Wow what a great idea.

I've had great results wrapping other stuff with 3M Di-Noc (carbon fiber, amongst other "textures")
I imagine this will hold up great over time! The trickiest part is doing tight corners. Having a heat gun helps.

You can see videos of car guys wrapping whole cars in the stuff on youtube.

Um, green glitter for $13?! Green chrome for $20!?! I can't afford not to do this to Congo. Let the downvotes flow, I don't have the money for a proper powder coat!

ebay.com link: Premium Gloss Glitter Metallic Sparkle Vinyl Wrap Sticker Film Bubble Free Film

ebay.com link: Car Mirror Green Chrome Vinyl Film Wrap Graphic Sticker Decal Roll 20 x60

Welp, $7 yellow carbon fiber for JD is on it's way. Will follow up.

Now the question of do I pull the side rails to apply, or just put it right up to the edges and cut?
Probably the latter...

Alright here we go! Received today - ebay.com link: itm

Came with a felt squeegee and a new cheap little razor blade. Laid it all out flat. Noticed it's certainly of lesser quality/thickness than the 3M Di-Noc I'm used to. Still seems nice. The "carbon" texture isn't as defined as Di-Noc, there's little physical texture to it. However, it feels smooth and has a matte feel.

Measured the rails first, 2" wide. Measured 2.5" on the ground and cut. After the fact I noticed that the paper backing has premeasured squares printed on it. I didn't have a T-square so I secured a measuring tape as a guide.

Popped off the lockdown bar, removed the bolt securing the rail. Was cool to see remnants of the plastic that protected the rails when the game was new! Wiped down the rails with a paper towel and some 99% rubbing alcohol.

I removed the paper back on about 70% of the length and visually lined it up. Pretty easy. The adhesive is pretty forgiving in case you mess up and need to re-apply. Pressed down the sides, pressed down the top. The hardest part is at the top. I cut along the head bracket with the razor and cut off the excess material. Didn't come out perfect but it's so far up there I didn't care much.

Cut off the excess along the bottom, holding the blade at a 45 degree angle. Cut off the excess by the glass, running flush along the rail.

Looks great! Next up is the lockdown bar...

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Well the lockdown is a bitch. Specifically the corners. I measured out the length with a bunch of excess, laid most of it down on the center part. When it came to wrapping the corners I was a bit at a loss.

I tried pulling and stretching best I could, but pulling too much on one side creates excess bunching on another. At the corner I tried cutting a 45 degree line to try to overlap it and it turned out... OK. Tried using the hair dryer but I feel that just ruined the texture and I feared I would stretch it too thin.

Going to leave it for now as it's decent, give it another shot another day. Hoping to have enough extra material to do the front 2 legs.

Still though, for the 20 minutes and $7, looks pretty damn nice!

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Been a couple weeks, vinyl has been holding up fine! No lifting or wear! The vinyl texture feels good while playing, also. Still need to re-do the lockdown but I'm happy with it for the time being. Threw some scrap on the ball stops of the habitrails and it looks nice!

As the ball guides on this are big flat pieces of metal, I plan on wrapping those also!

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Green chrome on Congo. Looks pretty dope!
Only took a few minutes.
Got pretty near perfect!

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Yep! I fear my blowdryer may not be enough heat, we'll see. When I wrapped my JD the lockdown wasn't perfect.
As for the rest of the game, under heavy construction

Congo is looking good! The corners were difficult, I didn't get them perfect but good enough. I think the chrome is a lot harder to manipulate than the carbon fiber. I tried wrapping a leg in the chrome and quickly gave up.

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