EASY $12 Fix For FADED B-Pillars You Can Do At HOME
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ต.ค. 2024
- My cheap 2010 Lexus ES350 Is becoming far too nice. After the detail the sun faded and worn B-pillars really stand out. I decided to spend a few minutes and a few dollars to make them look brand new. I used about 12"x60" of Avery SW900 Gloss Black wrap vinyl. It didn't take more than 30 minutes to knock out all 4 pillars and that was with a ridiculous Lexus Care conversation thrown in the mix.
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This is wrap and size I used: metrorestyling.com/collections/black-vinyl-wrap/products/avery-gloss-black-vinyl-wrap-sw900-190-o?variant=36377913786520
I would have chrome wraped it because of the window trim
Thank you! My 2006 Mazda 6 also thanks you!
I was waiting for you to mess with us and put camo wrap on there.🤣
if he wasn’t as good at almost everything you could call him “watch JR screw up something”
I was looking for this, thank you...
You missed the perfect chance to end this video with "and that's a wrap!" As always mate, Cheers for the content.
That’s more @ElliotAlvis’ wheelhouse
Hey mate, another fellow Aussie watching JR?
Good one 😂
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Every time youre saying you did something else back in the day that sounds absurd. I built night clubs worked IT owned a wrap shop trained elephants scuba dove with navy seals etc... You belong in the dos equis commercial.
Personally, I am waiting for JR to say "I sat on my backside and watched some guy on youtube for YEARS".........
Wrap the corvette?? would be sick to see a whole wrap job on this channel!!
We’ll need to fix the clear first but I’d love to wrap it 🍻
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Hah, I actually have a roll of wrap sitting in my shop to do this on my BMW
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Make it so! 🚀
@@WatchJRGo OK, Jean Luc!
Jake! Why yall gotta be so damn far away? I can show you how to wrap. My 1st complete WrapJob was in 1999. Been training since
I somehow found this channel couple of months ago and I just wanna say I love how dedicated u are at posting. Love watching it before sleeping :)
Dude tell me you haven’t sold the Aztek yet. I haven’t seen it in a while and I’m worried. Loving all the content and keep up the great work man!
It’s on the lift in the corner, we’re doing the transmission 🍻
I'm addicted to wait for JR vids before I go to sleep. It's usually around 1AM here in Brazil. It's worth it.
It's usually between 10-11pm for me. Perfect for bedtime.
Same, it was posted about 15 mins ago and it’s 11:45pm here in Wisconsin (USA)
That fading looks like where the previous owners hand would touch to close the door. Skin oils and friction took their toll over the years.
Never thought of wrapping my pillars, good shout!
After I stab myself in the eye with the blade and stick the wrap to my arm...what follows that?
Can confirm: Dodge / Ram truck factory b-pillar wraps don't last long at all. They fade and crack easily.
This is the type of quality content that keeps me coming back: precision cuts by guys who's steady hands haven't been ruined by alcoholic dt's and marriage-related anxiety.
Marriage-related anxiety. Lmao . Truer words never spoken !
LOL I've had my 2015 Lexus RX350 for 4 1/2 years....never pressed the SOS button....Good to know what happens when you do. Haha.
Lexus as a company is the most amazing car company I've ever dealt with. The techs are awesome, the parts are not over priced... usually, the reliability is obviously beyond anything else on the road. I love my lexus so much. I've had so so many cars and by far this is my favorite car and so much so we tried to get my wife one but settled for 2nd best..a camry lol. We will get her a lexus next time lol. Or she can have Mine when I upgrade one day in the distant future. We love ❤ lexus. And wouldn't trade it for anything else
Genuine question (not trying to troll or anything), but do you find yourselves underwhelmed by Lexus dashboards? Having test driven and debated amongst a lot of cars, I find that while the exterior of something like the IS or ES is visually impressive, on the inside I find it cluttered with buttons and the joystick-touchpad system just seems a bit subpar. And having driven a Camry for a while, I get a bit annoyed seeing cheaper bits of pieces of the car like the cruise control stalk or window switches and trim just lifted off a Camry half the price.
IMO a top trim Camry (called SL here in Australia, probably XLE in US, iirc) feels like good value in the mainstream but in the luxury car space, I don’t think I’d tolerate the same interior parts or a worse infotainment system than the Toyota touchscreen. I find the G20 3 Series to feel or W206 Benz to look more impressive, respectively. Not to mention cars like Mazda (I have the new Mazda3), that I feel outdo both Toyota and Lexus in infotainment and I’d say is closer to Lexus in interior quality despite being priced like a Toyota.
They’re still great cars and I toss up all these options whenever it’s time to upgrade - the only thing being that near-luxury cars are far more limited here than in North Am, we don’t have Acura, Infiniti, Buick, Cadillac, Lincoln as alternate options.
Lol 1700$ for 2019 ES300h amp... 3 weeks past extended service bulletin so have to replace it out of pocket even though the amp fails on nearly all of them.
@@User-cb4jm Needs to be a real Lexus. The lower trims are just beautified Toyotas.
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I've been watching this channel since its inception and this is finally something I can do to my own car.
Those pillars look awesome for cheap. I got some spots like that on my Charger so might be worth trying sometime if it drives me crazy enough.
OK< how many duck tape fans would/are saying, "Just use Black Duct tape and it's done :)"
That silver wheel is the spare these cars had matching spares
Need to do this on my LS. I have seen guys disassemble the pillars, but this route looks a lot less hassle free.
You have seem to have done a lot of different things in your short life.
I would like to see more vinyl wrap informational content from this channel.
I love your support for Toyota, but they do break from time to time. I would never try to do wrap as my OCD would kick in and I would criticize my own work.
I was just kidding about them never breaking! 😂
@@WatchJRGo I know, I am on my 4 Toyota because they are so reliable but just last month the engine went out and I was forced to install a low milage one at my local Dealer.
JR...never knew you were a rapper....
I didn’t even think to vinyl wrap those. Thanks for this! Haha.
My 2016 Equus has the same problem where Hyundai BlueLink was due to be disabled at the end of 2021 because the head end unit has a 2G radio in it. Hyundai recently sent me an email notifying all owners that they were able to negotiate a continuation of 2G service with a provider which will allow them to extend the life of my car's BlueLink. Perhaps this will also benefit other car makers?
Quoting:
We want to notify you of an extension to this date.
While the Hyundai Bluelink device in your vehicle requires access to cellular networks maintained by wireless service providers outside the control of Hyundai and Hyundai Bluelink, we have continued to work directly with Aeris Communications, the wireless service provider of the network. Aeris Communications has announced that it will be extending the life of the network beyond December 31, 2021. We currently anticipate the network will continue to operate until January 1, 2023.
When are we gonna see more on the 67 Camaro
It's on the list, I need to go to Cali to get the body 🍻
Never. Because you keep asking. He’s going to switch it to the most boring cars ever , a Ford pinto, a gremlin, a citation and last but not
Least, a Suzuki esteem. All automatics, base models , no ac of power options and all bone stock!
when cutting adjacent to the rubber seals how do you make sure you don't cut into the rubber seals?
Lift the seals out of the way 🍻
AVERY !! Excellent CHOICE. Avery has the best product. lol, but your WEAK local Wrap-Installers prefer 3M. Simply because 3M is easier to install. AVERY LOOKS BETTER
Quick suggestion. Since you do the camera work on so many of your videos and it's sometimes awkward to work while holding the camera, how about adding some casters to a tripod? You could then move the camera around with maybe a short handle attached and when it came time to stop and focus on you doing some work you would have both hands free.
@9:37 -- Did you then ceramic coat the new vinyl? Would that help with lifespan of the vinyl?
Seems like this was a job for spray paint or clearcoat. Sometimes I feel like the car world is wrap-happy!
Pillars come from the factory wrapped on lots of new cars, it’s way nicer than spray paint 🍻
Wrapping is always temporary.
I just want to know where you found 91% alc?!? Best I can find is still 80%, my glass is not happy…
Oh you missed a chance to use some floral or woodgrain shelving paper 😜
Double Wrap. Lexus is now 10k
Jr! You forgot a HUGE fact!!!! You said “ this vinyl wrap will probably last the LIFE of the vehicle. Now you should of said this, because it’s the main point of Lexus and it’s the truth.
“This vinyl wrap will probably last the LIFE of the vehicle and this being a Lexus/Toyota that basically means forever, literally, until the world collapses or something happens or it’s literally the earths time to expire, this car will continue on and look amazing due to sweat ,hard labor,elbow grease and last but not least, a nice dose of Avalon King!
Perfect timing. Just got a 2008 Sport Trac and all the black pillars are faded to hell. Ordering now.
I work nights and look forward to the midnight episodes of this show.
JR!.. I'd love to wrap a vehicle w/you. We could race! Rear Bumper to Front Bumper
Or Just paint them? Takes like 30 seconds
Dude perfect timing. I'm picking up a TSX for my wife this weekend with faded pillars and now I know how to fix them!
*Being a previous Toyota owner I can say they DO in fact break*
I think that was dumb ..they sell stuff for that instead of wasting time
The first thing I did to my 2015 Ram was remove that crappy wrap. It was still in good shape but it looks so much better with the wrap removed. Removing the adhesive from the paint was a PITA though. Took me longer to remove the adhesive then it did the wrap.
That faded material on the plastic is literally just a wrap over factory color paint on the plastic.
A heat gun and some time, you can peel the faded material off the plastic, revealing fresh factory paint.
Never wrap over top the faded material.
I would just replace them. They would be like my CX5 and just pull off. I’ve tried vinyl on door garnish and it failed. Too sticky and creases everywhere.
Anyone remember ordering from "Vinyl Cutter Sign Supplies"?
Lexus care, we will always be there. Even when your car is no longer yours. Awesome customer service.
Like a glove 👌
AC: "Not like BMW which always fails": victim here! $90 condensor, 10-20hrs labour to pull it out, plus the inevitable squeaks/mess when it goes back together. Sold it instead. Still miss it.
I've done this, super easy and worth.
Ah! Finally the video i am looking for thanks so much!🎉
I have a VW that has chrome trim around the windows that has a mottled appearance. It can’t be polished out because it’s apparently some kind of degradation that happened beneath a clearcoat. Do they make a wrap that could be used to restore the appearance of these trim pieces?
Nice, inexpensive seemingly easy fix, like your repair of the windshield.
that's a wrap.
I blew up a Toyota pickup engine so I guess I can break an anvil.
Wrap it for $12 or replace with OEM trim piece for $16. I would replace the trim piece every time. Shortcuts like wrapping are a stupid economy in the long term.
Not like Eric's shirt but maybe yours Jr as he shadowed your trademark video ending lol....
I did this wrap on my dodge caravan b-pillars before they started to fade - It's a 2017 th-cam.com/video/yACb5mmR3eU/w-d-xo.html
I bet those pieces snap off so you could bring that wrap farther in to help them stay on longer but it does look good.
I gotta do this to my X5D LOL
You should try wrapping a 14 Cadillac CTS sedan where the b pillar posts are connected to the top of the window piece to and it’s all one piece! How is that done? Several feet long.
Drag your finger over the edge, never pull. And you should have put an eighth of an inch under the weather stripping.
Do the pillars get ruined when removing the wrap in the future? More damage than before it was wrapped scratch wise?
My panels are down to a strange textured look. Strange how much damage the sun can do on a shiny surface.
What microfiber clothes do you us?
Brand?
Now keep your grimy hands off the pillars.
my dodge charger passenger side b pillar is chipping away right in the middle of it. Very annoying and ugly. I might have to try this
Question, how do u perfect the cut without cutting the weatherstrip? Been practicing and tend to nick the weatherstrip at times
We got to see that seafoam spray it’ll probably be extremely foggy I just did it to my new car
As I’m watching this I’m thinking about my boss’s 2013 3500 dodge, and then you say it at the end 😹😹
Have fixed plenty of dodges, they must have used super cheap material 💯
I am going carbon fiber do u have a diy video if possible
Thrinking of wrapping with chrome vinyl to see how it looks.
I got a 99 grand prix that I need to do that to. That and tons of other things. Dang 3.8L won't die. LOL
Perfect look. Can car rims be wrapped?
QUESTION @WatchJRGo Chrome stainless strips have/had a black coating, wtf do I use to restore those?
Just Primer/paint? Original coating was pretty thick..
Why not just spray with black spray paint?
its has been a year how is it holding up? are there any deep swirls from car wash?
I want to do this to my new Accord before they start fading.
9:55 There are no new Dodge trucks.
I feel ya, passing time with the Lexus until the atoms axle is fixed
Now we call u watchjrwrap. I'll see my self out
Should i spray my window or wrap with water ??
Will you do something for the yellowish digitizer of the screen?
Working on that now! 🍻
Won’t last long….. it will bubble within a week
you mean to tell me that you don't have a Milwaukee heat gun??
Viewers might start with the passenger side to practice…?
You mentioned in a previous video you are short on content, why not go back to your Ruin’d World Channel and make more content there…
why not take the pillars off then wrap?
haha yeah I won't be able to do that LOL what about painting them?
Thanks for the insight
2:14...90% alcohol with 50% water, for a minute there you had me thinking, but yep a 90% solution of isopropyl alcohol mixed equally with distilled water. Smart.
When I had that on my S10 Blazer I just spay painted them, the trim and the spare tire rack. Looked like new and I got over a grand on trade in with a blown transmission.
Next to Gabe, Erick is the best sidekick.
All 2015 Dodge Ram white contractor trucks have B-Pillars wrapped from the factory
Hey, JR... Just a suggestion... Next time you are showing us a way to wrap, give us a little more info on the tools you used and maybe a closeup of what you cut in the edges.
RAM has been wrapping those pillars for years. I had a 2017 in black and they still wrapped the pillars. I would bet those marks on that Lexus are from fingers dragging across that part when opening and closing the door. Which is probably why RAM wraps them also.
That's the thing about Lexuses, they are well built cars, if something breaks you fix it and the car looks great again. Some other luxury brands are just piles of junk with low quality plastic parts and peeling off interiors.
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