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[RedTurboMr2]

Has anyone done a full wrap over the Raptor graphics kit? I've done a bunch of research and since the film is 8 mils thick, it doesn't do too well over decals. It leaves an air gap around the decal. The installer showed me a corvette that he did which had racing stripes going down the center and there was an air gap along the edge of both sides of the stripes. I hear it doesn't show as much on lighter colors, but my truck is black. I'm thinking i can live with it, but looking closer at the graphics kit, it's not like the corvette with two stripes, there's some small gaps between the graphics where there's paint and no decal, there's also the hex pattern on the grey which might end up looking like a full air gap. Does anyone have any pictures of how it looks over the graphics kit? I'm debating on if I should maybe remove the decals and just put the Raptor logo since the kit will probably cost $3k to $4k to get a new OEM graphics kit. I do like the look of the kit, i even recently added the front bumper decal to complete the look, but i'm willing to remove them if it won't look good. I'll be getting the full ppf done in a cpl weeks.

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[Hoss]

Loan me 20 till payday

 

[RedTurboMr2]

Loan me 20 till payday

I'm going broke, haha.

 

[Marty Nagel]

I removed the hood graphics before having the PPf installed on the hood. Have seen on other cars how bad it looks it the graphics are underneath. Custom graphics fairly inexpensive so will have my installer design some. Couple of years ago added stripes on my corvette over the PPF and very pleased how they look.

 

[RedTurboMr2]

I removed the hood graphics before having the PPf installed on the hood. Have seen on other cars how bad it looks it the graphics are underneath. Custom graphics fairly inexpensive so will have my installer design some. Couple of years ago added stripes on my corvette over the PPF and very pleased how they look.

Yeah, i'm seeing a lot of people say to remove the decals and re-install them over the ppf. The installer is saying that it shouldn't look too bad, but i'm not sure. I seen the aftermarket ones, just not sure on the quality of them.

 

[Medic 6]

May not show well. The RRs at the school house were wrapped over decals. This may help you or not, good luck. I had the dark blue RR for the day.

 

[SR-71Ranger]

What did you end up doing? I’m facing this same question on my black truck.

 

[RedTurboMr2]

What did you end up doing? I’m facing this same question on my black truck.

I went over the decals and it actually turned out good. Has a slight border around the decals but I don't mind it. I'd do it again.

 

[SR-71Ranger]

I went over the decals and it actually turned out good. Has a slight border around the decals but I don't mind it. I'd do it again.

Awesome. Did you do the install yourself? I’m thinking of doing it myself but contending with that decal adds a lot more technical aspects.

 

[RedTurboMr2]

Awesome. Did you do the install yourself? I’m thinking of doing it myself but contending with that decal adds a lot more technical aspects.

Nah, I had an Xpel installer do it. I didn't want to mess with that. The entire truck is a pretty big job. They also removed most of the trim for a seamless look. I really like the way it turned out.

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