I worked for 11 hours yesterday and 9 hours today removing the vinyl from the Jeep. I am in so much pain, I can barely walk.....
Anyway, so why did I remove the vinyl? Well it wasn't an easy decision to make but after doing a good inspection I felt that vinyl just wasn't going to be able to meet my standards and I can't lower them.
There were a few parts that could have been replaced, but it still wouldn't look as good as I want. I thought to myself, ah if it looks good from 2 feet away thats good but I'm just to anal I guess.
Here are some shots of the bad bits...
Just noticed this the other day - guess its heat related...
Inner edges looked rough as hell...
Some parts ripping...
Wheel arch example...
As you can probably see there are problems, some of which could be repaired but not all so I took the plunge.
The vinyl came of really easy, was a bit time consuming and very hard going on the hands - I've got two massive blisters on my thumbs from the vinyl sticking to them and pulling it off again. What I'm really happy with it how little glue is left behind, sure there are small parts but not full panels or anything crazy.
This is how it sits now:
Paint is still super wet and deep looking, I'm delighted with it. Thankfully they've been careful cutting the vinyl and so there are no nicks to speak of which is superb.
There are also very few swirls so that's a bonus too. It must have some Vintage on too as it is beading pretty well so I'm going to go for a top-u[ sealant (Z-CS) to keep it protected this year. Next Spring I'll do a full paintwork detail and apply a few coats of Zymol Royale I have in the fridge for a outrageous shine!
Oh, I removed the roof rails and I'm gonna see if I can live with them off. The channels look really weird though...
If I can't live with them off I will be putting them back on although they'll be sent to a bodyshop to be color coded first for a cleaner look.
That rounds off my weekend then, still got little bits of glue to remove and apply a coat of Z-CS but that's no big deal...
Thanks for reading, if you made it all the way! :lol:
Anyway, so why did I remove the vinyl? Well it wasn't an easy decision to make but after doing a good inspection I felt that vinyl just wasn't going to be able to meet my standards and I can't lower them.
There were a few parts that could have been replaced, but it still wouldn't look as good as I want. I thought to myself, ah if it looks good from 2 feet away thats good but I'm just to anal I guess.
Here are some shots of the bad bits...
Just noticed this the other day - guess its heat related...
Inner edges looked rough as hell...
Some parts ripping...
Wheel arch example...
As you can probably see there are problems, some of which could be repaired but not all so I took the plunge.
The vinyl came of really easy, was a bit time consuming and very hard going on the hands - I've got two massive blisters on my thumbs from the vinyl sticking to them and pulling it off again. What I'm really happy with it how little glue is left behind, sure there are small parts but not full panels or anything crazy.
This is how it sits now:
Paint is still super wet and deep looking, I'm delighted with it. Thankfully they've been careful cutting the vinyl and so there are no nicks to speak of which is superb.
There are also very few swirls so that's a bonus too. It must have some Vintage on too as it is beading pretty well so I'm going to go for a top-u[ sealant (Z-CS) to keep it protected this year. Next Spring I'll do a full paintwork detail and apply a few coats of Zymol Royale I have in the fridge for a outrageous shine!
Oh, I removed the roof rails and I'm gonna see if I can live with them off. The channels look really weird though...
If I can't live with them off I will be putting them back on although they'll be sent to a bodyshop to be color coded first for a cleaner look.
That rounds off my weekend then, still got little bits of glue to remove and apply a coat of Z-CS but that's no big deal...
Thanks for reading, if you made it all the way! :lol: