03 Denali from beat up to this... Progress pics

[SlowD]

2003 Denali w/ 159,000 miles.
Picked it up last year all stock with a brand new trans and overall it was in decent shape. Windshield was cracked and I'm sure it wasnt detailed since 03.

First thing I did was replace the windshield, tinted the front windows to match the rears, detailed the living hell out of it and a nice sound system.

I then got some new 22" Dub Ballers w/ 305/40 Falken Stz05"s. Shortly after I got the Eibach pro-truck kit w/ Bilsteins, shock re locators.

Then in January I had a car slide into me so long story short I bought a whole new front end w/ cowl hood and instead of painting it I decided to Vinyl wrap the whole truck myself. I went with Avery satin and gloss black. I got euro tinted tails and front turn signal housings, smooth vent caps, new headlights that I removed the lenses from, painted the chrome black and removed the orange reflectors, new Emblems, granatelli intake, edge cts etc etc.

I am getting some drop spindles and debating on a front lower bumper lip. It's coming along.

 

[SlowD]

More pics...

 

[NathanJax]

nice job!!!

 

[jokeracing]

Looks good. How hard was the vinyl application?

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[Jay_320]

Nice ride! I love the satin wrap

 

[mastertony]

It looks great! Nice work! The rims look lovely!

 

[TwiztidXL]

Excellent work on this. I like the matte black look. If it was mine I'd black out the grille as well, all that chrome looks out of place I think. Other then that, looks great! Nice job

 

[Mr. Merk]

Similar story, 04 with 108k and new trans. Driven by a college kid who didn't care. Detailed it, wheels, suspension, dent removal and touch up. Now we're in business.

 

[DirtyBlackHoe]

Agree with the chrome front end looking odd and out of place, but that thing is on point. Looks awesome!

 

[SlowD]

Oh man I was thinking the same thing about the grill but I need to take a break from wrapping and not sure if I want to paint it or not since there is no going back and its brand new.

Vinyl wrapping actually isn't that hard you just have to watch some 3M Youtube videos and get the right tools and just do it. I only destroyed about $80 in Vinyl starting out but it was all a learning experience.

I have a kid at work that wants me to wrap his Civic now a pearl white but he wants extra shine to it... told him he needs to learn more about Vinyl because it doesn't have 5 layers of clear attached to it lol.

 

[Brian_smith06]

that looks daaaaamn good!

Very nice work!

 

[JesusArTorres]

Looks sweet man!


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[SlowD]

Thanks guys!

 

[Bruizza]

That looks really good!

 

[SlowD]

Thanks! How long have you had your wrap on? Any advice you can give me for cleaning that works for you and anything that I can apply to protect it without worry of having blotchy spots?
I'm still learning and want to do everything I can besides parking it in the shade at all times to prolong the wrap especially in the winter. Colorado winters can suck sometimes!

 

[willinnashville]

Sorry if I'm cluttering up this thread, but I apparently don't have enough posts to send a PM.

SlowD, what kind of headlights and marker lights are you running? I'm getting tired of all the orange in my stocks

 

[DjJayFrree]

love the look

 

[TheAutumnWind]

Oh man I was thinking the same thing about the grill but I need to take a break from wrapping and not sure if I want to paint it or not since there is no going back and its brand new.

Vinyl wrapping actually isn't that hard you just have to watch some 3M Youtube videos and get the right tools and just do it. I only destroyed about $80 in Vinyl starting out but it was all a learning experience.

I have a kid at work that wants me to wrap his Civic now a pearl white but he wants extra shine to it... told him he needs to learn more about Vinyl because it doesn't have 5 layers of clear attached to it lol.

It looks really good. Roughly What did it end up costing you?

 

[SlowD]

Sorry if I'm cluttering up this thread, but I apparently don't have enough posts to send a PM.

SlowD, what kind of headlights and marker lights are you running? I'm getting tired of all the orange in my stocks

The corner lights were purchased off of Ebay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/99-06-GMC-S...HTS-/170830615596?hash=item27c64c542c&vxp=mtr

The headlight bezels were painted by using a heat gun and carefully heating up the glue and separating the lenses, that amber reflective part on the corner will pop out once the lense is removed.
You just have to take your time and slowly separate the lense little by little until it pops apart and then use a good adhesive to put them back together after your done painting the chrome.
Here is a closer picture.

 

[SlowD]

It looks really good. Roughly What did it end up costing you?

Thanks.
In the end it cost roughly $700 for all the vinyl, 3m edge sealer, 3m primer, knifeless tape.

Extra expense was:
$90 variable temp heat gun
$70 IR temp gun
$30 felt squeegee's
$20 Cotton gloves
$30 worth of razor blades
$20 Microfiber rags
$8 wax and grease remover for prep
$4 70% Isopropyl alcohol for prep
Plus the 200 hrs of labor BUT if its enjoyable to do then you cant count that.

I'm sure there is some other very small expenses that I am forgetting.

Still much better than paint or paying someone else $3500-$4000 to wrap it.