Piano Black Delete

[Niks_Mowing]

Haven't done it yet, but just did a test piece on my Subaru to test how it looks, and to check that I would still be able to see the Z Steering Wheel buttons through it.
Plan to do all the Piano black on the Steering Wheel, and Radio Panel on the Z.

Photo's of the test piece.

3M translucent vinyl

Before

After (ignore the shitty application)

I will update this once I eventually get the motivation to get the Z done ha.

 

[msquared94]

What are you using to cut the glare?

 

[Niks_Mowing]

What are you using to cut the glare?

The vinyl in the photo?

 

[msquared94]

Just plain genius...

 

[Niks_Mowing]

Just plain genius...

Dude. What?

 

[RadzShadow]

Global confusion ... what brand and opaquiness are you using as a test case? I see 3M, but ... what type? Photos of the product used would be helpful as well.

 

[Niks_Mowing]

Global confusion ... what brand and opaquiness are you using as a test case? I see 3M, but ... what type? Photos of the product used would be helpful as well.

The little piece I'm holding is all I had lol. I've got a signwriter next to my work that gave me a piece of scrap to test out.
I'll get the exact type next time I go in and buy a piece/probably get him to install it because I suck and will probably end up wasting more $$ worth of material than just paying for a proper install..

 

[msquared94]

Dude, my bad for not being more specific with the question.

 

[Who.Am.Eye.2716]

I want to see the end result for the little control buttons on the wheel

 

[Niks_Mowing]

Couldn't help myself.. Used the last bit of scrap I had to do the buttons.
Again, my application is terrible, and I'm 100% going to pay to get it done properly, but I'll leave it as is for a month or two to see how the touch points wear, and how it goes with fingerprints etc.

Standard

After

 

[Who.Am.Eye.2716]

You have convinced me installing the matte vinyl on the buttons

 

[Niks_Mowing]

You have convinced me installing the matte vinyl on the buttons

I was planning on covering all the piano black on the steering wheel but I actually really like how this looks as-is.
I'll update again once it's all done properly

 

[Who.Am.Eye.2716]

Im going to do matte Carbon on the surrounds. The matte vinyl on the buttons will tie it all together

Heres my ebrake in matte Carbon

 

[Shuino]

First thing I'd do getting into your car is peel up these bad boys like you peel off the plastic on a new TV screen.

 

[Niks_Mowing]

First thing I'd do getting into your car is peel up these bad boys like you peel off the plastic on a new TV screen.

Ha! I am fully self aware of how horribly I've installed them, but my OCD will have to live with it for a while.