Stripe bubble

Is there a way I can get this down. When I push on it, it stays down but opens back up.

looks like you would have to heat it up and lift that whole corner then stick it all back down. does the dealer handle these sorts of things?


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get the dealer to repair it

Helmet said:

get the dealer to repair it

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That's what I would do back to the Ford dealer, let them fix it. :ford: Fix! :cheers: John

If you heat it and pull it up, you may stretch the edge just enough so it won't line up right. Get the dealer to replace it.

thats clearly not installed properly in the first place

I'd rather live with it than have the dealer do it. Thought maybe someone had a quick fix.

Maybe you can take it to a vinyl shop and they would fix it in two minutes, easy job for them. I couldn't see it costing more than $20. You could then try and make Ford foot the bill. I wouldn't have the dealer touch it.

I would heat up about a foot area with a hair dryer or gentle with a heat gun, push it down flat then massage the whole area along the stripe really gentle with a microfiber.
heat makes most vinyl shrink up and massaging it a little might disperse some of the tension. Just make sure you don't break the adhesive loose

Yeah you can try the heat gun trick like others have suggested, but it may already have too much dirt that's worked its way under that bubble to ever get it to stick good. Definitely worth a try, but don't get it too hot.

Pnasty said:

I would heat up about a foot area with a hair dryer or gentle with a heat gun, push it down flat then massage the whole area along the stripe really gentle with a microfiber.
heat makes most vinyl shrink up and massaging it a little might disperse some of the tension. Just make sure you don't break the adhesive loose

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That's what I was thinking also. But should I get a toothpick or something and put a tiny drop of adhesive under it before?

If you want to do it yourself (I wouldn't), then use a Micrometer Gage to measure the gap at both ends. If they don't match-up, then you should be able to heat up the lower part, below the bubble and gap, and re-apply it.

Measure gap at left red arrow and right red arrow below:

measure


Better yet... take it to a vinyl/wrap shop as others mentioned.

icormba said:

Better yet... take it to a vinyl/wrap shop as others mentioned.

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+1 ... let a vinyl pro handle it. You could talk to your dealer and see if they would order a new strip under warranty, and then have them pay for a pro to install the new stripe.

As others mentioned, I think there will be too much crud under the gap to save the old one ... but can't hurt to try first.

I would be so pissed
Vinyl issues are maddening but that is the sloppiest job I have ever seen. :tsk:
Ford will cover it but what a pita.

It's bad but it's really small. It looks big because I zoomed. You know how tiny the end stripe is, but sloppy just as well. I'm going to try and get it down in the morning.