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[jclaffee]

The wrap guy showed me what he used....it's a very thin border tape that actually cuts the wrap when you pull it up. So he carefully laid out the border tape to the desired shape, then applied the wrap a bit bigger than what was needed, then pulled up the border tape and it cut the wrap to the exact desired size.

It's not quite square and there is a bit of ambiguity about where you start and stop the lines (how far into or up the curved sheet metal you want to cover with black).

I just checked the link for my steering wheel cover in my email from when I ordered the cover - the link is dead. Reach out to Stickerfab and I'm sure they'll help you find it.

That cutting tape is pretty cool. Over the last few years I've watched too many YouTube vinyl wrapping videos and now I'm always looking at stuff and thinking "I could wrap that!" I did a bunch of interior panels in our old 4Runner Limited which had a weird fake not-exactly-wood finish, and it was a huge improvement.

 

[Bluegill]

I wish I could have stayed and watch the wrap guy do his thing but I didn't have the time. I know I paid too much for the hood blackout (about $250) but the truck was new and I wanted it blacked out and no one had done it yet. When I look very closely at it, I can see where he let the black run a few mm high up the curved raised-deck portion at the passenger side front. I also wanted the black to extend forward a bit more but it was defined by the clear-PPF wrap on the front of the truck.

I have about 16,500 miles on the truck now and it will be 1 year old on June 7th. I'm going to get it into my buddy's detail shop here in the beginning of June and have him detail it and re-apply the ceramic coating. I'll have him renew some of the clear PPF too as some edges are lifting around some of the tightly-curved front end openings. Some bug guts have gotten worked into the edges up there. I've done about 750 miles around northern AZ this past week for work and the front end was absolutely plastered with bugs. I'm inpatient so I take it to the coin-op car wash and blast the front with the pressure washing wand. Not very good for the PPF. But amazingly, the hood black wrap is in perfect condition.