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<blockquote data-quote="menerso" data-source="post: 208244" data-attributes="member: 5893"><p>Ok, I did the hood of my raptor yesterday. What did I learn....</p><p></p><p>- The hood is a two person job. One to hold and the other to heat and squeegee. I did it myself, but it took way longer than it should have. 3 hrs with removing hood vents and cleaning.</p><p></p><p>- you can't use the magnets on the hood to hold the vinyl... Cuz it is fiberglass. I had to use tape.</p><p></p><p>- Wait to trim until you have gone over the whole install again with a final squeegee. I caught a bubble, but wasn't able to pull the vinyl up and fix since I didn't have any extra vinyl to pull.</p><p></p><p>- Don't cut the vinyl too close to the edge for the hood vents. You need to leave a good inch and a half over lap. I will supply pics when I do it the second time.</p><p></p><p>-...and again, two people would make it easier with the hood.</p><p></p><p>With that said, it looks awesome. The vinyl is super easy to work with. You can lay it down, pull it back up, heat it, lay it down again.</p><p></p><p>I will probably pull the vinyl off the hood and redo it with some help. I feel the fenders and doors will be a bit easier with one person doing it.</p><p></p><p>It is raining like a **** here this weekend so I probably won't be touching it for a couple days .</p><p></p><p>Also, I did some measuring and since I am doing my bumpers and flares, I am going to need some more vinyl... And since I will redo the hood I will need more anyway.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Didn't get the rollers and I already had a Black and Decker heat gun</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="menerso, post: 208244, member: 5893"] Ok, I did the hood of my raptor yesterday. What did I learn.... - The hood is a two person job. One to hold and the other to heat and squeegee. I did it myself, but it took way longer than it should have. 3 hrs with removing hood vents and cleaning. - you can't use the magnets on the hood to hold the vinyl... Cuz it is fiberglass. I had to use tape. - Wait to trim until you have gone over the whole install again with a final squeegee. I caught a bubble, but wasn't able to pull the vinyl up and fix since I didn't have any extra vinyl to pull. - Don't cut the vinyl too close to the edge for the hood vents. You need to leave a good inch and a half over lap. I will supply pics when I do it the second time. -...and again, two people would make it easier with the hood. With that said, it looks awesome. The vinyl is super easy to work with. You can lay it down, pull it back up, heat it, lay it down again. I will probably pull the vinyl off the hood and redo it with some help. I feel the fenders and doors will be a bit easier with one person doing it. It is raining like a **** here this weekend so I probably won't be touching it for a couple days . Also, I did some measuring and since I am doing my bumpers and flares, I am going to need some more vinyl... And since I will redo the hood I will need more anyway. Didn't get the rollers and I already had a Black and Decker heat gun [/QUOTE]
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