Kenriko Tesla Model 3 Matte White Console Wrap Kit

Kenriko has dialed in a great fit for these console wraps, and ships a high quality kit with Avery Dennison wrap material and installation accessories. This is the second wrap I've installed, and going back to watch his installation video was key.I'm fairly handy, but the vinyl wrap did scare me a bit since it is very flimsy and sticky once off the backer sheet. The video is super helpful (and calming) to give you things to avoid and tips for the best install. Once I got going the install flowed pretty well, and the results speak for themselves. The wrap looks great with both the white and black interiors.So long as you do the proper prep work, follow the instructions, and keep a calm mind, yours will come out great too!

It's nice that they give you a second piece for the cupholder, because you're going to need it. It's a much more difficult install than it looks, and much more difficult than the installation video states/shows. That guy has done it hundreds of times, that's why he can do it in 30-45min. I could not, and I bet his first install looked like garbage just like mine does.While the instructions are thorough enough, despite clumsy film making (the console being worked on is 1/4 out of frame the entire time) it's the installation procedure and the design itself that makes it so impossible, and inferior to other products out there.For example, there are no instructions indicating the proper orientation for each piece. Sure, they printed an arrow on one, but is it a 'this way up' arrow? A this way down arrow? Keep right? No way to tell be cause it's not labeled.Also, the backing on the vinyl should have multiple precut pull strips so you can remove just a small section at a time. It is one giant piece and contributes to the constant placement, replacement, and stretching and folding that will happen with this design and installation procedure.Finally, it needs a clear plastic guide strip so you could place the whole thing and hold it still while you work with each small section while removing a small section of backing at a time.Obviously, I cannot recommend this product. Even if you buy it and take it to a professional shop to install--wouldn't you want to give them a vinyl wrap with a system designed for a better install?Find a wrap with multiple pre-cut pieces on the backing strips, and as important, a clear-plastic guidestrip on the front.

Kenriko has a pretty good reputation for these console and other vinyl products, and for good reason. I watched the install video, but during my installation I kept thinking about the video and wishing that it was more specific. Kenriko would say things like, "We're gonna stick that right here", and I kept wondering where exactly "here" was. I was all over the car (in the passenger seat, on the floor, sitting on the console armrest) trying to get different vantage points to insure that the wrap was positioned perfectly. Instead of following the install video, I tried aligning the edges of cupholder piece with the silver trim around the cupholder, such that the edges were butted together. Thinking back, I should have just followed the video and folded over all the edges and tucked/trimmed the flash.A few tips:1. When you stick down the first section of the cupholder piece (towards the front of the car), it appears that the vinyl is cut much too large to fit properly. It is, just center the wrap between the corners in between the cupholder's "holes", fold over the excess down into the cupholder, tuck it in, then trim it.2. The most important thing is to get the edges of the wrap to line up properly. The center flip drawer is a tad thinner (not as wide) as the cupholder, and especially with this matte white wrap, any black that you leave will only make it appear even thinner.3. Make sure that you park the car somewhere where the lighting is good. Again, especially with this matte white wrap, it's very important to see every crack and crevice. In poor lighting, it's hard to differentiate the gloss black panels from the black "empty space" air gaps that you see between the silver trim and the panels themselves.When I finished the install, I was not happy because it just looked tacky. I had missed the edge on the center flip drawer a bit, and there was some extra folded over vinyl on the corners of the flip drawer and the phone dock lid. I went back the next day, pulled the center piece up completely and was able to realign it perfectly. I trimmed the extra folded vinyl in the corners with the supplied razor blade, and now I couldn't be happier! It looks as though the center console was this color from the factory, and adds a bit of light to my black interior. I decided to put the 3 "bar" logos on the door sills in the back, as well as one over top of the phone dock cover.

This was the 2nd set I bought from Kenriko, the first one being the brushed black metal (the installation didn't go so well for that one so when I saw matte white was back in stock I decided to give a shot).The cup holder section is the tricky one if it's your 1st wrap.As the video says: make sure you don't stretch the sides of the cup holder holes. As long as you don't accidentally stretch those sides you'll be able to fix almost any mistake, but the moment you stretch those it's game over.Also don't try to stretch the material too much once you get close to the borders or it'll shrink back and lift up in a few hours.The matte finish is much more forgiving than the brushed metal version, the latter showed stripes/marks wherever I had to lift it up to remove bubbles/wrinkles while the white matter (not sure about the black one) doesn't.The downside of the white material is it's much harder to get a clean look around the sides/corners of the console, you also really need to tuck the extra material into seams or it'll much more noticeable than a black wrap.Overall the material feels great, and it matches very well the white interior.