blackc230benzo

Last week I decided to try and vinyl wrap a full car by myself. It's relatively easy but very time consuming. Here's the finished product. Better pics to come...

alqamzi

It looks very nice. Am thinking of doing mine...

Cappa26

Looks good, how much did that cost you?

patboyy

i have done the chrome part, take took me 6 hours in total, specially when wrapping the three point star.

got couple of questions for you,

did you took off the badges before your wrap it?

did your got your vinyl special ordered for size? as far as i aware, normally vinyl comes in xx long but width is only 48cm, for the bonnet it is not enough. how do you tackle to issue if the vinyl is not big enough? additional vinyle can easily been seen under direct sunlight. i guess using heat guy/hair drier to strech a little bit is ok, is that what you did?

gselz

Wow, this looks GREAT. Take more pics in sunlight if you could.

blackc230benzo

I used Oracal 970RA in Matte Black. It comes 60" wide and 25 yards long. I cut each piece individually and still have lots of material left. As far as prep I took off all trim, badges and removed the front bumper. When wrapping I bought a heat gun but ended up using a hair dryer because I like it better.

blackc230benzo

It was $650 CAD including next day shipping for the material. I was quotted 2500-4000 to have it done at a shop. And there were a few points where I was wishing I would have just paid lol.

Roswell

Wow... you are from Ottawa? We should meet up someday... I really want to see your work!! It looks good from the pics though.

Roswell

BTW, I was thinking of doing my roof? Is it very hard to do? Heck, could you do it for me for some $$? ... hahaha!

ZephyrAMG

ABSOLUTLEY UNBELIEVABLE. Seriously, nice nice job. I would take you out for a beer. Looks fantastic and I bet it took a long time....

patboyy

i guess the laber is the most pricy part.

i know what you mean abt you wish just paid....haha...

bhamg

Amazing...very impressive job! You did this with no prior experience?!

patboyy

waiting for the day time photos!

has to give some close up! want to see the detail around the rear spoiler...and those gaps...

olszowa12

Amazing job! I've never thought that you could do that yourself. More pics please

patboyy

mate, you will amazed how many things we can do by ourselves

olszowa12

... and how time-consuming it is haha

1st amg

Really nice job, cant beleive you did that yourself.

Roswell

Ur sig says "coming in May"... did you purchased yours from Star? I think I saw a black one with performance package at the dealership few weeks before I picked up mine.

yazid

hey black, a job well done and kudos to you mate!
that's some patience you got!

callmiro

Dude!!!! That looks awesome...

Wanna do mine???

Can you throw some more pics up....i like the look of your wrap...looks more Satin rather totally flat/matte black

LotusRich

Wow, either you are experienced in this or you have a lot of ***** to try it for the first time on your car.

PatSC23

seriously - i dont even want to install a rear deck spoiler on my own!

blackc230benzo

Ya it does look more satin than flat. The more common stuff is 3M and most people do flat matte. That's why I chose the Oracal "matte 070 black", it looks more like the brabus bullit.

As for doing another car... not likely lol. My hands were raw, but i liked using them instead of squeegees since I got to feel out the curves.

blackc230benzo

Thanks for all the kind words! Honestly as far as DIY the hardest part is having the patience to do it and the front bumper. There are 3 places on the bumper that arent perfect but that doesn't bother me since I will redo it in a year or so as rocks scuff it.

Here are a few more pics. And yes for those who notice my mirrors and side skirts aren't wrapped yet. Thats for later this week

Militia

wow.. it looks amazing! nice work