You came a long way dude. I watched your earlier videos where you used to wrap cars outside on your front driveway and now your here wrapping expensive whips in an industrial garage. Good work my dude.
I was researching on how to wrap cars to add to my tee shirt business and I came across this dude I subscribed and I’ve been hooked this guy is dope,keep up the good work 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
@@Dreamingbigent if you still wanna do it and don't care about some seam lines, use blackout tape. Buy multiple rolls tho cuz 2 whole rolls weren't enough for the windows on my 2017 TLX. Looks pretty damn good tho
I did a chrome delete on my grill trim, and on all my window trims. Looks professionally done too! Definitely didn’t take me a longer than a hour and a half though. Could’ve been faster but it’s my first time doing it. I personally think it’s not worth paying over $100 or $200 or even way way way more! to get it done at a vinyl/Tint shop. DIY! People! Save you money and you learned something new.
Thankyou thankyou thankyou bro. Ive been watching alot of your videos, to learn better techniques, and i love your work. Ive only did wraps as a hobby but the past few months,ive learned hell of alot more tricks. And im now getting paid for my work, and setting up my own work station. Thanks for your vids,and tutorials
You da man! Keep up the awesome work! Also, there may be a lot of roof wrap videos already but I think many of us would agree that a roof wrap video from you especially around an antenna/ shark fin would be awesome. Your videos are top notch
As a beginner, I found that it's worth it to cut the film following the general curve of the trim to eliminate relief cuts and alleviate the tension from stretching a straight piece.
Love it! "Why do all the easy stuff and then get to the tough stuff and f--make a mistake" haha I appreciate your professional AND your day-to-day speech, man! heehee! Great video! Thanks!
I greatly appreciate the way you did this video. I have a telluride nightfall with faded trim. I’m handy which is good for me because on a budget for things like this. I also appreciate the links to materials on amazon.
I’m about to do my b7 rs4 saloon as the aluminium trims have gone milky and there’s no way of cleaning it off. The trims are a huge job to remove and replace so I figured I will wrap them. Colour wise I’m doing it in Matt silver to keep the car standard looking as mirrors, radiator grill and wheels are all Matt silver. Thanks for posting such a helpful guide. Hopefully mine will look as neat as the job you’ve done on the Mercedes. Cheers
Trim seems so easy but I found out it is realllly tricky. I redid mine 3 times cuz your right any little movement with blade you have chrome showing. Even a tiny sliver of chrome stands out like BOOM! Definitely a pro knocking these out first go round and look flawless like usual.
Love watching your channel and it gave me the confidence to do the trim delete myself! However, after doing the trim delete in gloss black Avery film I find that the areas that tuck under the trim or where you would stretch it at the ends to get a clean finish eventually peel back a little and I'm finding myself going over tucking it under before i go for a drive. I prep'd the surface and cleaned it with prepsol and starting to think that because I applied it when it was only 10 deg. Celsius the adhesive has not taken to the aluminium trim....or maybe it the design of the trim? For reference it's an Audi A6 avant.
Awesome I need to do that on my car, old one is faded and cracking off, plus I'm about to repaint and clear coat it so this would set it off nicely. Thanks so much for this vid and where I can find this stuff, I was wondering how I was going to cover my chrome trim. Nice job !
DellGaming TV I used chinese wrap, bought it in AliExpress. Looks good, let’s see how long it lasts. I wrapped the grill and all the chrome parts about 2 months ago and it looks awesome!
I want to be as good as you. nice & clean, well done. I did this on my Toyota Rav 4 and I realize it is so difficult to find the proper link to cut. And I end up cutting my rubber. T T
Nah use Night shades aerosol can and the trick is to use krylon clear coat afterwards..did it on my charger and u can make it as light or dark as u want too ez peezy
Looks great/ I took my Subaru to a shop today in Cincy, all I have is the bottom window trim on chrome the rest is already black. I was thinking they’d say about 150-200, they said 550-700$!!😱 Prob take a pro about 30-40 mins.. needless to say I’m going to try this myself.
Hey Christian. Huge fan. I have a question. Does most gloss wrap have an orange peel effect? I bought black rose from 3m and in my opinion, it looks like garbage. The orange peel is so significant I could probably get better results with a rattle can. Thanks for your time. Anyone else have input on this?
Cheers bud a good informative video, 👍 I have done a car previously which looked good but knew it could be better so thanks 🙏 for the tutorial, 🤔interesting to see very little use of the heat gun, which I will definitely take note of this time round 😀👍
Nothing like a Red car or anything for that matter, wish the camera was closer so could see the detailed stuff, I have learned a lot watching your videos. Ty
I have an Audi s5. Just took a look. I see the rubber seal on the top chrome is on top and bottom. So just gotta get blade in between rubber and trim, right. Looks like you have to wedge your blade in between the seal, because it’s pretty tight on the top seal. Also, On bottom trim, little easier. There’s no rubber seal on the bottom part of the bottom chrome trim. Bonus, the mirror is not in the way, it’s actually about 6 inches away from the corner of where most mirrors are, there actually a black plastic plate on that little corner, so I can do that part without removing mirror. Only fear is cutting the seal by mistake. But I’m might try it if I can’t find someone to do this job under $125. It it wasn’t such a nice car, I would just go for it, without being nervous lol
I am looking to delete chrome bumpers on my truck, however it has a dent on the front side how would i tackle that area ? Love your channel man! Your awesome and great mindset and attitude! Keep it up
Painted quite a bit of trims that were wrapped...never pretty once I've taken the time trim off. Even if your extremely precise cutting it, Always a cleaner job and lasts when parts are removed so theres no peeling up. Good job though 👌
Hey there Buddy, I little question here, my Audi has rubber window trim, hence it's a boring rubber color and I'm looking for that clean Gloss finish. I was wondering, is it possible to wrap window rubber trim? by prepping the surface properly and all that. Thanks bud!
Have you had to wrap any Honda CRV exterior B pillars from fading? They call it sash tape. I was looking for a video on b pilllar removal and found your vid on lower door seals. The vids are great. I hope you can find a pov camera that you can comfortably wear.i want to see your knife up close. Thanks!
How well does this wrap hold up to hot weather? We live in a desert like climate and I'm worried that it will peel. And if it starts to peel can it be removed without damaging the chrome if it has been exposed to 100°+ heat?
Any chance you can tell me which line of Avery you prefer for this ? The 500, 700 or 800 series ? I'm guessing either the 500 or 700 series since you said you prefer it thin ? Or do you use the cast series ?
Hi Chris,I have a 2018 civic hatch (white). What would you recommend if I wanted to "white out" the civic badge on the rear? I see lots of people black them out, but haven't seen any "white out".Thanks
ducebigalow hey, I'm not Chris, but I would recommend to try plasti dip on the emblems. It's an easy job and with the proper masking and spraying technique will turn out good. When applied properly will last for quite some time. But all white sounds like a cool idea! Hope this helps a little!
I'm fixing my car up, and wanting to do this to my 2008 Honda Accord. Would you suggest doing this before or after I send it to the body shop to get repainted?
I asked here in Finland how much it would cost to tape the chrome window trim on the sides (not the windscreen trim) and the rear arch. The price estimate was around 300e. I think that seems pretty silly?
Can you show a video of a trim delete on a harder car? My 17 fusion has a very tight rubber lip right up against the chrome and a wide curved piece that i'm kinda lost on.
Ive been watching a lot of your videos lately to learn more about how to wrap. I love your videos and the information you provide for people, but I have one complaint; you don't do enough close ups of what's actually going on when doing some of the finer detailed stuff.
You're right, these are older videos that I was doing more for fun. I have up close and detailed videos on my website www.ckwraps.com and everything is filmed in 4k. There are over 400 videos on the website with categorized sections like beginner 101, bumpers, advanced, mirrors etc. There's also an open discussion forum where members ask me questions which I answer every morning.
@@CKWraps I'll definitely check that out. You have greatly inspired me to start my own business doing this. Im going to do a full stripe today and I am ordering the material for a full wrap on my Audi to start my portfolio.
Hi Christian, can you give me some advice on how to wrap a front bumper of a Pontiac Fiero GT 87. Do you have wrapping videos in old cars? Like Camaro's, Firebird's, Trans Am's etc. I am a big fan from Baja California, México.
Is that referred as a seal between the mirror and the window ? I had took off my whole seal just to tuck better but I can get the seal that goes in between my window and mirror to go back down the rail
nice work. on a charcoal gray 2018 yukon denali, im thinking of getting a slightly lighter shade of gray than the body color to delete all the chrome... but will it be hard to match that lighter gray color for the large chrome grille and emblems/badges? what would your shop use for the denali grille?plastidip paint?or can a heavily grated grille be wrapped too?
it "looks" easy, but im sure it is not, but im gonna try and do it. I was wondering about the tape though. The Vvivid stuff doesn't have great reviews on Amazon. If that's what you use i would use it no problem. Do you use the vvivid? Also side question, what do you think of using matte black. I have a black car i wanna black out.
Great videos man. Keep it up, watching your videos have made me want to start my own small wrap business. On this CLA you mentioned doing a roof wrap as well. I am going to do a roof wrap on my girlfriends CLA this weekend. Mind if I ask how you got the black antenna cover off the roof?
Want to do this on a new Jeep Compass, too much chrome on those cars Want to wrap the front bumper chrome, window chrome, back window chrome Never done it before, advice?
Well done mate, I am going to order all of stuff and try with what I learned from your videos, I am very appreciate that. Just a question, why do we need the marking tape around?
You came a long way dude. I watched your earlier videos where you used to wrap cars outside on your front driveway and now your here wrapping expensive whips in an industrial garage. Good work my dude.
This is "THE BEST" informational video I've seen so far! Great execution and technique! Thank you for sharing!
Would it be worth you investing in a GoPro head camera. So we can see what you see??
I have one, just need a way to mount it to myself
I don't want to wear it on my head because it's distracting
CK Wraps you can get a chest strap. Or get mrs CK to record 😂. She does a good job.
Chest strap it is
GoPro has a mount that mounts on fitted or flex cap when worn backwards. Regardless, thanks for sharing the knowledge!
I was researching on how to wrap cars to add to my tee shirt business and I came across this dude I subscribed and I’ve been hooked this guy is dope,keep up the good work 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
I’ve been calling around and been getting quoted 300+ close to 800 smh I’ll just do it myself I have a 2018 accord sport
How did it go? I have a 2020 accord sport and thinking about just doing it myself too.
Never got it done as of late
🙀
@@Dreamingbigent if you still wanna do it and don't care about some seam lines, use blackout tape. Buy multiple rolls tho cuz 2 whole rolls weren't enough for the windows on my 2017 TLX. Looks pretty damn good tho
after many failed attempts to make my accord coupe look good i’ve accepted a 450 quote for windows and door handles in gloss black
I did a chrome delete on my grill trim, and on all my window trims. Looks professionally done too! Definitely didn’t take me a longer than a hour and a half though. Could’ve been faster but it’s my first
time doing it. I personally think it’s not worth paying over $100 or $200 or even way way way more! to get it done at a vinyl/Tint shop. DIY! People! Save you money and you learned something new.
You make it look easy. If I tried that it would look like Saran Wrap on grandma's casserole dish. 😂
I saw this vid and thought oh damn this is easy, just tried it at my car and ragequitted
@@fativ3574 lmao ragequitted?! Never heard that term before but I definitely been there!
Thankyou thankyou thankyou bro. Ive been watching alot of your videos, to learn better techniques, and i love your work. Ive only did wraps as a hobby but the past few months,ive learned hell of alot more tricks. And im now getting paid for my work, and setting up my own work station. Thanks for your vids,and tutorials
Inspiring my friend!! Do you tint windows too?
You da man! Keep up the awesome work! Also, there may be a lot of roof wrap videos already but I think many of us would agree that a roof wrap video from you especially around an antenna/ shark fin would be awesome. Your videos are top notch
Car looks way better with that clean wrap job of yours!! Enjoy your vacation!
As a beginner, I found that it's worth it to cut the film following the general curve of the trim to eliminate relief cuts and alleviate the tension from stretching a straight piece.
Love it! "Why do all the easy stuff and then get to the tough stuff and f--make a mistake" haha I appreciate your professional AND your day-to-day speech, man! heehee! Great video! Thanks!
I greatly appreciate the way you did this video. I have a telluride nightfall with faded trim. I’m handy which is good for me because on a budget for things like this. I also appreciate the links to materials on amazon.
I’m about to do my b7 rs4 saloon as the aluminium trims have gone milky and there’s no way of cleaning it off. The trims are a huge job to remove and replace so I figured I will wrap them. Colour wise I’m doing it in Matt silver to keep the car standard looking as mirrors, radiator grill and wheels are all Matt silver. Thanks for posting such a helpful guide. Hopefully mine will look as neat as the job you’ve done on the Mercedes. Cheers
Can you make some tutorial how to cut with knife on the edge with some close ups?
Trim seems so easy but I found out it is realllly tricky. I redid mine 3 times cuz your right any little movement with blade you have chrome showing. Even a tiny sliver of chrome stands out like BOOM! Definitely a pro knocking these out first go round and look flawless like usual.
It's all in the wrist man. Knife work is another skill to work on
CK Wraps lol amen brother
I have a cla250 and I have been wanting to do a chrome delete at the same spot thanks for the help man :)
Nice intruction and clear explanation! Love this😉😉👏👏
Love watching your channel and it gave me the confidence to do the trim delete myself! However, after doing the trim delete in gloss black Avery film I find that the areas that tuck under the trim or where you would stretch it at the ends to get a clean finish eventually peel back a little and I'm finding myself going over tucking it under before i go for a drive. I prep'd the surface and cleaned it with prepsol and starting to think that because I applied it when it was only 10 deg. Celsius the adhesive has not taken to the aluminium trim....or maybe it the design of the trim? For reference it's an Audi A6 avant.
Same shit with me exactly, 08 335i. Looks good for a day. Peels off the edge no matter what prep, heat , tucking ect. Paid for it to be done
@@becausereasons41 did you ever find a fix for this?
@Dominic Borrelli I painted them. Still holding up fine
Have a good vacation , great job and great video as always. Much better looking with the chrome blacked out.
@1:21 a free hand job? man I just came here to see you tint some chrome. good vids man.
thankyou for taking the time, did this to my audi today, not perfect but your video was so helpful.
Wish your shop was here in Tampa, very clean work 👍👍👍
instead of solid black, i wraped it with a smoky film and turned it into dark chrome, which i think looks even better
Awesome I need to do that on my car, old one is faded and cracking off, plus I'm about to repaint and clear coat it so this would set it off nicely. Thanks so much for this vid and where I can find this stuff, I was wondering how I was going to cover my chrome trim. Nice job !
Talk about a quality job. I hope to find someone with your level of expertise. 🤞
I wrapped all the chrome of my car and also the grill just with the help of your videos. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
What brand wrap you use? Thinking about doing my car
DellGaming TV I used chinese wrap, bought it in AliExpress. Looks good, let’s see how long it lasts. I wrapped the grill and all the chrome parts about 2 months ago and it looks awesome!
Diogo Silva thanks !!
DellGaming TV you’re welcome
Super helpful, thanks for hitting all the little details on this job!
I want to be as good as you. nice & clean, well done. I did this on my Toyota Rav 4 and I realize it is so difficult to find the proper link to cut. And I end up cutting my rubber. T T
Great video/ great job love watching your videos very intuitive. The black trim looks 100% better than the chrome.
Do you think the vivid dark tint for taillights would work for something like this? I think a dark smoke chrome would look sick on a black car
I've been thinking the same thing!
Nah use Night shades aerosol can and the trick is to use krylon clear coat afterwards..did it on my charger and u can make it as light or dark as u want too ez peezy
Great guy award has been awarded
I’m trying to do a chrome delete on my Mazda 6, this gave me a lot of good information!
Me too, do you know where to buy this vinyl?
This is the time i don’t mind the ads waiting on this vid.
Looks great/ I took my Subaru to a shop today in Cincy, all I have is the bottom window trim on chrome the rest is already black. I was thinking they’d say about 150-200, they said 550-700$!!😱
Prob take a pro about 30-40 mins.. needless to say I’m going to try this myself.
Hey Christian. Huge fan. I have a question. Does most gloss wrap have an orange peel effect? I bought black rose from 3m and in my opinion, it looks like garbage. The orange peel is so significant I could probably get better results with a rattle can. Thanks for your time.
Anyone else have input on this?
3m is does not have a nice finish as I mention in a couple of my videos. Avery has some orange peel and Vvivid has even less
Future reference , get a closer angle with the camera on this one.
Cheers bud a good informative video, 👍 I have done a car previously which looked good but knew it could be better so thanks 🙏 for the tutorial, 🤔interesting to see very little use of the heat gun, which I will definitely take note of this time round 😀👍
Nothing like a Red car or anything for that matter, wish the camera was closer so could see the detailed stuff, I have learned a lot watching your videos. Ty
I have an Audi s5. Just took a look. I see the rubber seal on the top chrome is on top and bottom. So just gotta get blade in between rubber and trim, right. Looks like you have to wedge your blade in between the seal, because it’s pretty tight on the top seal. Also, On bottom trim, little easier. There’s no rubber seal on the bottom part of the bottom chrome trim. Bonus, the mirror is not in the way, it’s actually about 6 inches away from the corner of where most mirrors are, there actually a black plastic plate on that little corner, so I can do that part without removing mirror. Only fear is cutting the seal by mistake. But I’m might try it if I can’t find someone to do this job under $125. It it wasn’t such a nice car, I would just go for it, without being nervous lol
Awesome video. I've been looking for ages and this walkthrough is spot on!
Finally found the best video to do my car. Thank you
You do great work. You're very thorough and do it right the first time. 👍🏻
Yeah, that looks clean.
Should you run the heat gun over this after it is cut and tucked to activate the glue, or is it ok just sticking and only using heat where necessary?
To add to this. If you ONLY have a butane torch with no wired heat gun, will that work as well? Provided you don't set it ablaze of course. Lol
Wow you’re daring working around the car with those objects hanging off the front of your belt
Great video, thanks for all the information man
I am looking to delete chrome bumpers on my truck, however it has a dent on the front side how would i tackle that area ? Love your channel man! Your awesome and great mindset and attitude! Keep it up
Painted quite a bit of trims that were wrapped...never pretty once I've taken the time trim off. Even if your extremely precise cutting it, Always a cleaner job and lasts when parts are removed so theres no peeling up. Good job though 👌
Thx bro just did my audi A5, it look a million times better.. thinkin of wrapping the entire car myself..
How long did it take ?
Hey there Buddy, I little question here, my Audi has rubber window trim, hence it's a boring rubber color and I'm looking for that clean Gloss finish. I was wondering, is it possible to wrap window rubber trim? by prepping the surface properly and all that. Thanks bud!
I wanna see you do a 2015-2020 Tahoe. My rubber around my trim is not loose.
Super easy to do used vvivid wrap tho it’s still good tho hardest part was the ends by the doors but really simple once you get a hang out it
Have you had to wrap any Honda CRV exterior B pillars from fading? They call it sash tape. I was looking for a video on b pilllar removal and found your vid on lower door seals. The vids are great. I hope you can find a pov camera that you can comfortably wear.i want to see your knife up close. Thanks!
Cool. I have a car to do today and your video came at point! thanks!
nice work! wouldnt it be easier to remove the bottom trim? Most of them just click down on the door
Wish your camera zoom was closer so it can be seen what you are actually doing
How well does this wrap hold up to hot weather? We live in a desert like climate and I'm worried that it will peel. And if it starts to peel can it be removed without damaging the chrome if it has been exposed to 100°+ heat?
Is there a flat black that might match the rest of the black? The glossy looks a little cheap to me.
Any chance you can tell me which line of Avery you prefer for this ? The 500, 700 or 800 series ? I'm guessing either the 500 or 700 series since you said you prefer it thin ? Or do you use the cast series ?
Hi Chris,I have a 2018 civic hatch (white). What would you recommend if I wanted to "white out" the civic badge on the rear? I see lots of people black them out, but haven't seen any "white out".Thanks
ducebigalow hey, I'm not Chris, but I would recommend to try plasti dip on the emblems. It's an easy job and with the proper masking and spraying technique will turn out good. When applied properly will last for quite some time. But all white sounds like a cool idea! Hope this helps a little!
thank you good video ,do oyou have a video on how to wrap a car emblem or chrome out a grill of a jeep cherokee
awesome your work is amazing thank you for sharing
I'm fixing my car up, and wanting to do this to my 2008 Honda Accord. Would you suggest doing this before or after I send it to the body shop to get repainted?
I asked here in Finland how much it would cost to tape the chrome window trim on the sides (not the windscreen trim) and the rear arch.
The price estimate was around 300e. I think that seems pretty silly?
So is a heat gun only needed to help form the film in certain corners/angles? Doesnt have anything to do with adhesion?
doing this on monday wish me luck
i had a dipyourcar ad for this video
competition lol
Can you show a video of a trim delete on a harder car? My 17 fusion has a very tight rubber lip right up against the chrome and a wide curved piece that i'm kinda lost on.
Ive been watching a lot of your videos lately to learn more about how to wrap. I love your videos and the information you provide for people, but I have one complaint; you don't do enough close ups of what's actually going on when doing some of the finer detailed stuff.
You're right, these are older videos that I was doing more for fun. I have up close and detailed videos on my website www.ckwraps.com and everything is filmed in 4k. There are over 400 videos on the website with categorized sections like beginner 101, bumpers, advanced, mirrors etc. There's also an open discussion forum where members ask me questions which I answer every morning.
@@CKWraps I'll definitely check that out. You have greatly inspired me to start my own business doing this. Im going to do a full stripe today and I am ordering the material for a full wrap on my Audi to start my portfolio.
Over chrome window trim, which do you use most often - Satin or Gloss Black ?
You do the perfect job 👍👍👍
Nice job great vid very helpful. cheers
Enjoy your vacation!!!
Hi Christian, can you give me some advice on how to wrap a front bumper of a Pontiac Fiero GT 87. Do you have wrapping videos in old cars? Like Camaro's, Firebird's, Trans Am's etc. I am a big fan from Baja California, México.
Hi. Why didnt you use heat gun to heat the vinyl wrap before pasting to car window trim?
Big thanks to you for being such a through and good teacher!! Have helped me to start my own business doing this.
Around how much would it cost for Chrome cowless for just the 4 tires , bumper and back on a accord Honda 2020? Go
Like the new intro. Great video, looks awesome!Having this done to my 2018 civic hatchback next week. Enjoy your vacation.
Is that referred as a seal between the mirror and the window ? I had took off my whole seal just to tuck better but I can get the seal that goes in between my window and mirror to go back down the rail
You do good work man, keep it up.
nice work. on a charcoal gray 2018 yukon denali, im thinking of getting a slightly lighter shade of gray than the body color to delete all the chrome... but will it be hard to match that lighter gray color for the large chrome grille and emblems/badges? what would your shop use for the denali grille?plastidip paint?or can a heavily grated grille be wrapped too?
I have an Audi Q5 Black edition and I would like to do the opposite, change the piano black trims to metallic.
Really looks amazing.
it "looks" easy, but im sure it is not, but im gonna try and do it. I was wondering about the tape though. The Vvivid stuff doesn't have great reviews on Amazon. If that's what you use i would use it no problem. Do you use the vvivid? Also side question, what do you think of using matte black. I have a black car i wanna black out.
Great videos man. Keep it up, watching your videos have made me want to start my own small wrap business. On this CLA you mentioned doing a roof wrap as well. I am going to do a roof wrap on my girlfriends CLA this weekend. Mind if I ask how you got the black antenna cover off the roof?
Want to do this on a new Jeep Compass, too much chrome on those cars
Want to wrap the front bumper chrome, window chrome, back window chrome
Never done it before, advice?
Well done mate, I am going to order all of stuff and try with what I learned from your videos, I am very appreciate that. Just a question, why do we need the marking tape around?
So you don't scratch any of your paint or existing trim.
How long it will stay on chrome part? I have seen many cars after 5-6 months its start pilling.
looks awesome. did you take the protective film off the topside of the wrap before or after
Question: why not roll the windows down and then wrap?
What about buying new trim & spray painting then with automotive paint with clear coat?
Hell yea more about this my dude
very clean job bro
Is there any benefit to rolling down the windows when doing the lower chrome?
Please can you link where to buy long lengths of vinyl wrap from? The likes of Amazon only seem to sell 5ft lengths
yo where are you located?.. i need you to do my 2015 tahoe..
Wish there was some macro/close ups but thanks for the great vid either way. 👍🏼
Damn. You’re good
Can you show us how you would do an Audi a6 c7 by any chance