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Old 06-15-16, 06:36 AM
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So i'm getting my roof wrapped in gloss black this weekend. I'm also getting the door trimminng done. I'm thinking this will look better with a matte black wrapped. Now, the front grill trim is what I don't know if i should go for a gloss black wrapped or matte black wrapped. Has anyone here gotten rid of the chrome in the front grill, and if so, do you have any pics? I have the USB RC.
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I highly recommend going for satin black on the window trim. Satin black matches the lower rubber trim on windows. For the front, go either satin black to match the other trim, or gloss black for a classier look.
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I want to do this to my car but I can't find a shop that wants to do the window trims and grille outline on the RC. The shops tell me the Window trim will begin peel in a couple of months. I live in Southern California, if you guys know of a place that will confidently do this, please let me know.
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Originally Posted by LexusNooob
I want to do this to my car but I can't find a shop that wants to do the window trims and grille outline on the RC. The shops tell me the Window trim will begin peel in a couple of months. I live in Southern California, if you guys know of a place that will confidently do this, please let me know.
Peel off? really? I wonder why..never actually have heard of this. A few members on this forum have had the door trimming wrapped, curious to know if they have experience the same.
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Originally Posted by LexusNooob
I want to do this to my car but I can't find a shop that wants to do the window trims and grille outline on the RC. The shops tell me the Window trim will begin peel in a couple of months. I live in Southern California, if you guys know of a place that will confidently do this, please let me know.
Try out Rolotech in Anaheim, they did some good work when I had my Subaru or try:

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/cl-...om-decals.html

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Originally Posted by LexusNooob
I want to do this to my car but I can't find a shop that wants to do the window trims and grille outline on the RC. The shops tell me the Window trim will begin peel in a couple of months. I live in Southern California, if you guys know of a place that will confidently do this, please let me know.
Try sticker city in Sherman oaks. They are very good
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got it done today. Love how it turned out.






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IS the lexus emblem in the back wrapped or painted? How is it fixed to the back? Thanks.
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Originally Posted by hsibia
IS the lexus emblem in the back wrapped or painted? How is it fixed to the back? Thanks.
The guy actually wrapped it in black. It was really hard to do it and if you can get close enough you can tell it's a wrap because of the way the emblem is, it's really hard to do so.
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Looks sick...and I need to find a way to do those emblems too for mine. Did you remove your RC350 AWD badges?
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Originally Posted by suvi2k
Looks sick...and I need to find a way to do those emblems too for mine. Did you remove your RC350 AWD badges?
Thank you.

and yes i removed that.
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How much did the roof wrap run you? I'm in the DMV area and looking to get mine done.
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Originally Posted by Dtl6843
How much did the roof wrap run you? I'm in the DMV area and looking to get mine done.
where in the DMV are you located?

The guy who did it charged me 250. He's in Rockville, MD.
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I'm down in Alexandria. Getting mine wrapped later today
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Originally Posted by Dtl6843
I'm down in Alexandria. Getting mine wrapped later today
oh man! that's awesome. post pics here after. I'd love to see it.

Have you ever gone to Katie's Cars and Coffee? It's in Great Falls.


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