Vinyl covering on FG parts / "A" pillar, most cost effective way or alternitives Options

[ruby914]

Some of you may have seen this "A" pillar with the tweeter boss mounted in my car before. The CF I have is cost prohibitive to reproduce.
I have held off modifying my "A" pillar mold, to include the boss, until I work out a solution for a nice OEM looking vinyl finish.
I saw a pair of Morph's speaker pods at G&R that looked like they were covered with vinyl? They looked great. Is this how Morph is selling them or someone else's nice work?
I picked up this very thin sticky back vinyl shelf paper at HD that actually looks great on flat surfaces. Just a little heat and it will couture but it is hard to control with out wrinkling.
I made a crude picture frame to vacuum the HD vinyl over the part. That helped but It looks likeI will have to make a dedicated vacuum table and frame with some heat souse to get the quality I am looking for. I have seen some 3M vinyl that seems very pricey. I am not sure if that is what the dash recover guys are using? A more proper vinyl may help.

After seeing a, complex shape, thermo formed ABS cover at work the other day I am also considering other options. An ABS with a surface finish on one side would make a nice part but with a cheaper nonOEM look.
I have also seen some kind of over lay patterns that can be put on wheels, dash, grills... This was last seen up at Pomona Auto show.
I was thinking some of you, Morph, may have connections or ideas to produce a hi quality low cost part . Your thoughts...

[ruby914]

There is a process of thermoforming a formable vinyl over a substrate that has a heat activated adhesive on it
Then edges are wrapped around and adhereed to back side of partner

Heat activated adhesive sounds good, that way you could control where and when it sticks better. I have not found it In my searches yet. If I do I hope for that close to OEM texture. Best I find is a foux leather vinyl.

Seems like a spray product would be a better solution. Have you checked with your local paint shop, or some of the rattle can manufacturers sites for such a product?

It is possible with all the new texture coats they have now. I would think most paints would scratch easy and be hard to keep clean. I think it would also be hard to just spray on this OEM texture.
I am sure if I sprayed it with black tool dip and covered that with a released negative texture it would be very close but then I would have to come up with a negative pattern and the contours would create a problem.
Come to think of it, I think that is how I saw the pattern put down at the car show, I think with a small paint roller with the negative pattern on it (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif)

Here is the Home Depot shelf paper next to the OEM part. Different but not bad if it was fully bonded.