So I took on the project of hydrographing my trim parts. I didn't like the sticker decal kits and didn't want to pay someone $500 to do it for me, but mostly I didn't want to wait the month or so it would take to get the pieces done. Also, I wanted a very particular pattern. So, I decided to do it myself. Here's my journey...

First I took the parts out of the truck I wanted to print.



Then I sanded them smooth,



hit them with plastic adhesion promoter, hit them with sandable primer, sanded again & hit them with a base coat...



then printed them via hydroimaging...



then washed them, dried them, clear coated them and reinstalled.

Here are some before and after pics:

 

That looks awesome!

 

That looks sweet!

 

looks gooood. more info on a how-to would be great.

 

That looks great man. x2 on the how to

 

X3 on the info. Looks great!

 

Nice!

 

looks great! where did you get the hydrograph stuff?

 

Thats crazy!! Nice job x5 on info

 

Yea...How'd you print that out like that. My whole interior is same thing in carbon fiber from Phoenix imaging and it rocks, but I didn't know you could print the stuff out and do it at home.

 

Nice!

 

Dang nice job . how hard was it to do the vents? Triple Ditto on the more info

 

You should do the expedition console cup holder area!

 

I though this was super cool so I you tubed it and came up with this link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YB9Yt...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIBiG...eature=related

That is super cool. Gonna have to try it out.

 

Yep, that's how I did it.