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Old May 3, 2011 | 02:11 PM
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I vinyl wrapped the window trim on this silver E39 5 series in gloss black material. This car belongs to a fellow Orange County/Cerritos member. The owner of this car originally had the window trim painted, but it kept flaking off, and he had to reapply the paint about two or three times a year. So he asked me vinyl his window trim, for a longer lasting solution. So far so good, and this was several months ago.











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Old May 6, 2011 | 03:00 PM
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This is the 3rd time I am typing this post, because my window decided to refresh itself...

I am going to go a bit out of order here, and try to post pictures of cars other than white, just to keep things interesting

This is a grey Z4 that I vinyl wrapped the roof with in the 3M di noc carbon fiber material. I did his roof and the center areas/portions of his front and rear bumper in the carbon. Don't mind the weather stripping around the top of the front windshield. It seems like it has just deteriorated from age and over time. I've seen this happen on a lot of BMWs that I work on, which is quite unfortunate, since it's really only on the newer more recent models that I've seen this have happen to. I believe the owner of this car came out to me from Los Angeles to Orange County to get his all of that work done.













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Old May 6, 2011 | 05:05 PM
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one thing i would LOVE to do is wrap my car in "Laguna Seca blue" same color as the late model m3's i just love that color and seeing a w204 in it would be cool and very different
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Old May 8, 2011 | 07:48 AM
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Old May 9, 2011 | 03:15 PM
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Well, I guess there's a first for everything. This is the first American car that I've installed a gloss black vinyl roof on. Even though it's not the typical BMW or Euro car that I normally do, at least it'll give guys with red cars somewhat of an idea of how it'd look like, with this color combination. The owner of this car was from south Orange County.

I didn't notice how blurry some of the pictures were when I was taking them.













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Old May 10, 2011 | 08:44 AM
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This 3M 1080 Carbon Fiber stuff is bad ***.


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Old May 16, 2011 | 04:47 PM
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I'll be coming up to norcal in about two weeks (26th - 31st/1st), if anyone up there is interested in getting some work done. PM me, as I am already taking appointments for some of the days that I am going to be there for. I'll make a new thread for this later, once I get a chance.

Another white car, I know, but there was just something about this car that I really liked about it with the black roof. It's a BMW E92 335i coupe that I vinyl wrapped the roof in a gloss black material. The owner of this car was actually all the way out in the Los Angeles county, but I happen to be in the area already, so I dropped by to do his roof. I had some requests from people to take pictures of the car with the sunroof open, so hopefully this will help those who asked me about it out.





















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Old May 16, 2011 | 06:01 PM
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This 3M 1080 Carbon Fiber stuff is bad ***.


thats cool looking, i might do this when im bored
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Old May 16, 2011 | 08:04 PM
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damn! your coming up to norcal when i'm going to socal those dates haha. Actually your coming up on the 26th and I'm leaving on the 27th. You free on the 26th?

Price for window trim/ fog trim / tail lights?
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Old May 16, 2011 | 08:50 PM
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Yes, tentatively I am free on the 26th for one more car/spot. Maybe 2 more, if I am lucky or can manage.

Shoot me a PM, I have to run out right now, but I'll reply to you once I get back online.
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Old Jun 7, 2011 | 04:12 PM
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Here's a white Audi B8 that I vinyl wrapped the roof, hood, and bumper in my matte black finish/material. The owner of this car wanted to continue the theme down from the roof to the center raised section of the hood and the center section of the bumper. I thought it looked pretty cool, and it actually ended up making the car look wider. The owner of this car was in San Diego, and I happened to be down there in the area already from Orange County, so I dropped by and did some work on his car.

















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Old Jun 7, 2011 | 07:06 PM
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Old Jun 9, 2011 | 02:58 PM
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I vinyled the window trim on this E90 a while back, in my gloss black vinyl material. The owner of this car actually lived in Irvine as well, and was probably only 5 miles away from me. I don't do the gloss black vinyl for the window trims very often, but I thought it turned out nice on this car. 95% of guys go with the matte black vinyl finish for the window trims usually. Also note, my window trim wraps are seamless, all the way around.

Let me know what you guys think.









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Old Jun 9, 2011 | 03:28 PM
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one question, why didn't this guy do the top half of his trunk lid too? Would've really completed it... Maybe done the audi logo in gloss black or white to match the car...

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Old Jun 9, 2011 | 09:06 PM
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I don't know, it's just what he wanted done, so that's what I did for him.

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Old Jun 10, 2011 | 01:51 AM
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How much did it cost to do that S2K all carbon fiber wrapped?

I would love to wrap my whole car in Matte black.

dunno if my rims would go with it though
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Old Jun 11, 2011 | 01:39 PM
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I don't think I have any of it on that color unfortunately.

Here's pictures of the first car that I did when I made my trip up to norcal/san francisco area from down here in Orange County, to do some vinyl wraps and visit some friends. This is a white 350z that I vinyl wrapped the roof in my gloss black material and also tinted/smoked his rear tail lights and turn signals in the rear bumper.











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Old Jun 13, 2011 | 02:23 PM
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This is probably a first. Here's a Mazda 6 that I vinyl wrapped the roof in my gloss black material. I thought it changed the way the car looked completely, and this is coming from someone who sees this on cars all the time daily. Most of the cars that I work on have sunroofs, but since this car didn't, it really gave a nice smooth look/flow over the entire roof. The owner of this car was in Garden Grove/Orange County area, so those of you near by might see/recognize the car.



















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Old Jun 15, 2011 | 02:17 PM
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I am starting to make a list of cars that are interested in getting some vinyl wrap/work done up in norcal/bay area again. So shoot me an e-mail to donathon@gmail.com if you're interested, and I'll give you the details and info.

I know I've been getting a lot of picture requests for the new gloss 3M carbon fiber material. Well, I finally got around to getting it and my first chance/time using it was when I made my last trip up to norcal and the bay area to do some vinyl wrapping. The weave is slightly smaller than the 3M Di-noc vinyl, so it's a bit harder to photograph and show you guys how the weave and design looks like on this material. Either way, here's a black E46 series that I vinyl wrapped the hood in with the 3M gloss carbon fiber material.

Let mek now what you guys think of it.











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Old Jun 22, 2011 | 02:39 PM
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Here's another car that I did while I was up in norcal doing some vinyl wraps. This car was around the Hayward area. The car is a white IS250, and I did his roof in the 3M 1080 gloss black carbon fiber material. It was the first car that I actually had used the material on for the roof. These pictures will also give those who have other cf parts a good idea of how the carbon fiber 3M 1080 vinyl looks compared to it. Don't mind the uneven marks, those were just water streaks from when I wiped the roof down in the heat. The camera picked those up more than how it looked like in person, or else I would have cleaned it better

I am already started taking cars who are interested in getting some vinyl work done the next time I am up in norcal. So if you're around the bay area, shoot me an e-mail, and I'll keep you on tab and notify all of you when I do.

Let me know what you guys think.













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Old Jun 22, 2011 | 02:43 PM
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looks great!
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Old Jun 22, 2011 | 03:41 PM
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looks really nice , do you think a CF roof would look bad on a black C class?
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Old Jun 22, 2011 | 03:44 PM
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^No, would look really nice
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Old Jun 22, 2011 | 03:52 PM
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looks really nice , do you think a CF roof would look bad on a black C class?
Alot better then the hood and trunk of the Lexus.....
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Old Jun 22, 2011 | 04:15 PM
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