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Old May 31, 2010 | 04:52 PM
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Don Nguyen | **Vinyl Roof Wrapping Services + Stickers/Graphics and more!**

For locals that are looking to get vinyl installed on their cars, I can supply both the materials and do the complete installation at my location. The best way to schedule an appointment with me or reach me is via e-mail at donathon@gmail.com

Here's a link to my Facebook Page - Gallery

I am located in Anaheim Hills / Orange County, California. (Note: I do occasionally make trips to Norcal / Bay Area for vinyl installations/work as well, contact me for more info)

For non-locals (or for someone who just wants or needs some materials) and would like to DIY it, I can supply and sell you just the materials to do the installation as well.

Prices varies for both installation and materials depending on the exact car, vinyl finish, and specific part(s) that you want wrapped, so PM or e-mail me (donathon@gmail.com) directly for price quotes.

- Gloss and matte black roof vinyl (other finishes/colors are available upon request)
- Gloss and matte Carbon fiber vinyl
- Black out chrome/brushed aluminum window trim vinyl
- Interior/exterior trim
- Head/tail light tinting
- Full car wraps
- Graphic/vinyl installations
- And More...

I've done installations on hundreds of cars and have supplied materials to thousands of cars worldwide at this point. Here are just one or two quick pictures of the cars and the work that I have personally done for them, just to give you guys an idea of how it looks like and the quality of my work:

Gloss black vinyl roof install:
Before:


After:


Matte black roof install:




Carbon fiber roof install:
Before (hood and roof both originally painted gloss black):


After:


Tinted / smoked lights install:
Before:


After:


Blacked out chrome/brushed aluminum window trim install:
Before:


After:



For a more concise way of viewing specific examples of my work, I have split the more popular types of installations into specific galleries, which you can view in the links below. Even if you may not see something pictured in one of the links below, feel free to contact me directly, as it is very likely that it is still something that I can do or have done in the past.

Facebook Page - Gallery

Gloss and Matte Black Roofs:
Black Roof Vinyl Wrap Pictures - Q&A/FAQ/etc. - E46Fanatics

3M Dinoc and 1080 Carbon Fiber Roofs:
Don Nguyen - Vinyl Carbon Fiber Roof - Picture Thread - E46Fanatics

Smoked/tinted headlights and tail lights:
Smoked/tinted headlights and tail lights? Opinions? - E46Fanatics

Blacked out chrome/brushed aluminum window trim:
Don Nguyen | Blacked Out Window Trim - Vinyl - E46Fanatics

Let me know if you guys have any questions or if you are interested in getting some work done.

thanks.

-Don Nguyen

donathon@gmail.com

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Old May 31, 2010 | 10:56 PM
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3M Di-noc Carbon Fiber on the hood and center section of the bumper:











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Old Jun 2, 2010 | 01:55 PM
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Tinted the tails on this 1 series + CF for his roof and mirrors:









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Old Jun 2, 2010 | 03:02 PM
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I am very interested doing a matt pearl white wrap on my sl63
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Old Jun 2, 2010 | 04:39 PM
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It'd be pretty expensive to do matte pearl. I'd have to get a matte laminate to go on top of the already glossy pearl regular vinyl finish. If you wanted a matte white, I actually already have that on hand as well

Was going to use it for my own car, but not until I have more time.

Let me know if you're interested. Shoot me a PM.
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Old Jun 7, 2010 | 01:52 PM
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Gloss black (Don't mind the blue tape, he just recently had those pieces painted and he had to take a road trip to get to where I was to get vinyl work done):











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Old Jun 7, 2010 | 03:03 PM
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Some more CF on a Golf MkV GTI:













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Old Jun 9, 2010 | 10:06 AM
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How about a full s2k wrapped in the 3M CF material?

Tested the curves etc a bit with some matte black first. Just did the one driver side fender and hood:















Once I got a feel for it, I went ahead and did the full CF treatment on the car. Probably one of the first cars on the east coast to have this fully done (this car was done a long time ago, but the owner's been constantly building it, so it hasn't even seen the roads yet after being fully wrapped):





















So what do you guys think? Who will you be bringing your cars to get wrapped now

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What would you charge to wrap all of my interior wood pieces (center console and door trims) in the carbon fiber wrap??
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Old Jun 10, 2010 | 12:11 PM
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Are you considering shipping the parts to me?

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Old Jun 10, 2010 | 02:02 PM
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Yes if the price is right...
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Old Jun 10, 2010 | 02:49 PM
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Some pictures on a 997 GT3 that I wrapped the 3M Di-Noc CF with, on the roof and spoiler element. Let me tell you, it looked hot! Haha. The car was less than 24 hours old, off of the dealership lot.



















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Old Jun 10, 2010 | 02:51 PM
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Don can you wrap the interior parts in carbon material and then have a body shop clear it to make it look nice and shiny???
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Don can you wrap the interior parts in carbon material and then have a body shop clear it to make it look nice and shiny???
I can wrap it, but the painting part is on the body shop, if they're able to do that or not.

You want to give it a shot?

Let me know.

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Old Jun 11, 2010 | 02:07 PM
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So many white cars, but I don't blame them, the black roofs do look best on white colored cars:

Gloss black -



















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Old Jun 12, 2010 | 07:43 PM
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Some before and after pictures. This is the first time I've taken pictures before applying the vinyl roof, so it'll give you guys somewhat of an idea of how it looks like.

Gloss black:












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Old Jun 15, 2010 | 02:52 PM
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Here's pictures of an E46 that I did the window trim in matte black, tinted the red portions of the tail lights, and did gloss black on the roof and his roof spoiler:











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Old Jun 16, 2010 | 11:53 AM
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Some pictures on an SL500, for those who've asked me how do I do a roof if there's no rain/roof rails:













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Old Jun 18, 2010 | 01:25 PM
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Not a Mercedes or even a Euro car, but I am curious to if any of you guys would ever consider doing a matte finish on your car. Just interested in hearing/seeing some opinions on this from benz owners, since it seems more of a Subaru thing:

Matte black -















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Old Jun 21, 2010 | 05:51 PM
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Installed gloss black vinyl on the window trim of this E46 M3 and tinted his tail lights.

I probably should have done a better job of cleaning the window trim before taking the pictures. There's palm/finger prints from me installing all over it, haha.













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Old Jun 25, 2010 | 12:55 PM
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3M Di noc carbon fiber on an ISF:









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Old Jun 25, 2010 | 06:00 PM
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don im very interested in a matte black cover for an sl500 that has no roof rails...i live in nyc and actually had an idea to do this previously but was told that its impossible due to the lack of roof rails...how much would it cost and how difficult would it be for another shop to do the job

also what does everyone think about the look?
my grill along with side vents and gills is also going to be matte
the back bumper is matte around the line next to the exhaust
and the back lights are black as well
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Old Jun 25, 2010 | 11:09 PM
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Whoever told you they couldn't do it is because they're amateurs, imo. Show them the picture of the SL I did in the earlier posts, and ask them how I was able to do the impossible. SLs are not too hard to do.

If any socal guys are interested in getting their SL's roofs wrapped, I can do it for you guys for a very good price. That's how easy they are for me to do.

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Old Jun 26, 2010 | 04:34 PM
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Do you guys have any specific or general questions about anything? Or if you guys want me to take pictures of the cars that I do at certain angles or specific places/parts, let me know.

More of the white 350z with the vinyl wrapped gloss black roof:









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Old Jun 27, 2010 | 09:19 PM
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how much for the matte black, carbon fiber and gloss black wrap for an sl r230 roof to send it to nyc?
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