First sled build

[gmustangt]

Buildin my first sled.. pretty excited bout it, heres the wrap to start...didnt realy come across any wraps i liked, but i like the flat black old school muscle look.. so whatta ya think.. side panels are next
Waitin on hairdryer to show up

 

[icerider600]

Buildin my first sled.. pretty excited bout it, heres the wrap to start...didnt realy come across any wraps i liked, but i like the flat black old school muscle look.. so whatta ya think.. side panels are next
Waitin on hairdryer to show up

Flat black looks very good! I just got my new Pro yesterday and coming off Doo's and having flat black panels, I can see my nice shiny black Pro is going to show some tree scatches very easy I think I will ride it this year and do what your doing next year after its broke in and showing some wear

 

[gmustangt]

Well here are the panels wrapped now!.. theres letters on the top saying turpro but you cant see them in the pic due to the shadow, i added a pic below.

Just need the turbo to show up!

 

[sledfreak89]

That looks sweet!


I take it you have experience doing true wraps before?

 

[gmustangt]

That looks sweet!


I take it you have experience doing true wraps before?

Nope, first time with wrap, ive done decals and stuff before... takes time.

 

[gmustangt]

Here is a pic of the letters running down the top of the panel.

 

[sledhappy]

looks great! I am wanting to do something simular what did you use and how did you do it?

 

[gmustangt]

looks great! I am wanting to do something simular what did you use and how did you do it?

You use car wrap Vinyl there are a couple brands of vinyl out there, 3M is most popular.

The stuff has air release channels so it wont bubble, use a squegee and a heat gun and just start in the middle and work your way out.

Its amazing how this stuff can work.

 

[vertical800]

Those look really good. What did you do to get the lettering to stand out like that. I like it.

 

[gmustangt]

Those look really good. What did you do to get the lettering to stand out like that. I like it.

You place stickers (letters) on the panel and then you wrap over it, and then it will show through the wrap, you can see the "pro rmk" also shows through.

The lettering that i used, is the same stuff you would see on a side of a boat for its registration #...

 

[skibreeze]

I love the new 3M vinyl, makes it easy to wrap w/o the bubbles. Here's my Pro tunnel.

 

[plumbpowder]

where did you get the carbon fiber look wrap that looks great you did a awesome job looks killer

 

[gmustangt]

where did you get the carbon fiber look wrap that looks great you did a awesome job looks killer

3m makes it, its carbon fiber design. they make a bunch of colours, patterns flat black etc...

 

[vertical800]

Where are you guys getting your 3M film from?

 

[gmustangt]

Where are you guys getting your 3M film from?

I got mine off of craigslist, you could ask your local car graphics store or sign shops, or just any online site would have it.

 

[tdblakes]

man.. this website keeps costing me money. now I have another thing I want to do to my sled... haha thanks guys!

Wraps look great! I was thinking about wraping the side of my tunnel and the center section between the coolers, the snow loves to pile on and stick there... wish there was a way to wrap and still have the VIN visible w/o cutting a hole in the wrap... hm...

 

[Gmiller]

man.. this website keeps costing me money. now I have another thing I want to do to my sled... haha thanks guys!

Wraps look great! I was thinking about wraping the side of my tunnel and the center section between the coolers, the snow loves to pile on and stick there... wish there was a way to wrap and still have the VIN visible w/o cutting a hole in the wrap... hm...

Thats what i was saying!!!

 

[Gmiller]

GT, would you say its easier to do a large section, Like say i want to wrap my IQR tunnel. Should i just get like a 5'x5' section and wrap it like that or do two 12"x60" pieces for the side of the tunnel and do the top all separate.

Im doing with either matte white or carbon fiber white...... Love it!

Thanks Gmiller

 

[gmustangt]

GT, would you say its easier to do a large section, Like say i want to wrap my IQR tunnel. Should i just get like a 5'x5' section and wrap it like that or do two 12"x60" pieces for the side of the tunnel and do the top all separate.

Im doing with either matte white or carbon fiber white...... Love it!

Thanks Gmiller

I would do the 12"x60", there would be less material getting caught up/in the way verse a large piece. You could (if cheaper) by the 5'x5' and just cut it.

depending on how much you want to wrap, you can just buy a roll by the yard, i just bought a 5 yard roll (60" wide) and then i cut off the size of piece i need based on the sled part being wrapped.

 

[sledhappy]

Thanks for the great advice cant wait to try it out!