Vinyl Wrap in Headlights?

Muddy13 · Mar 16, 2016

So I am going to retrofit my headlights when it gets warmer outside and was thinking about maybe using vinyl carbon fiber to black out the inside of my headlights when I do it but have questions on if the heat will effect it any because I know you use heat to put it on. Anyone have anything on this? Thanks

BlownGP · Mar 16, 2016

HIDs and for sure LEDs run cooler than halogen bulbs. So you might be OK.

MoparMulisha · Mar 16, 2016

Maybe price out hydro dipping them versus messing with vinyl and making sure it'll lay flat because there are a lot of contours especially in the quad lights.

Rzrman328 · Mar 16, 2016

I'm sure it'd be fine but my question is why wouldn't you just use paint? Or dip for that matter?

sbarron · Mar 16, 2016

I second MoparMulisha. I think on that kind of compound surface, hydro-dipping would be the way to go if you wanted a carbon pattern.

In reality though, would you really be able to see the pattern through the distortion of the headlight lens? I think you'd be better off and serve the same purpose simply by painting in a carbon-ish color.

tim57 · Mar 16, 2016

I work at sign shop and we do allot of vinyl, custom car wraps to simple lettering and stripping. All vinyl including carbon fiber use an adhesive that is effected by heat. Prolonged heat will dry out the adhesive and cause the carbon fiber to lose adhesion, shrink and curl in time.

MoparMulisha · Mar 16, 2016

sbarron said:
I second MoparMulisha. I think on that kind of compound surface, hydro-dipping would be the way to go if you wanted a carbon pattern.

In reality though, would you really be able to see the pattern through the distortion of the headlight lens? I think you'd be better off and serve the same purpose simply by painting in a carbon-ish color.

May be one of the less is more kind of visual mods where it looks black from afar but then when you get close it'll pop and everyone will talk about it. Lol kind of like headlights but carbon fiber stands out less than camouflage. I'd go for it, I spent $100 to have the pair dipped but I had to bake/dismantle the lights and just take them the chrome bezels.

Another option would be to paint the housings flat black and see if they make carbon fiber projector housings.

Rzrman328 · Mar 17, 2016

MoparMulisha said:
Another option would be to paint the housings flat black and see if they make carbon fiber projector housings.

This would be cool. Maybe hydrodip them? Mine came chrome, I just used color-match.

Muddy13 · Mar 17, 2016

Now y'all got me thinking haha I might contact the guy who dipped my deer scull and see what he'd charge to do it... I never even though of that

BlownGP · Mar 17, 2016

MoparMulisha said:
Maybe price out hydro dipping them versus messing with vinyl and making sure it'll lay flat because there are a lot of contours especially in the quad lights.

You just gave me a idea. Since my friend hydrodips.
He did my dash and various parts on my GTP

MoparMulisha · Mar 17, 2016

Lol not to twist your arm.....

sbarron · Mar 17, 2016

Wow.. that shows up much better than I thought... nice!

MoparMulisha · Mar 17, 2016

sbarron said:
Wow.. that shows up much better than I thought... nice!

Thanks. Just sucked taking them apart lol major pain in the ass.

Rzrman328 · Mar 17, 2016

MoparMulisha said:
Thanks. Just sucked taking them apart lol major pain in the ass.

Ya those turned out good....just not sure how well you'd be able to see carbon fiber pattern.

07MegaCabRam · Dec 29, 2016

Wrap will not hold up. Hydro dip them for sure.
(Have experience with hydro dipping and wrapping)

blackbetty14 · Dec 29, 2016

Wrapping won't hold up to the complex curves and heat. Hydro dipping is the best option. But hydro dipping carbon fiber looks like ass. It's the 2D printed version of overlapping gradients. They are unable to dip the new 3/4/5D vinyl style carbon fiber which I use a lot and it's hard to tell it's not carbon fiber.

So for carbon fiber and dip I vote don't do it. Basically all other designs come out good tho on dip.

I still feel some sort of paint match always brings it all together even if it's just alittle.

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