FINALLY VINYL WRAPPED
03-29-2009, 11:15 PM
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03-30-2009, 08:56 AM
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will post more pics once i can wash it, have to wait a week. can only wash by hand or machine wash, no more pressure washers, if there was an unknown scratch, the pressure washer would life that area.
each panel or section of the car, is a complete sheet in itself. the largest piece i have on the car is the hood and the area from the being of the windshield along the roof to the rear bumper.
if i get any rock dings i can color it in with an alcohol pen(blk). if larger than a lil nick, then i have to cut out a larger section of the nick, and replace with a new piece. the bigger the job the harder it is to do vinyl wrapping.
door jams are still white, its a high contact area, so they do not guarantee the wrap will remain, therefore its not done. which i do not have a problem with. being that the car naturally is WHITE, they (door jams) can be visible at certain angles.
the easy colors to change are dark color, b cuz they naturally cause a shadow in the door jams, ie blk to white, they would not be visible at all, at any angle.
each panel or section of the car, is a complete sheet in itself. the largest piece i have on the car is the hood and the area from the being of the windshield along the roof to the rear bumper.
if i get any rock dings i can color it in with an alcohol pen(blk). if larger than a lil nick, then i have to cut out a larger section of the nick, and replace with a new piece. the bigger the job the harder it is to do vinyl wrapping.
door jams are still white, its a high contact area, so they do not guarantee the wrap will remain, therefore its not done. which i do not have a problem with. being that the car naturally is WHITE, they (door jams) can be visible at certain angles.
the easy colors to change are dark color, b cuz they naturally cause a shadow in the door jams, ie blk to white, they would not be visible at all, at any angle.
04-15-2009, 06:43 PM
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C300 4matic Sport, CBR 954
your kidding right?? your basically asking why should anyone mod a car. This was a old school fad which mainly started with hot rods but nothing new but just something that's in right now......i like the wrap because if you get sick of it you can take it off other then paint because to paint it matte black costs alot of money...
04-15-2009, 06:46 PM
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C300 4matic Sport, CBR 954
of course its sectional, and actually it will repel rocks and chips better cuz of the thickness.
04-15-2009, 07:53 PM
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Hey Crazy Vegas.....as that's my quote being picked up, I have seen a fully black matte car several times. At the major automobile manufacturer I used to work for, many early prototypes and development vehicles looked just like that. There was no need to run them through a full paint shop. Maybe one reason I can't quite understand the perceived beauty...but as others have also said, to each his/her own!
04-15-2009, 07:57 PM
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HOLY **** that's nice... 1200???? That's all? I would definitely have done this. I wonder what matte white looks like. Gloss black the window trims and rear trunk trim. It's a ***** to remove but I think that's all you need to do man.. Nice mod
04-17-2009, 08:22 AM
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04-18-2009, 10:02 PM
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Ive had some high quality vinyl on my cars in the past. Downside is if you live somewhere or work and park outside (for example) Arizona. Black vinyl fades fast. The discolor in vinyl gets upsetting. You will most likely change this off in a couple years so it should be okay. Long term, no.
Looks good.
Looks good.
