?
I kind of see 2 round things in the middle
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Originally Posted by xRYD3Rx
Was there holes on the front bumper for the license plates?
I kind of see 2 round things in the middle
I noticed them right away too. They look like slight bulges protruding out from the bumper's surface under the vinyl wrap to me. Those holes should have at least been filled and leveled perfectly smooth with the bumper's surface before the vinyl wrap was applied.


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Ya especially $450 that you paid for... I got quoted $200 for this vinyl wrap...
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Do it once, do it right . Some pics from my build thread I finally updated. I opt'd to go with Gloss Black. Everything is painted though, not vinyled.
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Where did you get it done and how much you paid?
Looks bad @SS
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Default Front mid Bumper black wrap gloss vs. matte vs carbon? What is your preference?

Originally Posted by dchar
I remember seeing someone with a Nebula Gray with middle grille wrapped on the forum. Look up username GSthe4th for gloss black and jvjr9902 for matte black. Both look good, but I lean toward gloss.




I have a nebula grey 2013 GS 350 (not f-sport) but with f-sport wheels. I have not seen the mid bumper wraps in person, but they look awesome on this forum. I have bumper protected with Xpel so I believe it will be easy to install the wrap. I am leaning towards matte. I am afraid the carbon look will look homemade. I want the car to look as stock as possible. I believe the black mid bumper looks like the newer full spindle 2015 NX and RC, so will make the car look more updated. any specific brands and colors are greatly appreciated. I do plan to wrap the window trim do trim

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Gloss wrap will match all the other trim (like in between the doors)... flat black just adds another tone of colour without matching imho

And you can wrap overtop the parking sensors without any issues on them working. No need to cut them out as I have seen a few do.

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