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Nice! Reason why the race stripe isn't strait? 

14 minutes ago, Mountaingimps said:

Nice! Reason why the race stripe isn't strait? 

Thank you! Yes there is a reason. First reason it was the first time I had used vinyl and at that time I did not have a heat gun. So I just couldn't get it to stretch enough to maintain a straight line. I didnt honestly realize how many curves and angels are in a Fusions exterior panels. So I just decided to let the vinyl follow the contours. If you look at the rear stripe it also pitches in towards center of car. I also had enough to do more stripes so bought a nice heat gun to do that but had so many positive comments about the stripes following the body line I decided to leave it! Thanks for commenting! 

Sweet! It certainly does have quite a few contours on it. My wrap guy wants me to do a full color shift for this exact reason. Ton of subtle curves and sharp cuts that get hidden. 

The orange on black looks really good! 

1 hour ago, Mountaingimps said:

Sweet! It certainly does have quite a few contours on it. My wrap guy wants me to do a full color shift for this exact reason. Ton of subtle curves and sharp cuts that get hidden. 

 

The orange on black looks really good! 

THANKS! 

Love it looks good. I never tried  to messed with wrap and heatgun, and will run into problems. I’m a budget guy and with very limited car knowledge I want to do so many things to my fusion but I’m cheap and also I want to do it myself I need to learn a lot about my vehicle. Something I know I can “pull off” doing is looks but performance is something I know nothing about. I want to look awesome I might work up the courage to maybe wrap it.

Not sure what motor you have but if it's the 1.5 ecoboost not much out there performance wise! Wrapping is not difficult unless you get into tight curves. I tried several times to wrap my mirrors I finally gave up and painted them. I live on gravel road that has a bit of traffic and have rock chips all over my hood. I plan to wrap it also unfortunately I did not messure it very well and my piece is to small even if I heat and stretch it. Most places will sell precut stripes if that is what you like. If you want your own design look into knifeless tape. I used it on my son's Focus ses and gave him SS orange carbon fiber stripes. Nice thing is it's not permanent so if you get something out of place you pull it up gently and lay it back down. $55 did my stripes and also some  interior accent pieces with a lot left over. Thanks for commenting if ya have any questions I can try and answer them just remember I'm a do it yourself guy to not a professional by any means!