OllieBB
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Thought i'd share a bit more progress on my A3.
One thing that annoyed me from the start was the grubby outer B-Pillars, both were peeling badly! Got some matt black vinyl wrap from Ebay (made sure I got plenty) and set at trying to figure out how to get them off the car. Had to drill out the three rivets holding it in place and then just slide towards the front of the car, two clips hold it against the rear window. I had a bit of trouble with this but BaileyA3 on here gave me loads of advice.
First I had to sand both pillars down to it's bare metal, this took a while! I then set at wrapping them, wasn't as hard as I thought, it went down on the front very easy. The hardest part was over the corner, I just pulled it over and then heated it up with a hairdryer. This made it very stretchy so it was easy to work after this.
Couldn't be happier with how it turned out. Thought the wrap might look cheap as other carbon fibre ones do but they look like they've been sprayed. Would advise anyone else with peeling B-Pillars to do the same!
One thing that annoyed me from the start was the grubby outer B-Pillars, both were peeling badly! Got some matt black vinyl wrap from Ebay (made sure I got plenty) and set at trying to figure out how to get them off the car. Had to drill out the three rivets holding it in place and then just slide towards the front of the car, two clips hold it against the rear window. I had a bit of trouble with this but BaileyA3 on here gave me loads of advice.
First I had to sand both pillars down to it's bare metal, this took a while! I then set at wrapping them, wasn't as hard as I thought, it went down on the front very easy. The hardest part was over the corner, I just pulled it over and then heated it up with a hairdryer. This made it very stretchy so it was easy to work after this.
Couldn't be happier with how it turned out. Thought the wrap might look cheap as other carbon fibre ones do but they look like they've been sprayed. Would advise anyone else with peeling B-Pillars to do the same!
