I chose the vinyl over paint 'coz of $$$. The vinyl serves also to protect part of your front bumper from rock chips and bugs and cheaper to replace IMHO. Just my $0.02.

 

true. I'm going to try to do mine today. I just purchased the vinyl yesterday but i have to cut it to the area.

Any advice in cutting/applying?
I'm just nervous about using the exacto knife on the car

 

dont do the esacto on the car!!! see if you can make a stencil from tissue paper and then cut...i paid the extra moneys to get mine from that angle dude and its awsome!! already had someone bump me when i was parked and no marks on the cinyl but i have to touch of part of the bumper that was not covered...kinda sucks but its no big deal...

 

I had an issue with my vinyl took it off and started to apply it then realized that I had no heatgun so I was screwed. Ordered another from Angel, decided to go glossy this time. Will post pics when I get applied.

 

I did the same so to save it I just put on the top part. Doesnt look bad but I def. need to do it over

 

noodles5666 too bad you scrapped yours...all you need is a hair dryer / blow dryer...heat gun is too much heat...be carefull with it cause it heats up quick and you can stretch it too much and it will look real bad...but you can also use it to shrink the vinyl if you just blow on it and let it heat up without touching it...

 

Yeah I'm having my tint guy apply it. So he knows about using the heat gun just right.

 

sticker. Its cheaper to reverse it.

 

What color would look good on a black xB?

Flat black might look cool with a black on black look.

Any other suggestions?

I'm definitely going to give this a try for $25.

 

i guess a really dark gray, red, gold.....
go with red

 

Well I got my gloss black applied today.

 

That looks way awesome. How did you get the red trim around it?

 

Just posted my order with Angel. :drool:

Thanks stick_1NZ for the heads up!

 

Red pinstrip

 

No problem.....post your pics once installed.

 

Hahaha, with the red it's just a bit tooooo much like a gti :D

 

i was thinking the same thing. red trim is too much

 

For those of you who chose the vinyl, when applied, did it cover the two inserts for the tow hook?

 

apply over them then cut in the creases

 

So uh, it's OK to not have a front licence plate on there?