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      09-23-2018, 12:07 PM   #45
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Managed to wrap these in the week and grab a couple of photos (with and without flash) as it was starting to go dark this evening. Really happy with how they turned out. Look black and nice and clean in the daytime. Will have to test from a friends car to see how bright they look when catching the headlights of oncoming vehicles at night.
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      09-24-2018, 07:24 AM   #46
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Managed to wrap these in the week and grab a couple of photos (with and without flash) as it was starting to go dark this evening. Really happy with how they turned out. Look black and nice and clean in the daytime. Will have to test from a friends car to see how bright they look when catching the headlights of oncoming vehicles at night.
Looks cool. What material did you use?
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      09-24-2018, 07:45 AM   #47
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Looks cool. What material did you use?
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I like the idea of this. I sell 3M Scotchlite Black reflective (reflects white) and am going to wrap them in this. Just waiting for some new kidney grills to turn up so I can wrap them at the same time. Will post photos when fitted

(I'll just be wrapping the bars... not the grills!)
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      09-24-2018, 08:12 AM   #48
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Yeah, Black 3M Scotchlite 580 Reflective. It's available from my site if it's of any interest:

https://reflectivesupplies.co.uk/col...12552861384803

80mm x 1m is enough to do both bars as they're around 400mm long each. If you're looking to put reflectives on the front of your vehicle I'd only choose the black or white option as they both reflect white. It's illegal to use other colours in the UK (I'm not sure about other regions) as they can cause confusion with emergency vehicles etc... and you can only put red reflectives on the rear.
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      12-06-2018, 09:49 PM   #49
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I had a feeling at some point some erragant ass forum ~ i know erything ~ member will start blastin off ~~Rice that Rice this~ no function crap~
Its a front chassis brace ~ofcourss its a functioning parts ~
It contributes to overall front end rigidity ~
Oh its functioning good~ to please the eye
I bet if some european guy did this you would be like ~
" WOW "
Im wrapping mine ~

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      12-07-2018, 10:23 AM   #50
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I had a feeling at some point some erragant ass forum ~ i know erything ~ member will start blastin off ~~Rice that Rice this~ no function crap~
Its a front chassis brace ~ofcourss its a functioning parts ~
It contributes to overall front end rigidity ~
Oh its functioning good~ to please the eye
I bet if some european guy did this you would be like ~
" WOW "
Im wrapping mine ~
Not wrapping mine regardless of who has done it - I'm not interested in bringing to everyone's attention (2) structural bars behind the grill...
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      12-07-2018, 10:27 AM   #51
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Is there a DIY of removing these bars?
I would not recommend removing them. They are there for a purpose, strength. Personally, not a fan. I think they look purposeful in black.

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      12-07-2018, 11:02 AM   #52
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I had a feeling at some point some erragant ass forum ~ i know erything ~ member will start blastin off ~~Rice that Rice this~ no function crap~
Its a front chassis brace ~ofcourss its a functioning parts ~
It contributes to overall front end rigidity ~
Oh its functioning good~ to please the eye
I bet if some european guy did this you would be like ~
" WOW "
Im wrapping mine ~
Want some soy sauce to go with the wrap? When people ask for an opinion on something they will get both positive & negative ones. Deal with it & wrap them if you think it looks good.
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I might CF wrap. Almost invisible.
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I'll probably just mount lights on mine. lol
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Ordered some gloss blue to wrap my bars when it gets warm again.
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      12-08-2018, 06:44 PM   #57
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I had a feeling at some point some erragant ass forum ~ i know erything ~ member will start blastin off ~~Rice that Rice this~ no function crap~
Its a front chassis brace ~ofcourss its a functioning parts ~
It contributes to overall front end rigidity ~
Oh its functioning good~ to please the eye
I bet if some european guy did this you would be like ~
" WOW "
Im wrapping mine ~
why the tildes?
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This would be a fun project to personalize the car. After I lower and get some wheels. I would think itll look sketch if I was just on stock everything.
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      08-19-2019, 01:08 PM   #59
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does anyone by any chance know the dimensions of those bars? gonna fit a lightbar on them and need to know the dimensions, but i dont wanna rip out the whole front before i order the calmps
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      08-19-2019, 01:39 PM   #60
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does anyone by any chance know the dimensions of those bars? gonna fit a lightbar on them and need to know the dimensions, but i dont wanna rip out the whole front before i order the calmps
I just wrapped mine the other day. Visible length is about 14 inches. 3 inches in diameter. Again, thats just visible length. I did not remove the front bumper in order to vinyl wrap these.
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How would you wrap them? If you take the roll around, doesn't that leave visible creases of each turn over each other sort of thing?
Get a piece 3" x 12" ish (I didn't measure) and wrap lengthwise with seam in back.

I did mine subtle. You only see them if you know to look!

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