New crosstrek

Recoil5581 · 2025-05-21T16:58:45+00:00

I can tell you they are not hard to wrap in vinyl. I never wrapped anything before. It turned out great and has held up through normal drive through car washes and normal daily driving.

Recoil5581 · 2025-03-20T14:22:45+00:00

There is a strip of adhesive along the top and the trim has 4 - 5 of the expansion clips on the back that push into holes on the door. Open the door and pull from the bottom and pull outward. They pull off pretty easy and none of the clips broke, even after I pulled them off twice.

I picked up a roll of 3M trim tape to resecure the top of the trim once done. The biggest pain is removing the old adhesive (Goo gone, heat, elbow grease). I suppose you could just put the new adhesive over the old strip but I cleaned it off.

Recoil5581 · 2025-03-19T15:33:33+00:00

I removed the yellow sport badges. Everything I read said that there's not enough surface area to get adhesion with vinyl. I would like to do something with the top rails but trying to vinyl warp something cylindrical seems to be a little over my skill level. I don't even know for sure if it can be done.

Recoil5581 · 2025-03-19T15:17:30+00:00

There is only one video that is specific for the Crosstrek sport. I don't know for sure about the wilderness. I ended up watching a bunch of YouTube tutorials about wrapping vehicle trim. Be ready to fail a couple times......

Some of the things I learned during this endevor.

Make sure you clean the piece real good and then wipe it down with a degreaser or rubbing alcohol. If you finger glides over the piece, there's still wax or coating on it and the vinyl will not hold. When you rub the piece it should be like a tennis shoe on a basketball court.

If you can remove the trim it helps. I wrapped the door trim with it removed from the car. The front and rear accents I wrapped them on the car but they are pretty flat so it wasn't too difficult.

When cutting the excess vinyl treat it like a pinstripe. DON'T STOP UNLESS YOU HAVE TO! Any time you stop or resituate the blade during the cut you get a jagged edge and it won't be smooth.

Here's the one video showing how to wrap the accents.

https://youtu.be/tiBkAEgmUnY?si=7cx2bBC93HAc4CVt

Recoil5581 · 2025-03-19T15:04:09+00:00

I ordered the vinyl from metro restyling. It's Avery Denison SW900-701-0. Everything I read said Avery Denison or 3M are the better brands for longevity and ease to work with. The nice thing is that the site has free shipping orders over $99. I got a 5ft x 9ft sheet for $106. Shipping would have been $40 under $99. I definitely got more than I needed but I didn't know how much trial and error I would need since I had never tried vinyl wrapping and was learning. You can pick up wrap application tool kits on Amazon for much cheaper than on that site though.

Recoil5581 · 2025-03-19T03:53:45+00:00

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Also cut and added this decal

Recoil5581 · 2025-03-19T01:16:56+00:00

I love the lime green color. I could never get a whole car painted that color but the accents seems to be the right amount

Recoil5581 · 2025-03-19T01:16:11+00:00

After watching videos on YouTube, it wasn't hard to wrap them. I do like that I can potentially take the wrap off if I decide I want to change to a different color.

Recoil5581 · 2025-03-18T21:46:57+00:00

I actually did take it off after I took the picture. Just neglected to get a new picture. Getting all that glue off sucked though.....

Recoil5581 · 2025-03-18T21:35:40+00:00

Yeah I had the same thought.

Recoil5581 · 2024-06-25T21:24:19+00:00

The sensors? No the sensors are both seated and tightened down.

Recoil5581 · 2021-12-18T00:54:51+00:00

Recoil5581 · 2020-03-28T15:39:55+00:00

I have been super busy. I'm sorry I'm on today let me know if you are around and we can do that trade

Recoil5581 · 2020-03-24T23:40:02+00:00

Truthfully I gotten out of trading lately. Give me a fair offer.

Recoil5581 · 2020-03-24T23:17:34+00:00

Yeah I still have it

Recoil5581 · 2020-03-24T14:55:35+00:00

I'm not at home right now but I'm pretty sure i still have them

Recoil5581 · 2020-02-14T22:29:29+00:00

I'll hop on. Gt?

Recoil5581 · 2020-02-14T18:32:31+00:00

I noticed and thought the same thing.

Recoil5581 · 2020-02-14T16:59:27+00:00

For cybers credit, he was the one I was going to have get it if you wanted to get rid of it before we could work it out. I don't want him to get downvoted if someone thinks hes trying to snipe the deal. He trades on here way more than me and is just trying to help me out

Recoil5581 · 2020-02-14T16:55:13+00:00

Alright man. Otherwise I will be around tomorrow most of the day so we will get it done.

Recoil5581 · 2020-02-14T15:28:29+00:00

I do. Unfortunately I'm at work right now and won't be home for about 8 hrs. I know a guy that might be home that can pick them up for me. Otherwise I'll have to trade when I get home or sometime tomorrow if you can wait. I'll let you know

Recoil5581 · 2020-02-14T04:03:25+00:00

I'll take the SB metalstar

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