Wrapped C-Pillar

[Phil2D2]

For some of you guys that have had the C-Pillar wrapped...Garrett...phorn73...

Has it held up okay? Any problems in a car wash?

I went to our local tint shop yesterday and asked about this and he didn't seem too excited to do it because he didn't think it would hold up very well. Specifically in the upper rear corner where it comes to a point he felt that a car wash would peel it right off.

I live in a pretty small town and I don't believe he has very much experience with wraps. But I understand and appreciate his reluctance to do something that he believes will not hold up.

Anyone have some closer photos showing how this edge/corner was handled?


Thanks guys

 

[Adieu]

I got it on mine, just cuz old and scuffed.

It won't last forever, no wrap does, but still years. And easily replaced.


PS im guessing you mean D-pillar (back) or B-pillar (doors), have wrap on both.

 

[bushpilot]

Mines holding up (I even wrapped the stainless trim around the bottom of the windows).
I DO NOT use automated car washes - I hand wash all our vehicles.

 

[-Clu-]

Hey man, so I work in auto detailing and cosmetics, vinyl wrap is a great choice. We had some black vinyl laying around the shop and we wrapped mine just to see how it would look and it looks really slick I feel. I plan on polishing out my D-pillars and wrapping them in PPF as it’ll keep that gloss black looking much much better. Then it’ll just be all black from the A-pillars back. #murdered.

Just to clarify, our expeditions have 4 pillars, A (Windshield pillar) B (Door appliqués) C (Between rear doors and rear glass) and D (The Gloss black panel at the corner of the lift gate) Just to be sure that you did mean the C-pillar?

I can’t testify how well they hold up in car washes because I hand wash mine anyway. However that being said, if you have it installed by a vinyl wrap shop that’s worth their salt then it’ll hold up just fine, and if it does happen to come up, they should stand by their work and replace it if you just call them up and explain what happened.

hope this helps!

 

[Phil2D2]

I don't think I have enough posts under my belt to add a photo so links below.... Also these poorly edited screenshots are pretty sad but get the point across.

This would be my understanding of the vehicle pillar letters as they apply to the Expedition.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/188215904@N08/shares/2w8NV7

So I am talking about blacking out the one at the rear of the rear door.

 

[Phil2D2]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/188215904@N08/shares/bj4p96

He said that trim area noted with green would come off and be straightforward to wrap...no problem.

He said there might be a sliver of white showing along the window noted with yellow.

But his main concern was the point circled in red.

They stand by their tinting work and will redo if there's a problem. He said he'd do it if I really wanted it but just said that he doesn't think it will stick and doesn't want to do something that he can't stand behind.

Anyone got a straight on photo of this area of the wrap job?

 

[Deadman]

View attachment 35994 Hey man, so I work in auto detailing and cosmetics, vinyl wrap is a great choice. We had some black vinyl laying around the shop and we wrapped mine just to see how it would look and it looks really slick I feel. I plan on polishing out my D-pillars and wrapping them in PPF as it’ll keep that gloss black looking much much better. Then it’ll just be all black from the A-pillars back. #murdered.

Just to clarify, our expeditions have 4 pillars, A (Windshield pillar) B (Door appliqués) C (Between rear doors and rear glass) and D (The Gloss black panel at the corner of the lift gate) Just to be sure that you did mean the C-pillar?

I can’t testify how well they hold up in car washes because I hand wash mine anyway. However that being said, if you have it installed by a vinyl wrap shop that’s worth their salt then it’ll hold up just fine, and if it does happen to come up, they should stand by their work and replace it if you just call them up and explain what happened.

hope this helps!

I'm amazed how poorly that rear door is aligned! I'd take that back and demand they at least get that thing closer! wow

The Pillar looks great tho!

 

[18XLT]

Although I’ve only had mine a few months, I highly recommend the vinyl wrap. Has held up fine in the car wash, and the very variable weather in Michigan.

 

[Going_Going_Gone]

A modified Range Rover look. Sure makes your vehicle stand out.

 

[Steve Z]

Looks great where did you go? How
Much?

 

[Garrett]

Mine is holding up just fine. I wash a lot too.

 

[Phil2D2]

Bump, anyone have a straight on close photo?

Did you end up with a noticeable gap at window edge?


Anyone figure out the trim part numbers from the Nav and go that direction for this look?

 

[StealthyBulldog]

Mines holding up (I even wrapped the stainless trim around the bottom of the windows).
I DO NOT use automated car washes - I hand wash all our vehicles.

Did you use a gloss black or a satin black do you happen to know? I have some Satin black, but since mine is a Stealth the rear Expedition logo / trim is black instead of chrome, wondering if the gloss would be a better match. As well as with the D and B pillars, thanks

 

[Shaffer9]

You definitely want gloss black unless you are wrapping other things in satin. The goal is to match the windows, B & D pillars as close as possible.

 

[-Clu-]

I'm amazed how poorly that rear door is aligned! I'd take that back and demand they at least get that thing closer! wow

The Pillar looks great tho!

Yeah tell me about it! We never noticed it till we wrapped the C- Pillars and realised how much the door alignment was off on one side, it meets up perfectly with the body line on the top of the C-Pillar on one side and on the other it’s off by a good half inch, closes just fine ironically.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/188215904@N08/shares/bj4p96

He said that trim area noted with green would come off and be straightforward to wrap...no problem.

He said there might be a sliver of white showing along the window noted with yellow.

But his main concern was the point circled in red.

They stand by their tinting work and will redo if there's a problem. He said he'd do it if I really wanted it but just said that he doesn't think it will stick and doesn't want to do something that he can't stand behind.

Anyone got a straight on photo of this area of the wrap job?

We just threw mine on one afternoon just to try it so we weren’t going for perfect fitment but even still mine has stayed laid down, in the corner in red which you indicated, just fine. Any vinyl installer has differently levels of coverage they are happy to try and achieve, sometimes to full cover over the paint it requires a pretty deep and awkward cut, they may opt to not go for full coverage in that instance if it means they can atleast have a clean line. I’d be surprised though if they felt they couldn’t adequately cover that yellow area you mentioned.

 

[Randy Schmidt]

I believe @Garrett and I have had our wraps on the longest on the 4th Gen Expys. As he stated, he hasn't had any issues, not have I. It is holding up very well in the climate here in Chicago. @-Clu- love the look you went for!

 

[Dice Roll]

I'm amazed how poorly that rear door is aligned! I'd take that back and demand they at least get that thing closer! wow

The Pillar looks great tho!

mine was ****** too, but not up and down. Door was eighth inch from being fully closed.

I saw several vehicles when shopping that had crappy door alignment. Saw some edges off on random doors, but of note my pass rear was the offender. Must be a weak installer in Louisville for that one.

 

[-Clu-]

@Randy Schmidt
Thank you! I appreciate it. Yeah long term I plan on getting the wrap replaced and done better, as I’ve said already in this thread, my boss and I just threw it on one day to see what it would look like but my plan is to wrap the mirror caps and the C-Pillars gloss black, then get my front glass tinted down a little because it just looks so smart when it’s black all the way round.

I’ll do a full chrome delete when I get round to it too. Just is a ... lot... of chrome to delete haha

 

[utmeep]

Thanks for the great idea guys. Did mine the other day.

 

[bushpilot]

@utmeep looks good! It would appear you also wrapped the chrome trim at the base of the windows too!