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So I've never been a fan of the chrome and grudge paying £400 for sombody to wrap when I can buy the stuff for £10 and have a go myself. Done the door handles tonight. To get them off lock the car and pull on the handle and hold it open. Then punch the side from the left side and it should slight off towards the right. Heat up a wee strip of wrap and stick it on pulling at it around the corners and stretch it, takes no time to go rigid then trim with a scalpel and slide it back on the car. Took me 20mins all in and I'm not great at wrapping at all
How it was


Trim the stuff at the back




Also done the grill a few months back give me a shout if anyone needs pointers

She looks a beaut

Thanks mate. I'm going to try the window surrounds soon

cool... did you take out the front bumper to wrap the grid ?

Stef92 wrote:cool... did you take out the front bumper to wrap the grid ?

Yes was easy enough to do took about 30 mins so many screws to undo to just get the grill off tho

Looks great

Looks so much better. But did so wine really quote £400 to do it?

Looks great discostu49!
I think you've convinced me to make this my next weekend project as my factory aluminium trim on the grill has started to bubble after getting a stone chip
I was also looking to wrap the roof rails black too.....do you think the film will mold well to the step in the rails and hold form?

MikeFish wrote:Looks so much better. But did so wine really quote £400 to do it?

Quote was about £360 to get all aluminium blacked out including the roof bars.

discostu49 wrote:

MikeFish wrote:Looks so much better. But did so wine really quote £400 to do it?

Quote was about £360 to get all aluminium blacked out including the roof bars.

That's not too bad really.

Ok with roof bars is not so bad for 360. But 400 for door handles and grille seemed a lot.

Do you get pulled with the number plate like that?

Vieussuex* wrote:Looks great discostu49!
I think you've convinced me to make this my next weekend project as my factory aluminium trim on the grill has started to bubble after getting a stone chip
I was also looking to wrap the roof rails black too.....do you think the film will mold well to the step in the rails and hold form?

Strange is your grill original? As I thought it was actually aluminium and didn't think it could bubble hence it's £900 price tag. My old a3 grill bubbled but that was chrome over plastic. Yes the wrap will do the rails but will have to be done in two parts the bottom part from the roof then the top over lapping will be fine if using back wrap

discostu49 wrote:

Vieussuex* wrote:Looks great discostu49!
I think you've convinced me to make this my next weekend project as my factory aluminium trim on the grill has started to bubble after getting a stone chip
I was also looking to wrap the roof rails black too.....do you think the film will mold well to the step in the rails and hold form?

Strange is your grill original? As I thought it was actually aluminium and didn't think it could bubble hence it's £900 price tag. My old a3 grill bubbled but that was chrome over plastic. Yes the wrap will do the rails but will have to be done in two parts the bottom part from the roof then the top over lapping will be fine if using back wrap

I believe it's genuine ....or I hope it is. It did have audi stamps and part numbers on the back side of it last time I had the front off.
It's actually more of a crease not a bubble and the same thing has happened to my driving light dial (where you choose auto, park or driving light) the aluminium has lifted and I have actually cut my finger on the aluminium dial once before.
I wouldn't have thought our grill surrounds are solid cast or billet aluminium like the mirror caps but instead were coated with a type of aluminium film or finish similar to chrome and if they were I don't think it would meet modern design rules when coming into contact with a pedestrian?

chunky79 wrote:Do you get pulled with the number plate like that?

Number plate like what [WINKING FACE]