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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: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1955.jpg After: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1958.jpg Matte black roof install: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1378.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1380.jpg Carbon fiber roof install: Before (hood and roof both originally painted gloss black): http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1725.jpg After: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1726.jpg Tinted / smoked lights install: Before: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2169.jpg After: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2172.jpg Blacked out chrome/brushed aluminum window trim install: Before: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2294.jpg After: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2298.jpg 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 |
This is for the guys who have asked what would look good on their car if they have a carbon fiber hood. Hopefully these pictures can help those of you out a bit. Here's a blue Nissan 350z's roof that I vinyl wrapped with my gloss black material. I wish I had more/better pictures, but it was a bit dark and some of the pictures didn't turn out too good. The owner of this car was somewhere around the Los Angeles or Pasadena area and come down to me in Orange County to have his roof wrapped. You can see the gloss black roof accents the black hood fairly nicely, since they're both glossy finishes/surfaces. This is another good example of how a black roof looks like on a darker colored car such as this blue.
http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1036.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1037.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1038.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1039.jpg -Don donathon@gmail.com |
Been playing catch up in trying to post pictures of all of the previous cars that I have done. I am just going to jump ahead a bit and start posting pictures of more recent cars that I have done. More recent as in a couple of weeks instead of a couple of months or even a year ago, haha.
Either way, here is a gray/graphite colored Mercedes Benz C300 that I vinyl wrapped the factory chrome window trim with my matte black finish vinyl material. We went with the matte black on this car instead of the gloss black vinyl so that the it blended in with the rubber/weather stripping around the car. The owner of this car was from around Red Lands I believe and came out to me in Orange County/Anaheim Hills to have me vinyl his car. As a note, any other vinyl on the car was not done by me. Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1104.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1105.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1106.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1107.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1108.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1109.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1110.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1111.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1112.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1113.jpg -Don Donathon@gmail.com |
Been playing catch up in trying to post pictures of all of the previous cars that I have done. I am just going to jump ahead a bit and start posting pictures of more recent cars that I have done. More recent as in a couple of weeks instead of a couple of months or even a year ago, haha.
Either way, here is a gray/graphite colored Mercedes Benz C300 that I vinyl wrapped the factory chrome window trim with my matte black finish vinyl material. We went with the matte black on this car instead of the gloss black vinyl so that the it blended in with the rubber/weather stripping around the car. The owner of this car was from around Red Lands I believe and came out to me in Orange County/Anaheim Hills to have me vinyl his car. As a note, any other vinyl on the car was not done by me. Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1104.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1105.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1106.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1107.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1108.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1109.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1110.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1111.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1112.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1113.jpg -Don Donathon@gmail.com |
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Here is a white BMW E93 M3 convertible that I vinyl wrapped the chrome window trim to give it the shadowline/blacked out look. Convertibles are a bit more tedious to do since there are so many separate pieces, but it's doable. We went with the matte black to give it a more subtle look and blend in with the rubber weather pieces that are around the window trim pieces. I believe the owner of this car was either around in Orange County or near the Los Angeles area and he came out to me in Anaheim Hills to get the vinyl work done. It was a pretty new car. Still had the red striped Euro plate on it. Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1051.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1052.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1053.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1054.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1055.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1056.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1057.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1058.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1059.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1060.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1061.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1062.jpg -Don Donathon@gmail.com |
I have to apologize beforehand. I did get a bit carried away with how many pictures I took of this white BMW 1 series. The owner of this car was from around the Los Angeles area and came out to me in Orange County/Anaheim Hills to get the vinyl work done. He originally was only going to get the roof of his white 135i wrapped in my gloss black vinyl material. However, once there and having the roof done, he decided to also tint/smoke out the tail lights on his 135i as well, to compliment the black roof.
I tried to take slightly more detailed pictures this time around, as by request, to show the edges of the roof, etc. I think that the tint/smoke shade that I used on the back tail lights give it a nice cherry red color without being too dark and completely blacking out the tail lights. Let me know what you guys think. Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1123.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1124.jpg During: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1125.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1126.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1127.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1128.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1129.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1130.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1131.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1132.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1133.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1134.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1135.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1136.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1137.jpg -Don donathon@gmail.com |
This is a gray E46 M3 that I vinyl wrapped the roof in my gloss black material. Went with the gloss black to give it that more factory look, to simulate somewhat of a CSL look, even though the CSL had a real CF roof. The owner of this car was also in Orange County as well.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1089.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1090.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1091.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1092.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1093.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1094.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1095.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1096.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1097.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1098.jpg -Don donathon@gmail.com |
Haven't had much of a chance to post pictures in a while, but finally getting some time to do so again.
Here's a black Mercedes Benz C300 that came out to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange county to have his window trim vinyl wrapped in matte black. We blacked out the chrome on his car. Unlike BMWs, the Mercedes does not have the shadowline/black trim option. http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1138.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1139.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1140.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1141.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1142.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1143.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1144.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1145.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1146.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1147.jpg -Don donathon@gmail.com |
I don't normally post pictures of kind of off/side projects that aren't from the normal roof, window trim, etc. However, I figure I'll start posting them more since I've had quite a few requests or people ask me about this.
Here's a SC400 that I vinyl wrapped the lower lip on the bumper in the 3M 1080 glossy carbon fiber vinyl material. The lip was fairly damaged, hence the crack which you can clearly see through the material and some other small chips along the bottom edge of the lip. I do not usually wrap lips, since they require a seam line in the middle, due to the lengths that lips usually are (~7'-8'). In the picture taken front on, you can see the small seam line a couple of inches to the left of the crack. To some that may be acceptable, while to others it may be something they'll always see/notice. Hopefully this will give you guys somewhat of a better idea of how it'll work/look. http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1148.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1149.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1150.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1151.jpg -Don donathon@gmail.com |
It's not often I get bigger bodied cars like this E65 745il come by to have vinyl work done on their cars. However, the owner of this car contacted me to see if I could black out the chrome on his window trim, to give it the shadowline look. We ended up going with the matte black finish over the gloss black finish so that it'd match the rubber around the windows and the already matte door pillar pieces. The owner of this car was from Los Angeles area and drove out to me in Orange County to have the vinyl work done.
http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1071.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1072.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1073.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1074.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1075.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1076.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1077.jpg -Don donathon@gmail.com |
This is something different than what you guys are used to seeing me post. I vinyl wrapped the center/raised portion of the hood on this white BMW E92 M3 with my matte black vinyl material. Of course, the roof on this car was already carbon fiber, so I did not have to do anything with that. However, the owner of this car wanted to give it a more aggressive look without it being permanent and no other vinyl shops were willing to do this on his car. Luckily he found me, and I've done this for several cars in the past before, so it wasn't a problem. Owner of this car was from around south Orange County and came over to me in Anaheim Hills.
http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1162.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1163.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1164.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1165.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1166.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1167.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1168.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1169.jpg -Don donathon@gmail.com |
I wish these German car companies would at least offer black cabin trim instead of all the chrome. Surrounding a deeply tinted set of windows on a black or charcoal grey car with chrome is 1970s. At least offer a matte black or carbon fiber outline as a factory option. Wish you were in KC Don!
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I just posted up a thread you might be interested in. I am blowing out some of my extra/excess materials. You can purchase it and give the DIY a try out on your car.
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The owner of this car came out to me in Orange County from around Los Angeles somewhere to get the roof of his silver 350z wrapped in my gloss black vinyl material.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1204.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1205.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1206.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1207.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1208.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1209.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1210.jpg -Don donathon@gmail.com |
Usually when I black out window trim it is because they are chrome/brushed aluminum, but in this case, the originally black window trim on this car had just faded to a copperish metal hue. So what I did was just applied some of my gloss black vinyl material onto the lower window trim pieces and on the small rear quarter window vertical pillar that had also faded.
If there is enough interest in this, I can set up a group buy type of deal for it and have a group of you guys come by in on an assigned day to all get it done. Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1211.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1212.jpg During (only the lower rear door trim piece is covered in the gloss black vinyl in these pictures): http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1213.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1214.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1215.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1216.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1217.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1218.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1219.jpg -Don donathon@gmail.com |
I've had quite a few requests for tinting tail lights recently, so I decided to post up some more pictures of them for you guys. The owner of this car was actually a firefighter at a station local/right down the street from me in Irvine, so I dropped by there to tint/smoke the tail lights and the top portion of the headlights on his black E60 550i.
Tinted/smoked left side, stock/untinted right side: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1220.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1221.jpg Both sides tinted: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1223.jpg Top portion of the headlights tinted/smoked: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1224.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1225.jpg -Don donathon@gmail.com |
I worked on this black Bentley GT Continental coupe a while back. He brought his car by to have me black out the chrome window trim on his car. Originally he was going to go with gloss black, but once he got here we decided to go with the matte black to still give the covered pieces some contrast with the rest of the car. Also wrapped the chrome accents that were along the bottom of the car and his door handles. He was around Mission Viejo or so and came out to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange County.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1231.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1232.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1233.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1234.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1235.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1236.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1237.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1238.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1239.jpg -Don donathon@gmail.com |
One of my previous customers that had me vinyl wrap the roof on his 335i E92 sold his car and got a new car. He purchased the new limited edition matte black C63 coupe from Mercedes. Everything looked good on the car, except for the chrome window trim that blatantly stood out, especially against the matte black paint on the rest of the car. It's not often that I get a matte black car that comes in to have their window trim vinyl wrapped. He decided to go with gloss black for the window trim, to give it some contrast still, and I think it turned out great.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1240.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1241.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1242.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1243.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1244.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1245.jpg -Don donathon@gmail.com |
I'll try and change things up a bit here. Here's a silver Honda Civic that came by to get his roof wrapped in my matte black vinyl material versus gloss black which most people usually go with. This will help others who have a silver car or a glass sunroof and want to see what a matte black vinyled roof would look like on their car and how it contrasts, etc. The owner of this car was from Irvine/Orange County as well.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1246.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1247.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1248.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1249.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1250.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1251.jpg Blacked out the chrome trunk handle piece on the rear: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1252.jpg -Don donathon@gmail.com |
Trying to gauge if there is any interest in this flat black vinyl finish. I haven't posted pictures of this finish/material before, but I recently had a someone ask if I had something that was flatter than my matte black vinyl material. So, who's interested? :)
Flat black is on the left and matte black is on the right: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwrapping/matteflat.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...matteflat2.jpg -Don donathon@gmail.com |
I've been running a special on the 3M Di-noc matte carbon fiber vinyl wraps and the owner of this silver ISF drove up from San Diego to me in Orange County to have it done. This is the matte carbon fiber finish. I wrapped both his roof and his side door pillars with the 3M di noc material. I thought it looked great against the silver paint/color of the car. The cf pattern really gave this ISF a more aggressive presence. It also matched the darker wheels fairly well also.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1253.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1254.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1255.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1256.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1257.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1258.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1259.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1260.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1261.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1262.jpg -Don donathon@gmail.com |
Nothing fancy this time around. I vinyl wrapped the trunk handle, which was the last piece of chrome that was on this sapphire black 550 GT. The owner of this car was in Irvine as well. This will help out those who've asked me what my gloss black vinyl material looks like against metallic black paint/finishes. There's still a slight contrast to it, which I think is cool, so it still accents the trim pieces on the car a bit versus just blending in completely.
http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1263.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1264.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1265.jpg -Don donathon@gmail.com |
Even though I mainly specialize in European cars, interestingly enough, I have still had quite a few of these new Kia Optimas come by to get work done on their cars. I had this customer e-mail me to see if I could vinyl wrap the roof of his white Kia Optima with my gloss black vinyl material to give the roof that panoramic roof look/effect. Even though the roof of this car protruded outwards in the middle, unlike most cars, I was still able to wrap the roof without any issues.
http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1266.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1267.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1268.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1269.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1270.jpg -Don donathon@gmail.com |
I vinyl wrapped the roof of this brand new white Mercedes-benz C250 with my gloss black vinyl material. The owner of this car was from around the Los Angeles/Torrance area and drove out to me in Orange County to have his roof done. It's always fun seeing new car models/face lifts come out and come by to get some vinyl work done.
http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1271.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1272.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1273.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1274.jpg -Don donathon@gmail.com |
Did this one probably a year ago, but just realized that I never posted pictures of it. It is a black G37 sedan that I vinyl wrapped the roof in the 3M Di-noc matte carbon fiber finish. It's not often that I get black cars coming by to get their roofs wrapped, so this is good for those out there who have darker colored cars or black cars to get an idea of how the carbon fiber would look on your roofs. It gives it a nice contrast. From far away it looks flat-ish, but once you get up closer, you start seeing the design and carbon fiber weave pattern. The owner of this car was from around south Orange County I believe.
Remember, I am having a discounted special on all 3M dinoc carbon fiber installs right now as well. So hit me up if you're interested. Now's a good time to get it done. http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwrapping/dowork320.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwrapping/dowork321.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwrapping/dowork322.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwrapping/dowork323.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwrapping/dowork324.jpg -Dom donathon@gmail.com |
The owner of this silver Corvette contacted me to see if I could vinyl wrap his T-top and roll hoop with my matte black vinyl material/finish. I don't get too many domestic cars coming by to get vinyl work done, so this was a nice change of pace. I personally think that the matte black top gave this car a clean look but also a more aggressive stance at the same time. Almost even made the car look longer, because the black was continuous from the front of the windshield to the back of the trunk/rear window now. The owner of this car was around south Orange County and came over to me to have the vinyl work done.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1275.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1276.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1277.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1278.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1279.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1280.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1281.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1282.jpg -Don Donathon@gmail.com |
Here is a silver TL type S that came by to have me vinyl wrap the roof of his car with my gloss black vinyl material. He drove out from around the Inland Empire/Riverside area to me in Orange County to have it done. I really liked the way the roof turned out/looked on this car. A gloss black roof on a silver car gives the car a very clean, simple, and elegant look.
http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1283.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1284.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1285.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1286.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1287.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1288.jpg -Don donathon@gmail.com |
I have people always asking me how well my material holds up over time and how long does it last. Well, here is a black MkV VW GTI that I did roughly 2 - 2.5 years ago. I vinyl wrapped the center section of his grill in my matte black vinyl material. This is as exposed to road debris and wear and tear as any wrap is going to get, being on the front of the bumper. There are some nicks here and there from sharp rock chips/hits, but nothing out of the ordinary that you wouldn't expect to see on a car's front bumper that's been daily driven for the last couple of years.
http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1289.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1290.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1291.jpg -Don donathon@gmail.com |
This white Lexus IS350 dropped by to have me vinyl wrap the roof of his car with my gloss black material. Hopefully these pictures will help out those who have carbon fiber hoods see how the gloss black vinyl roof matches/looks with a carbon hood. I thought that the gloss black vinyl roof complimented the carbon fiber hood and other carbon fiber/black accents on the car fairly well. The owner of this car was from around Cerritos and came out to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange County to have the work done.
http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1292.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1293.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1294.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1295.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1296.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1297.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1298.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1299.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1300.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1301.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1302.jpg -Don donathon@gmail.com |
I know some of you are more of the visual type, so in addition to black roofs, I also black out chrome pieces such as chrome window trims, like on this car.
I had this new white Mercedes Benz C class coupe come by to have me wrap his chrome/brushed aluminum window trim in my gloss black vinyl material. He wanted to go with the gloss black to match the glass panoramic roof and to also match the B pillars on the door, which were also gloss black already from the factory. I should have taken the after pictures of it outside so you guys can get a better view/look, but for some reason this time I took the pictures of the car inside. The owner of this car was from around Buena Park and drove out to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange County to get the work done. I have a lot of guys ask me if they should go with matte or gloss black on their window trims, so hopefully this will help those of you out trying to figure what to go with. Before http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1303.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1304.jpg After http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1305.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1306.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1307.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1308.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1309.jpg -Don donathon@gmail.com |
I vinyl wrapped both the roof of this car and his window trim in my gloss black vinyl material. However, I am just going to post pictures of the roof done for now. I'll post pictures of the gloss black vinyl wrapped window trim that I also did on this car later. You can still sort of make out the gloss black window trim in the pictures, for those who were considering on doing both and weren't sure which finish to go with on the window trim with their gloss black vinyl'd roofs.
http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1310.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1311.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1312.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1313.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1314.jpg -Don donathon@gmail.com |
This time around, I went with a lighter shade than the usual shade that I have used in the past for when I tinted/smoked head lights/tail lights. I chose this shade to closer match a tint/shade that you would expect to see as a dealer or factory option. I basically would describe this as an OEM+ look. For those who are familiar, it's similar to the blackline tail lights that BMW offers or the Porsche tail lights that come from the factory with the clear portion tinted/smoked already. Hopefully you guys will be able to get a good idea of how this shade looks like on these tail lights from the pictures that I took. Let me know if you guys want any specific angles or more pictures and I'll see what I can do.
Left factory - Right tinted http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1315.jpg Both tinted/smoked http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1316.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1317.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1318.jpg Tinted/smoked - after http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1319.jpg Tinted/smoked - before http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1320.jpg -Don donathon@gmail.com |
Here are some pictures of a new black BMW F10 5 series that I vinyl'd the chrome window trim with my matte black material to resemble the BMW factory shadowline trim look. I had some people ask for some closer up pictures of the wrap around the edges, so here they are. Let me know if you guys have any questions or other picture requests.
http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1321.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1322.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1323.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1324.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1325.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1326.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1327.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1328.jpg -Don donathon@gmail.com |
I had some requests for some more eye level angles, so I mixed those in with some of the higher angle ones to help you guys better visualize what it looks like. I usually get a lot of white and black cars coming by to get vinyl work done, so it's always different when other colored cars come by to get some vinyl work done. I think this is probably the second or third yellow car that I have had come by. The owner of this car was from around Cerritos and came out to me in Anaheim Hills to get the vinyl work done. We went with the gloss black to match the lips/finish on the wheels.
http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1329.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1330.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1331.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1332.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1333.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1334.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1335.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1336.jpg -Don donathon@gmail.com |
How much of a difference does blacking out your chrome window trim make with gloss black vinyl wrap?
This much of a difference. http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1337.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1338.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1339.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1340.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1341.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1342.jpg -Don donathon@gmail.com |
This is not a car that I personally worked on. This car belongs to one of my customers that installed the vinyl wrap himself for his roof. I asked him for these pictures, because this is the flat black material, which is not to be confused with the matte black that you see in all of my other pictures. I've had this flat black material for a while now, but I never had requests for it, so I never got around to using it myself.
I don't have many pictures of it, but hopefully these will be enough to sort of give you guys an idea of how it looks like on a car. http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1343.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1344.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1345.jpg -Don donathon@gmail.com |
Here is a black BMW E90 335i that I vinyl wrapped the roof with the 3M di-noc carbon fiber material. The owner of this car was from around the LA area and drove out to me in Orange County to have the vinyl work done. I had also vinyl wrapped his window trim in matte black a while back as well. It's not very noticeable in the pictures, but the mirror caps were real carbon fiber, as a reference point for how the vinyl compares to real carbon.
http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1346.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1347.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1348.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1349.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1350.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1351.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1352.jpg -Don donathon@gmail.com |
I always enjoy getting new cars that have just come out coming by to get vinyl work done. It's like the dealership's showroom is coming to me, instead of me going to it, haha. I had this gray/silver new Audi A7 come by to have me vinyl wrap the chrome/brushed aluminum window trim with a matte black finish, which gave it a very nice touch. Matte black was definitely a good choice over gloss black for this car and color combo imo. I wish I had taken some before pictures of this car, to show the before/after, since the chrome dominated such a large area on this car. However, I think I forgot my camera that day or it ran out of batteries. Luckily the owner of this car lived down the street from me in Irvine, so I dropped by to take these pictures and did some vinyl stuff for him at the same time.
http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1353.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1354.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1355.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1356.jpg -Don donathon@gmail.com |
Here is a brand new silver Mercedes E63 sedan that I vinyl wrapped both the roof and the chrome window trim + trunk handle on the rear. For the roof, we went with a gloss black vinyl wrap finish to give it a panoramic or gloss black painted look. In addition to the roof, the side roof rails were also wrapped in gloss black, which on this car extends from the bottom of the windshield to the back of the roof. On the window trim, we went with the matte black vinyl wrap finish over the gloss black in this case, to give it a nice contrast and have it blend in with the rubber that's also around the window trim pieces. It makes the window trim pop a bit more versus just completely blending in with the windows, if that makes sense.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1394.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1395.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1396.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1397.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1398.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1399.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1400.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1401.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1402.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1403.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1404.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1405.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
The owner of this car contacted me to see if I could wrap the fading back pillars on his black Mercedes SLK. He decided to go with the 3M di-noc carbon fiber material for this, to give it a nice contrast and at the same time hide/cover up the peeling/fading black pieces. The owner of this car was actually just up the street from me in Anaheim Hills.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1406.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1407.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1408.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1409.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1410.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
This is the same black Mercedes SLK as above that I vinyl wrapped the pillars in the 3M di-noc carbon fiber material. I also tinted / smoked the clear portions of the tail lights on his SLK. This is my current/new shade that I am using, which is lighter than before and really gives a fairly factory look similar to BMW's black line tail lights, for those who are familiar. The owner of this car was also in Orange County/Anaheim Hills.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1411.jpg Left side tinted / smoked, right side untinted / unsmoked. http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1412.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1413.jpg Tinted/smoked http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1414.jpg Untinted/unsmoked http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1415.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1416.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1417.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1418.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
Here is a black Mercedes W204 C300 or C350, I don't remember, since it was debaged. I vinyl wrapped the chrome or brushed aluminum window trims with my gloss black vinyl material to give it that shadowline blacked out look. For this car, we went with the gloss black material over the matte black material. We did this so that the window trim would blend in with the car more, since his tail lights were tinted fairly dark (making then look like gloss black) and his wheels had some gloss black accents on it as well. I also blacked out the chrome trunk handle in the rear to complete the entire chrome blacking our look/process.
In addition to the window trim, I also did the top half portion of the side mirror blinkers in gloss black. I basically covered the reflector portion and left the actual indicator portion visible/clear. Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1419.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1420.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1421.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1423.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1422.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1424.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1425.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1426.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1427.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1428.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1429.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1430.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
I've had a few people ask me what a gloss black vinyl wrapped roof would look like on a more stock/factory looking car. I vinyl wrapped the roof of this white BMW E46 325i sedan in my gloss black vinyl material. For this particular car, if the owner of this car was to have keep this car as is, without doing too many other mods, gloss black would definitely be the correct choice over matte black or carbon fiber, etc. Those finishes would be too aggressive for the car. Don't mind the pink emblems. This car was owned by a girl. The owner of this car drove out to me from Irvine/Orange County.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1431.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1432.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1433.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1434.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1435.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1436.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
Tinted / smoked the headlights on this new white C250 Mercedes sedan with the new lighter shade of tint that I have been using. The darkness of this tint is about half of other tint shade that I used to use. This shade of tint is light enough to still allow a good amount of light through it, so that not too much light output is reduced, but it is still dark enough that it still tones down the head lights / tail lights that it is being applied to. The owner of this car came out to me from around Corona to Orange County / Anaheim Hills to get the vinyl work done. I also blacked out the chrome and the roof on this same car.
Before - Untinted/unsmoked on passenger side, tinted/smoked on driver side: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1447.jpg Untinted/unsmoked: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1448.jpg Tinted/smoked: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1449.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1450.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1451.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1452.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
Here is an imola red BMW E46 M3 that had me vinyl wrap his roof with the 3M 1080 gloss carbon fiber material. I tried to take more pictures to try and help show the differences between carbon fiber weaves in the 3M 1080 vs the 3M di-noc material. I believe the owner of this car was from San Diego and came up to me in Orange County to have the vinyl work done. The weave in the 1080 material is a lot smaller/finer, and due to the nature of the material, it comes out wavier than the dinoc material.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1437.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1438.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1439.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1440.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1441.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1442.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1443.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1444.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1445.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1446.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
Who said you couldn't modify wagons? Here is a brand new white Mercedes E63 AMG wagon that I vinyl wrapped the factory chrome or brushed aluminum window trim with my matte black vinyl material. In addition to the chrome window trim, I also blacked out the rear chrome trunk handle piece to complete the look. The owner of this car was local to me in Orange County. It made a big difference as you can see from the before/after pictures. Getting rid of the chrome made the car look a lot more solid and really pulled the car together. Completely changed the look/stance of the car in my opinion.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1453.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1454.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1455.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1456.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1457.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1458.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1459.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1460.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
Brand new alpine white BMW 550i F10 sedan, less than a week old. The owner of this car had me vinyl wrap the roof of his F10 in gloss black including the side roof rails on his car. The antenna was painted gloss jet black to match the roof. This car came out to me to from Buena Park area to Anaheim Hills/Orange County to get the work done. I think the gloss black roof really suited this bigger body car very well, especially with the black trunk spoiler and darker gunmetal wheels. The car came with the sport package factory shadowline trim from the factory already, so that match fairly well with the roof as well. You can find some more pictures of this car on the Vorsteiner site/facebook.
http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1461.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1462.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1463.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1464.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1465.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1466.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1467.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1468.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1469.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
Somewhat more recently, I had this titanium silver BMW E46 330i ZHP sedan come by to have me vinyl wrap the roof of his car with the 3M di-noc matte carbon fiber vinyl material for him. I think this is the first E46 or even BMW in general that I have worked on that did not have a sunroof, which was pretty cool. As you can see in the pictures, both the side roof rails were wrapped along with the roof for this car. The owner of this car was from around the Los Angeles county and came out to me in Orange County / Anaheim Hills to get it done.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1470.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1471.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1472.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1473.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1474.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1475.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1476.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1477.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
Again, this is the new lighter shade of tint/smoke film that I am using. This is not regular normal window tint. This material is designed to be used on the exteriors of cars. I tinted / smoked the tail lights on this darker gray gunmetal colored new E350 sedan. We decided to go with covering the entire tail light to give it a consistent finish over the whole tail light versus just tinting the clear or red section on this car. The owner of this car was from around Newport Beach area and came out to me in Anaheim Hills to get the work done. It's not often that I get non white cars, so this will help out those who have similar colored cars and were thinking about getting their tails smoked or tinted and how it'd look. I also took some pictures inside and outside, to show the differences of how the shade looks in different lighting conditions.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1478.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1479.jpg Driver side tinted/smoked - Passenger side untinted/unsmoked. http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1480.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1481.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1482.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1483.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
The owner of this silver F10 528i sedan drove down from norcal / San Francisco to me in Orange County to have his window trim vinyl wrapped with my gloss black vinyl. Similar to what the shadowline trim would have looked like from the BMW factory. I took more close up pictures around the edges, corners, etc this time to show you guys in more detail of how the finished product looks.
http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1488.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1489.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1490.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1491.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1492.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1493.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1494.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1495.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
Not exactly sure the name of the color of this 370z, but the color looked silver. Either way, I vinyl wrapped the roof of this car in my gloss black material. The owner drove from Los Angeles county to me in Orange County to the roof wrapped. The curves of the roof really help make the gloss black roof pop and stand out a bit more. The owner of this car plastidip his antenna in the matte black finish. So this is good for those who wanted to get gloss black roofs and wanted to plastidip their antennas. I believe plastidip has a gloss black version out now that'd probably work better.
http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1496.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1497.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1498.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1499.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1500.jpg Some of the plastidip peeled off/up a bit when installing the vinyl. Tip of advice, plastidip the antenna after the roof is wrapped, instead of plastidipping i tbeforehand. http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1501.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
I had a new silver Lexus CT200h come by to have me vinyl wrap his roof with the 3M di-noc matte carbon fiber material. The owner of this car was also from Irvine / Orange County. Took some close up pictures around the antenna area and side rails, just to show you the extent of the vinyl coverage and it looks up close. I think the roof accented the silver color of the car fairly well, especially since this carbon fiber finish has somewhat of a silver/gray tone to it, even though it is the black carbon fiber finish. The owner of this car also wants me to wrap his hood with the 3M dinoc carbon fiber material and tint his tails as well, so once I do those, I'll post some more pictures.
http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1502.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1503.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1504.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1505.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1506.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1507.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1508.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1509.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
The owner of this blue VW Mk4 Jetta contacted me regarding the clear coat/paint issues that he has been having on his roof. The original plan was to wrap the trunk, roof, and hood, to cover up and prevent any further oxidizing of the paint. However, I told him to just go with the roof first, to test it out and see how that turns out first before continuing with the rest.
Vinyl is only an alternative to paint, it is not a replacement. However, in this case, it was a cheaper option and better than leaving the roof to oxidize further. The better condition the roof is in, the better the final results of the vinyl wrap will be. The vinyl material is very thin, about the same thickness as the car's paint, so it is by no means a body filler. Luckily for the owner of this car, even though the roof was in pretty bad condition, the vinyl was able to hide/cover up most of the oxidation without showing through the vinyl itself. We went with the gloss black vinyl finish for the roof to give it a more factory look, versus going with the matte black finish or carbon fiber finishes. Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1510.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1511.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1512.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1513.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1514.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1515.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1516.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1517.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
This isomething a little different. It isn't a roof, but I did vinyl wrap the roof of this silver Lexus ISF with the 3M dinoc carbon fiber material a couple of months prior. The owner of this car ended up coming back to have me vinyl wrap the center of his hood with the matte black material and wrap the two sides of the hood in the 3M di-noc matte carbon fiber material. We were originally going to only do the center in matte black, but the owner decided to do this after seeing it on another car. The owner of this car came from San Diego up to me in Orange County / Anaheim Hills to get the work done. I think it really filled in the hood nicely and gave it a pretty cool look.
http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1518.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1519.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1520.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1521.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1522.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
The owner of this white Mercedes E550 coupe contacted me to lightly tint / smoke the tail lights on their car. The owner of this car was also from Orange County and came over to my shop in Anaheim Hills to get the work done. This is the new shade that I am using for tail lights, which give a very light factory smoke look. I tried to take some more before/after pictures so you guys can better see/visualize the differences and how this shade of smoke / tint looks like. I am not really into blacking out tail lights or dark tail lights, so this shade is perfect to me imo.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1523.jpg Right - Passenger side tinted / smoked: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1524.jpg Before - Untinted / unsmoked: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1525.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1526.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1527.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1528.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1529.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1530.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1531.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
I had posted pictures of this same car that I also tinted the tail lights on. However, I had also blacked out the chrome / brushed aluminum window trim for him as well to give it that shadowline look. Unlike BMW, Mercedes does not have the shadowline option from the factory, so the only way to get rid of it is to vinyl wrap it.
We went with matte black instead of gloss black for this car. Everything turned out really nicely with the matte black finish. I personally think getting rid of the chrome is one of the biggest changes you can do with the car, especially if you are blacking or or getting rid of the chrome on the rest of the car. The black window trim really gives it a sportier look. In addition to the window trim, I also blacked out the chrome on the back trunk handle. The owner of this car drove out to me in Anaheim Hills from Newport Beach / Orange County to have the work done. http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1483.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1484.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1485.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1486.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1487.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
Sorry if I have not responded to PMs or e-mails as fast/quickly over the last week or so. I had a friend pass away. His name was Jonathan Pham. He was the person who got me into doing vinyl and the reason why I do vinyl wrapping today, so I had been busy attending to his passing.
I had this white Mercedes Benz C63 AMG sedan come by to have me vinyl wrap the roof of their car in my gloss black material to give it the panoramic roof look. I believe the owner of this car was from Los Angeles and drove out to me in Orange County / Anaheim Hills to have the work done. I also did the side front bumper slats in the matte 3M carbon fiber di-noc material, which was a bit tricky to cut, since it had to be done freehand and there were no real lines/curves to follow. I forgot to take the before pictures, but I am sure you can imagine what a white roof would have looked like on this car before I vinyl wrapped the roof black. Blacking out the chrome in either gloss or matte black vinyl to give it the shadowline look would really complete the look of this car imo and give it an aggressive look/stance. http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1532.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1533.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1534.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1535.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1536.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1537.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
The owner of this car came out to me in Orange County from the Los Angeles area to have me lightly smoke / tint the tail lights on his black Mercedes Benz CLK55. In addition to the tail lights I also smoked / tinted the headlights and the side blinkers on the mirrors of his car. This light smoke / tint shade is nice, because it is not too dark and won't block out too much of the light output from the head/tail lights. Also, since this film material has a gloss finish to it, it'll give a shine to your headlights or tail lights again if they are a bit dull from age/wear.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1538.jpg Tinted / smoked inner smaller passenger side headlight: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1539.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1540.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1541.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1542.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1543.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1544.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1545.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
Had this new body black Mercedes Benz CLS63 come by to have me black out the chrome / aluminum trim around the windows and back rear trunk handle chrome piece. We went with matte black finish material so that the trim pieces still accented the car and did not disappear completely into the body of the car. You can notice it when I take the pictures, the trim pieces still pop out a little bit in the pictures. It gives it a nice contrast if that's what you are trying to go for. The owner of this car was also from Orange County.
By blacking out the chrome it really makes the red calipers and other parts of the car pop more. Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1546.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1547.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1548.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1549.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1550.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1551.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1552.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
The owner of this blue F10 BMW 550i contacted me to see if I could vinyl wrap the diffuser on his car with the 3M 1080 gloss carbon fiber material. He brought his car out to me in Orange County from around Riverside, for me do to the work on his car. Usually a lot of diffusers are not very practical to wrap due to their shapes/curves, which makes it hard for the vinyl to stick and stay conformed to over time. However, this one was fairly flat and there wasn't too much heat from around the exhaust areas on this car so that was a good thing as well.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1553.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1554.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1555.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1556.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1557.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1558.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
The owner of this car wanted to have me wrap both the roof and the two side pillar pieces that run front the bottom of the front windshield to the back of the roof with my gloss black vinyl wrap material to give it the panoramic look. The gloss black vinyl wrap makes the roof continue and flow with the front/rear windshields pretty well. The owner of this car was from Irvine / Orange County also and brought his car over to me in Anaheim Hills to have the roof done. The tail lights were previously tinted / smoked by him beforehand, so that's not something I did.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1559.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1560.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1561.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1562.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1563.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1564.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1565.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1566.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1567.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
I know I don't post this often, but I also do clear headlight film protection as well. I just never really take pictures of it, since you can never really see or tell the difference of a before and after :)
In this picture the driver side has already been done and the passenger side has been applied, just waiting to be trimmed. You can see everything is custom fitted, since I do not use pre cut materials. This allows me to cover more of the headlights than pre cut pieces do and also get a closer/better fit to the pieces that I am covering/applying the material to. Clear headlight protective film is good if you have glass headlights, so it'll prevent rocks from cracking it or chipping it. This can also be applied to fog lights, which are more prone to cracking, since they're lower/closer to the ground. Even if your headlights are plastic, the film will help prevent nicks and chips in the plastic lenses. It'll also help protect/prevent against oxidation better. If your headlights are already oxidized/faded, I can clear/clean those up for you before putting on the clear film. http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1568.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1569.jpg I know clear bras / clear headlight protection films aren't very exciting, so I figured I'd post pictures of this gray / silver Mercedes Benz E55 AMG's tail lights that I tinted as well. This is my lighter shade that I used for this cars tail lights. Unlike a lot of the other tail lights that I have posted recently, I only tinted the clear portions on this car's tail lights versus tinting the whole thing. So these pictures will be good to help show those who were interested in something similar for their cars and were wondering how just the clear portion would look like tinted / smoked, only slightly darkening the clear parts of the tail light. Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1570.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1572.jpg Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1571.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1573.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1574.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1575.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1576.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1577.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1578.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
I think I work on more AMG cars than non AMG cars when it comes to Mercedes, haha. I blacked out the chrome / aluminum window trim on this black Mercedes Benz C63 AMG with my matte black vinyl material to give it the shadowline look. Owner came out to me in Orange County / Anaheim Hills to have the work done. I took some more detailed pictures of the corners and edges for those who were interested and asking me for them.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1579.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1580.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1581.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1582.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1583.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1584.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1585.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1586.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1587.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1588.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
This gray / silver Mazda RX-8 came by to have me vinyl wrap the hood of his car with the 3M Di-Noc matte carbon fiber vinyl material to cover over his factory black hood that he had on there. The owner of this car drove up to me in Anaheim Hills / Orange County from San Diego county to have me do the vinyl work on his car. The weather was a bit over cast that day, so the carbon fiber weave in the vinyl did not stand out that much when photographed. From further away, the vinyl appears more of a solid flat/matte-ish and then when you get closer you start seeing the carbon fiber weaves in the vinyl.
As comparison, the eyelids on the headlights are real carbon fiber pieces. Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1589.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1590.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1591.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1592.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1593.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1594.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1595.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
These aren't the greatest pictures in the world, since I was in a bit of a rush when taking them. I wasn't going to use them, but it's not often that I get a domestic car, so I decided to just post them anyways. The owner of this red / orange Chevy Camaro came from Huntington Beach area out to me in Anaheim Hills to get the vinyl work done. He originally had a matte black vinyl roof installed on his car but he wanted to change the look up and get a gloss black roof put on there this time around.
Before (matte roof): http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1596.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1597.jpg After (gloss roof): http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1598.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1599.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1600.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1601.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1602.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
I had this newer 2012 or 2011 alpine white BMW E93 335i convertible come by for me to tint / smoke their tail lights and black out the chrome window trim (I'll post pictures of that process later). The owner of this car was from Irvine / Orange County and drove out to me in Anaheim Hills to get the vinyl work done. The tint / smoke film is very light and just slightly darkens the tail lights enough to give it a very factory look. It's light enough where you most likely won't get any hassle from cops about them. It's also light enough where if you put it on the headlights, fog lights, etc, it won't reduce the light output by that much compared to darker films.
Before: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1603.jpg Only driver side trunk tail light is tinted in this picture: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1604.jpg After: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1605.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1606.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1607.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1608.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1609.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1610.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
Took a while for the owner of this car and for me to figure/find out a time for him to be able to bring his car by to get the chrome / aluminum window trim wrapped in my gloss black vinyl material to give it that shadowline look. The owner of this car was from Los Angeles and brought his car out to me in Anaheim Hills / Orange County. He went with the gloss black over the matte black finish to get more of that factory BMW sport package look. I have seen cars come with the window trim in matte black as well, but I don't know what package those come with or are offered with.
Everything is wrapped seamlessly and tucked in where ever possible, to provide the longest lasting results. Before: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1611.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1612.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1613.jpg After: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1614.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1615.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1616.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1617.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1618.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
I forgot to take the before pictures of this car before wrapping the roof, but you guys can probably imagine what it looked like before/stock with the white roof. The owner of this alpine white BMW E60 5 series came by to my shop in Anaheim Hills / Orange County from around Los Angeles to have the roof wrapped in my gloss black vinyl material. Went with the gloss black to give it a clean factory look, similar to what the car would have looked like if it came with a panoramic roof. Also took some close up pictures around the sunroof, edges, rails, etc for you guys to see the details that goes into my installs.
http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1619.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1620.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1621.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1622.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1623.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1624.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1625.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1626.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
This Alpine White BMW E90 4-door 335i came by to have me vinyl wrap his chrome / brushed aluminum window trim with my matte black vinyl material. The owner of this car was also from Irvine / Orange County. In addition to doing his window trim, I also wrapped his roof with the 3M di-noc matte carbon fiber finish to really set off the car. We had the antenna fin cover painted matte black, which went fairly well with the matte finish of the roof. The matte black window trim and matte roof also ties in together nicely. Also as a reference point, the trunk spoiler is real carbon fiber. From further away the carbon fiber finish looks more of a solid matte / flat black finish, but as you get closer to the car/roof, the carbon fiber weaves/design becomes more visible, which is also another nice subtle touch/look.
http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1690.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1691.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1692.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1693.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1694.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1695.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1696.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
Even on a more stock-ish car, blacking out the chrome / aluminum window trim can change the dynamics of the car's looks greatly. It won't necessarily give it a modified/aftermarket look, but it definitely adds to the car's look, while still looking factory. The owner of this car drove out to me in Orange County / Anaheim Hills to get the wrap done. Everything is done seamlessly and in one piece to retain that factory look and without making it seem like a wrap job. We went with the matte black on this car to still give it some contrast and accent the trim pieces, instead of going with gloss black which would have made it kind of disappear into the car's black paint.
Before: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1697.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1698.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1699.jpg After: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1700.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1701.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1702.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1703.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1704.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
Seems like there are a lot of fans of wagons, so here are pictures of a blue E46 325i wagon / touring that I worked on recently. The owner of this car actually lived down the street from me in Irvine / Orange County, so I dropped by their house to do the vinyl wrap. The owner wanted me to black out his chrome / aluminum window trim. I went with the matte black to give it more of an aggressive look and it went well with all of the other matte black weather rubber pieces that lined the window trim and the overall look of the car.
Before: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1793.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1794.jpg After: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1795.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1796.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1797.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1798.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
Thanks for everyone who was able to make it out to me while I was up in norcal / Bay Area doing vinyl wraps. I only had one car that cancelled on me without any notice (which is a first out of all of my trips that I have been/gone up there), but other than that everything went good as usual.
This was one of the last cars that I did while up there, and I was a bit excited, so I forgot to take some before pictures of it. The owner of this white Subaru STI wagon / hatch brought his car to me to have me vinyl wrap the roof of his car with my gloss black vinyl material. Subarus are one of those cars that can pull off the matte or gloss black look. Since there is no sunroof on this car, it gives it a very smooth and continuous result / look. http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1799.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1800.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1801.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1802.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1803.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1804.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1805.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
These aren't the best pictures in the world, since the owner of this car came later in the day and there was a lot of work that he wanted done on his car, so by the time I finished, it was already fairly late in the day. The owner of this car drove from San Diego up to me in Anaheim Hills / Orange County to get the vinyl work done. He wanted me to vinyl wrap his roof, roof spoiler, front splitters, side B pillars, and rear lower bumper diffuser all in the 3M di noc matte carbon fiber vinyl material finish. Personally, I do not like wrapping rear diffusers, but since the owner of this car was getting a lot of other work done, I decided to do it for him/his car.
Front splitters: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1806.jpg Roof spoiler: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1807.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1808.jpg Rear diffuser: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1809.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1810.jpg Roof: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1811.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1812.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1813.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1814.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1815.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1817.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1818.jpg Side pillars: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1816.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
Another car I did on my most recent trip up to norcal / Bay Area to do vinyl wrapping. I liked this car, because it was a unique color and different from the black or white cars that I am usually working on, so it's a nice change of pace. I believe it was a BMW E90 330i or 328i sedan, and I don't know the exact name of the color of this car, but it was almost greenish/silverish/blueish in different lightings. For this car, we went with the matte black vinyl for his window trim over the gloss black to match the rubber around the window trim and his B pillars, which were also matte black already. I think the final results turned out great. Everything is done seamlessly without any awkward seam lines in random places and everything gets tucked in underneath the weather stripping.
Before: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1819.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1820.jpg After: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1821.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1822.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1823.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1824.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1825.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1826.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1827.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
Went over to my friend's shop (Serge @ BenzWorks in Huntington Beach / Orange County) to tint / smoke the tail lights on this white CLS63 AMG. I only tinted / smoked the clear portion of the tail lights and I left the red alone. This gives the car slightly more character with just the subtle change in shade of the clear portion of the tail lights. It's a fairly light shade, so it almost feels factory looking, so it goes well even on cars that are more lightly modified or more on the stock-ish side.
Before: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1828.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1829.jpg After: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1830.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1831.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1832.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
Here's one of the 350z's that I did some vinyl work on while up in the bay area / norcal. The owner of this silver 350z wanted me to vinyl wrap his roof in my gloss black material. His windshield, side windows, and rear windshield were also tinted. He wanted to give it a continuous flow / look from the roof to the front/rear windshield, which is what we got with the final results once everything was done. It looked good. The gloss black matched nicely with the glass.
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I thought I had posted pictures of this car already, but I guess I haven't yet. This was from my earlier/prior trip to norcal / Bay Area to do vinyl wrapping. The owner of this car originally was only going to have me vinyl wrap his roof in the 3M di-noc carbon fiber material, but he also ended up having me do the top of his trunk with the 3M di noc matte carbon fiber material as well. The hood and rear trunk lip spoiler are real carbon fiber pieces, so that'll give you an idea of how the two compare/matches up. In addition to his roof and trunk, I also wrapped his chrome / brushed aluminum window trim with my matte black vinyl material. I forgot to take more detailed pictures of that, but you can kind of see it in the roof pictures. There were still a couple of bubbles that were working themselves out when I took these pictures, so you may notice it in some of the pictures.
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Although white cars may look the best with the gloss black roofs, black cars definitely benefit one of the most when it comes to getting their chrome / brushed aluminum window trims blacked out. I believe the owner of this car is also on this forum. The owner of this car brought their jet black E46 325i (or it was a 330i) coupe to have me wrap his window trim in my matte black vinyl material to give it that shadowline look. We went with the matte black to get that slight contrast. Overall, I think it turned out great and changed the look of the car dramatically. Even on a more stock-ish car, doing this still benefits and changes the overall look of the car quite a bit.
Before: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1849.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1850.jpg After: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1851.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1852.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1853.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1854.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1855.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1856.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1857.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
I don't think a lot of people know, but I also have/use a clear yellow transparent film as well. Normally I use this film for fog lights, etc, but the owner of this white 350z wanted to have me wrap the headlights of his car with my transparent yellow vinyl film material. I know this is definitely not for everybody, but this will at least show you what my transparent yellow film looks like. The owner of this car was from around Long Beach I believe and drove out to me in Anaheim Hills / Orange County to get the vinyl work done.
Before: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1858.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1859.jpg During: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1860.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1861.jpg After: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1862.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1863.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
Another car I did in one of my previous trips to norcal / Bay area. The owner of this silver Mercedes Benz CLS65 AMG had me vinyl wrap the roof of his car with the 3M 1080 gloss carbon fiber vinyl material. In addition to the roof, I also vinyl wrapped his chrome window trim with my matte black vinyl. Blacking out the window trim really complimented the roof and also dark colored wheels that the car already had. As comparison, the side B pillars have real carbon fiber overlays on them.
http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1864.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1865.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1866.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1867.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1868.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1869.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1870.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1871.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1872.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
The chrome / brushed aluminum on the window trims of this silver BMW E46 325i sedan was starting to fade/oxidize. So instead of buying replacement trim pieces or trying to paint them, the owner of this car had me vinyl wrap them with my matte black vinyl instead. This was a quicker, simpler, and overall better solution. We went with the matte black to match the matte finish on the wheels. I did this car while I was out over at my friend's shop in Huntington Beach / Orange County.
Before: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1873.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1874.jpg After: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1875.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1876.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1877.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1878.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1879.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
Did the roof of this gray / silver BMW 328i E92 coupe in my gloss black vinyl material. I also vinyl wrapped the chrome / aluminum window trim of this car at the same time, but we went with the matte black finish for that instead of the gloss. The owner of this car was from around Los Angeles / Torrance and drove out to me in Orange County to get the work done. The combination of both the black roof and blacking out the window trim really changed the looks and dynamics of the car quite a bit, even with just those two simple things.
Before: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1880.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1881.jpg After: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1882.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1883.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1884.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1885.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1886.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1887.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1888.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1889.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1890.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1891.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
I had this black Mercedes Benz C63 coupe black series come by to have me tint the clear portion of his tail lights and also black out the chrome / brushed aluminum window trim on his car. For the window trim we went with my matte black material to give it that contrast and more aggressive look and for the tail lights I only tinted / smoked the clear portion of the tail lights. Tinting / smoking only the clear portion gives it a very factory look. Even though my tint / smoke film is already fairly light, this is even a further step closer for being an OEM+ type look for those who are trying to achieve that look.
Before: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1892.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1893.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1894.jpg Tail lights (Driver (left) side untinted / stock - Passenger (right) side tinted / smoked): http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1895.jpg After: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1896.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1897.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1898.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1899.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1900.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1901.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1902.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1903.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
I held off using these pictures for a while, since they weren't the best pictures ever, but they are a bit different, so I figured I might as well post them. I am going to post two different cars. The first car, a 2012 black Honda Accord, the owner wanted me to wrap the top chrome grill piece in carbon fiber. Just to make note, the owner supplied their own carbon fiber vinyl material, and I have no idea who the make/manufacturer is. I just know the quality was fairly poor and the adhesive was separating itself from the vinyl from me just sticking it on the surface of the grill once and picking it up again to readjust.
Before: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1905.jpg After: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1906.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1907.jpg This second car is quite a bit different from most of the standard set of cars that I am used to having come by. I believe this was something like a 1992 black Acura Legend. The owner of this car wanted me to vinyl wrap the roof of his car with the 3M di-noc matte carbon fiber vinyl material. The roof had some slight paint imperfections/oxidation, and he wanted me to cover over those and also provide a slight change in the look of the car at the same time (originally we were just going to wrap the roof in gloss black). I took these pictures during overcast, so you can't see much details in the weave. However, this kind of provides you guys with an idea of how the vinyl material looks like in low lighting. From further away it looks more matte/flat and then as you get closer you start to see the weaves. Before: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1908.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1909.jpg After: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1910.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1911.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1912.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1913.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1914.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1915.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1916.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
Here is a new white Toyota / Scion FRS that I vinyl wrapped the roof with my gloss black vinyl material. We went with the gloss black finish to give it a factory look. The owner of this car drove out to me in Anaheim Hills / Orange County to get the roof wrapped.
Before: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1917.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1918.jpg After: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1919.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1920.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1921.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1922.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1923.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1924.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
Here is a new white Toyota / Scion FRS that I vinyl wrapped the roof with my gloss black vinyl material. We went with the gloss black finish to give it a factory look. The owner of this car drove out to me in Anaheim Hills / Orange County to get the roof wrapped.
Before: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1917.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1918.jpg After: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1919.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1920.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1921.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1922.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1923.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1924.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
Some of you may notice, I don't necessarily post pictures in any particular order. I just go through what I have and pick from random unless requested otherwise by the owners of the cars or people who want to see something specific.
I worked on this car when I was up in norcal / Bay Area last time. This grey / silver Mercedes Benz came by to have me wrap the chrome / brushed aluminum window trim and rear trunk handle piece with my gloss black vinyl material. In addition to the window trim, I also tinted / smoked the tail lights lightly with my film specifically made/designed for use on exteriors. The lighting kind of makes it hard to really notice the gloss finish on the window trim, but hopefully you can still make it out and get an idea of how it looks like. Before: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1925.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1926.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1927.jpg Driver side (left) stock - Passenger side (right) tinted / smoked http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1928.jpg After: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1929.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1930.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1931.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1932.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1933.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1934.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1935.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
I don't just tint / smoke lights. I also have clear / transparent vinyl film materials that can be used such as red, yellow, etc. I believe the owner of this white Hyundai Genesis coupe was from around Riverside county and drove out to me in Orange County to get his tail lights tinted with my red clear film. He wanted to get rid of the chrome area in the center of his tail lights and to make the tail lights look like they came from the factory a solid red. The end results made a big difference in the appearance of the car. It's probably the simplest and easiest solution that you can do to matching the red of the tail lights.
Before: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1936.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1937.jpg After: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1938.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1939.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1940.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1941.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
Another car that I did while up in norcal / Bay Area. The owner of this red BMW E90 325i sedan had me vinyl wrap his roof in the 3m di-noc matte carbon fiber material. After doing the roof, he decided to have me also lightly tint / smoke his tail lights. Took some pictures of the tail lights inside and also outside to give you an idea of how it looks in different lighting conditions. Everything is custom cut / trimmed to the car, to make sure fitment is perfect and covers the whole / full area unlike pre cut pieces, which usually end up being a bit short around the edges.
Before: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1948.jpg Driver side (left) stock - Passenger side (right) tinted / smoked: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1949.jpg After: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1950.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1951.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1952.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1953.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1954.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1942.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1943.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1944.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1945.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1947.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
This customer was referred to me by his brother whose car I had also wrapped the roof in gloss black. The owner of this new white Porsche Carrera 2 also wanted me to wrap his roof in my gloss black material to give it that panoramic two tone look. He drove out to me in Anaheim Hills / Orange County from around Riverside / Corona area. Unlike most cars, the Porsche has a non glass sunroof, so that piece had to also be wrapped along with the rest of the roof. I think the end results looked awesome and it really made this Porsche look even sportier without giving it too much of an aftermarket / overdone feel that other modifications can cause.
Before: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1955.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1956.jpg Just for fun, to see how the car would have looked like if it had a glass sunroof: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1957.jpg Back to business, here are the end results: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1958.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1959.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1960.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1961.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
Here is a brand new white Audi B8 A4 that I blacked out the chrome / brushed aluminum window trim with my gloss black material. The owner of this car went with gloss black over the matte black so it'd blend in with his tinted windows. The chrome is a small detail, but even on a lighter colored car like this white Audi, it still makes an immense difference in the overall look of the car. I believe the owner of this car was from around Orange County or Los Angeles. The gloss black window trim makes the car look sportier and classy at the same time, without ruining the factory look.
Before: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1962.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1963.jpg After: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1964.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1965.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1966.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1967.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1968.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
The owner of this car was also in Orange County and brought me by his CLS63 to have me lightly tint / smoke the clear section of the tail lights. I had previous blacked out his chrome / brushed aluminum window trim in matte black, which you can kind of see in the corner pictures and on the rear trunk handle piece. Even though this car was fairly blacked out, we only tinted the clear portion of the tail lights instead of the whole thing, which gave it a nice subtle touch. For comparison, if you look in the background, my X5's tail lights are completely tinted with the same shade/material.
Before: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1969.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1970.jpg During: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1971.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1972.jpg After: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1973.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
This is probably my shortest picture post ever in recent times. I had worked on this car probably 1-2 years ago, but I haven't posted any pictures my work on Subarus in a while, so I decided to use these pictures anyways. The owner of this white Subaru hatchback / wagon actually lived right down the street from me in Irvine / Orange County, so I just came by his place to vinyl wrap his roof in my gloss black vinyl material. Part of the reason for him wanting to wrap his roof was to also protect it for when he had a roof rack on and put snowboards, etc, on there. Pictures aren't the best, but hopefully you guys can still see and get an idea.
http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1974.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1975.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1976.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
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Here is a silver E92 328i coupe that I blacked out the chrome / brushed aluminum window trim with my matte black vinyl material. The car was relatively stock, but getting rid of the chrome still made a big difference on the overall look of the car. We went with the matte black over the gloss black to match the other matte pieces that were already around the window trim. The owner of this car drove out to me from around Long beach to Anaheim Hills. Before: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1977.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1978.jpg After: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1979.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1980.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1981.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1982.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1983.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
I had done this white Honda Insight before, but in gloss black. The owner decided to change it up and had me redo his roof in the 3M di-noc matte carbon fiber material this time around. The owner of this car was from around Long Beach and drove out to me in Anaheim Hills / Orange County to have the vinyl work done. The roof was fairly big and had an antenna and rear windshield nozzle right next to it that I had to work around, but everything came out looking good. I've had people ask me if I can wrap mirrors. Yes, I can wrap mirrors, however, it's not so much if I can wrap them, but if the material can can maintain that shape/contours of the piece being wrapped.
Before: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1984.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1985.jpg After: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1986.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1987.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1988.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1989.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1990.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1991.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1992.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1993.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
I do like these new E coupes and C coupes that have been starting to show up on the roads more. The owner of this white E class coupe wanted to have me tint / smoke their tail lights with my light film. In the pictures, the car/surrounding may seem under exposed or over exposed, but that is done on purpose, since the focus is on the tail lights. Each of the pictures represents how the tail lights look exactly at that moment in person in those lighting conditions. The owner of this car was from around south Orange County and drove out to me in Anaheim Hills to get the work done.
Before: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1994.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1995.jpg During - Driver side stock - Passenger side tinted / smoked: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1996.jpg After: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1997.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1998.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1999.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2000.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2001.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
Had this blue Subaru STI hatchback / wagon come by to have me wrap the roof of his car in my gloss black vinyl material. I had also done his brother's Subaru's roof, but in the 3M dinoc matte carbon fiber, a couple of years earlier. The owner of this car was from around Westminster or so and drove out to me in Anaheim Hills / Orange County to get the work done. Subarus are one of the cars that I think can pull off a matte black roof look, but I think that gloss black on this car and color turned out fairly nice.
Before: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2002.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2003.jpg After: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2004.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2005.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2006.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2007.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2008.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2009.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2010.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2011.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
This black Audi A4 B8 came by to have me black out the chrome / brushed aluminum window trim that came with his car. The owner of this car was also around in Orange County and came out to me in Anaheim Hills to get the work done. In the before pictures, you can see my X5 in the background with black window trim, so that may also kind of give you an idea of how chrome and non chrome window trim looks like side by side on black cars. For this car, we went with my gloss black vinyl material over the matte black material and I think it turned out fairly nice. The car had a metallic finish to it, so the gloss black still stood out against it even though it was gloss black as well.
Before: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2012.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2013.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2014.jpg After: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2015.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2016.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2017.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2018.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2019.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2020.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2021.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2022.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
Wrapped the trunk of this black 4 door Honda Civic in the 3M di-noc matte carbon fiber material. The owner of this car was also in Orange County. The indentations on the top of the trunk, which look like bubbles, are actually holes in the trunk from the spoiler that used to be on there. This is not the perfect solution to covering up the holes in the trunk of the car, but it's a cheaper and reversible alternative that will allow you to go back to factory if needed.
http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2023.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2024.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2025.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2026.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
This is the first bug I have done. The owner of this new body silver VW Bug came by to have me vinyl wrap the roof of his car with my gloss black material. He drove out from Los Angeles to me in Orange County / Anaheim Hills to get the work done. Unlike most roofs, the roof of this VW Bug had two separate sections that had to be wrapped. Overall, I think the black roof really made this rather normal/regular looking VW Bug a bit sportier.
Before: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2027.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2028.jpg After: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2029.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2030.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2031.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2032.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2033.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2034.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
Had this new white E class E350 come by to have me lightly tint / smoke the tail lights on his car. The owner of this car drove out to me in Anaheim Hills / Orange County to have the work done. Since the tail lights over lap onto the rear quarter/side a bit, I also took a side picture to give you guys an idea of how the tinted / smoked tail lights looks like from a side profile.
Before: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2035.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2036.jpg Driver (left side) stock - Passenger (right side) tinted / smoked: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2037.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2038.jpg After: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2039.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2040.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2041.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2042.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2043.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
The owner of this new black BMW F10 528i sedan wanted me to complete the black out look for his car. I vinyl wrapped the chrome / brushed aluminum window trim on his car with my matte black material. We went with matte black over the gloss black since it matched the B pillars and it stood out a bit more than the gloss black would have. Overall, it makes a big difference, especially on a car that is as blacked out already as this one was. The owner of this car was from Orange County also and drove out to me in Anaheim Hills to get the work done.
Before: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2044.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2045.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2046.jpg After: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2047.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2048.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2049.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2050.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2051.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2052.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2053.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
Here is a red Mitsubishi Evo 8 that I did probably a year and a half ago now. Just found the pictures while going through my old stock. The owner of this car had me vinyl wrap the top portion of his rear trunk spoiler in the 3M Di-noc matte carbon fiber material. The original carbon fiber piece that I was wrapping over had faded and yellowed out over time so he wanted me to wrap over it to give it to cover it up but still preserve that cf look. The owner of this car was around Malibu.
http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2054.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2055.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2056.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2057.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
I typically do a lot of newer / brand new cars, but that doesn't mean I don't work on older cars as well. Here is a white Mercedes E500 that came by to have me vinyl wrap the roof of his car with my gloss black material. I had also tinted his lights previously, which you can also see in the pictures. The owner of this car drove from south Orange County to me in Anaheim Hills to get the work done. The black roof really gives the car a new updated look without going overboard in my opinion.
Before: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2058.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2059.jpg After: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2060.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2061.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2062.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2063.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2064.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
This is not your standard car you see me working on, but I do not discriminate. I work on all types of cars, even if I mainly work on Euro cars typically. The owner of this silver Toyota Corolla came by to have me tint the tail lights on their car. The owner drove out from around Los Angeles / West Covina area to have me to do the work. Even on a stock car, the light tint / smoke on the tails still adds a nice overall touch to the car without making it look overly done or out of place. I took some before pictures, but they weren't that great, due to the direction of the lighting.
Before: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2065.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2066.jpg After: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2067.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2068.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2069.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2070.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2071.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
I can't believe it's already been almost half a year since I've been up to norcal to do my vinyl wraps up there in the bay area. Anyways, I still have a ton of pictures from my last trip that I haven't posted up yet. Here is a silver / gray Infinity G37 sedan that came by to have me vinyl wrap the chrome window trim on his car with my gloss black material. We went with the gloss black over the matte black finish for this car and I think it turned out great. The car was fairly stock, but even with just the window trim done, it completely changed the look of the car while maintaining a nice classy factory look.
Before: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2072.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2073.jpg After: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2074.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2076.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2077.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2078.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2079.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2080.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
Had the owner of this gray / silver E46 330i coupe come by to have me vinyl wrap the roof of their car. The owner opted to have me do only the center roof section and not the roof rails. I was able to wrap around the antenna without any issues, just like any of the other cars that also have antennas that I have done. For this car, we went with my gloss black vinyl material. The gloss black gives it a nice clean factory look. The owner of this car drove out to me in Orange County / Anaheim Hills to have the work done.
Before: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2081.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2082.jpg After: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2083.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2084.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2085.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2086.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2087.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2088.jpg -Don donathon@gmail.com |
ETA is possibly mid to late March.
Sometimes it doesn't take much to set off a car. In this case, the owner of this black Nissan 350z came by to have me vinyl wrap the two side door vertical pillars in the 3M 1080 gloss carbon fiber finish. In addition to those, he also had me lightly tint / smoke the front bumper ambers to tone them down, but not completely black them out. The owner of this car drove out to me in Anaheim Hills / Orange County. Overall small / minor things done to the car, but sometimes it's those small minor details that really makes the car. Before: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2089.jpg After: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2090.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2091.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2092.jpg Before: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2093.jpg After: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2094.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
The owner of this black Mercedes Benz E550 sedan came to me in Anaheim Hills / Orange County to have me black out his chrome / brushed aluminum window trim and also had me lightly tint / smoke the tail lights on his car. He was overall going with a darker theme with his car, so these two changes really help tie that theme together. I took some pictures of the tail lights inside and outside to show how it looks like in different lighting scenarios. Also, for the trim, we went with the matte black finish over the gloss finish for his car.
Before: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2095.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2096.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2097.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2098.jpg After: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2099.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2100.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2101.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2102.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2103.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2104.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2105.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
This is not exactly what I normally post, but for some reason I had two cars come in on the same day to have me do the same thing on both cars. Both cars had roof rails that were starting to corrode / fake / peel, and they wanted me to wrap them in vinyl to cover up the imperfections and give the pieces a consistent finish again. Ideally, the pieces should be smooth for the best results, but worse comes to worse, even if they aren't smooth, at least they are one color/finish again after being wrapped.
First car had silver / chrome roof rails and they wanted me to wrap it in gloss black. Second car had factory matte black roof rails, and they wanted me to just rewrap them in my matte black vinyl finish. The pictures aren't the best, since I was fairly busy that day and I wasn't even sure if I was going to be using these pictures later on as well. Before: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2106.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2107.jpg After: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2108.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2109.jpg Before: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2110.jpg After: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2111.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
I had this brand new white BMW F30 335i sedan come by to have me vinyl wrap their car's roof in my gloss black vinyl material. I think this is the first mod that the owner of this car did. Just goes to show that getting a black roof done looks good by itself or as finishing touches to a car that already has other modifications done to it. I believe the owner of this car was around Orange County as well and drove out to me in Anaheim Hills to get the work done. We went with gloss black on this car to match his already factory gloss black mirrors and window trim pieces.
Before: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2112.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2113.jpg After: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2114.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2115.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2116.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2117.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2118.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2119.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2120.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2121.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
I forgot to take some before pictures of this car, but I am sure you guys can imagine what it might have looked like before/stock. The owner of this car had me vinyl wrap the roof of his white BMW E92 335i coupe with my gloss black material. In addition to his roof, I also wrapped his chrome / brushed aluminum window surround in my gloss black vinyl material as well to match the roof. Small changes, but it really made the car pop a lot more. I thought with the addition of the black roof and window trim, it really made the car a lot cleaner and everything flows nicely even with the contrasting roof. He drove out to me in Orange County / Anaheim Hills to get the work done. I believe the owner of the car was from around Los Angeles area/county or something like that.
http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2122.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2123.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2124.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2125.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2126.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2127.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2128.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2129.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
The owner of this silver E46 M3 coupe came by to have me vinyl wrap the roof of his new-to-him car with the 3M di-noc matte carbon fiber vinyl finish. The owner of this car was from around LA and drove out to me in Anaheim Hills / OC to get the work done. The matte roof went well with his gunmetal / darker grey colored wheels. The owner wanted to go for that CSL style look, so this is what the results were:
Before: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2130.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2131.jpg After: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2132.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2133.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2134.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2135.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2136.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2137.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2138.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2139.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
This is one of my favorite mods to do on cars. My other favorite is getting rid of the chrome on cars. Tinting the tail lights light like this really gives the car a OEM+ look. It's good for cars that want to change up the look of the car a bit, without making it very obvious or noticeable what was done. However, that doesn't mean that this won't work or look good on modified car as well. I also like the light tint because it's less likely to get you pulled over, since so many cars come with slightly darker tail lights from the factory already as it is (IE BMW blacklines for their tail lights, etc).
Before: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2140.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2141.jpg After: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2142.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2143.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2144.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
Starting to get more of the new BMW 3 series F30 bodies come in like this white 328 sedan. I vinyl wrapped the roof on this car in my gloss black vinyl material. This car was pretty interesting because it did not have a sunroof, which most newer cars always comes with. Turned out nice. Mirrors were already black from the factory as well as the shadowline window trim on the car. The owner of the car drove out to me in Orange County / Anaheim Hills to get the work done.
Before: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2145.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2146.jpg After: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2147.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2148.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2149.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2150.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2151.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2152.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2153.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
The owner of this brand new black Porsche Cayenne Hybrid had me vinyl wrap the chrome window trim/surround on his car with my gloss black vinyl material. We went with the gloss black to match the B pillars of his car, which were also already gloss black from the factory. It really changed the look of the car, especially with the tinted windows and black wheels that he had. The owner of this car was also in Orange County.
Before: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2154.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2155.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2156.jpg After: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2157.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2158.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2159.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
The owner of this white Audi R8 was getting other work done on the car and he decided to have me tint his headlights with my light smoke/tint film as well. The owner of this car was from around the Los Angeles county area and drove out to me in Orange County to get the work done. I took some pictures of the car with the headlights off and the parking lights on to show how the light transmission looked like after the install was done. Over, it gave it a nice meaner look without reducing overall light output by anything too much.
Before: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2169.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2170.jpg During - Driver (right) side tinted/smoked, passenger (left) side stock. http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2171.jpg After: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2172.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2173.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2174.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
For the roof of this white Nissan 370z, I vinyl wrapped it in the 3M dinoc matte carbon fiber material. I did not take before pictures, since time was against my side, but I am sure you can imagine how it probably looked like before. I think the cf went well with the overall styling of the rest of the car. The owner of this car was from around Redlands or Riverside county and drove out to me in Orange County/Anaheim Hills to get the work done.
http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2176.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2177.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2178.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2179.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2180.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
The owner of this grey/gunmetal colored Mercedes Benz C63 AMG had me vinyl wrap the chrome / brushed aluminum window trim/surround on his car with my matte black vinyl material. The owner wanted the shadowline look. In addition to the window trim, I also vinyl wrapped the b pillars and trunk handle on his car with the 3M dinoc matte carbon fiber material. It's a nice little finishing touch on the car and I think it went well with the overall theme and color of the car.
Before: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2181.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2182.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2183.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2184.jpg After: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2185.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2186.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2187.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2188.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2189.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
Just as a side note for those who are keeping track or paying attention when my next Norcal trip is going to be. I am probably going to be going back up there in about 4-6 weeks. When I have an exact date down, I'll make a dedicated thread for it for those who are interested to sign up.
The owner of this silver BMW E39 540i sedan came by to have me vinyl wrap the roof of his car with my gloss black vinyl material. We went with gloss black over matte black for his car. Overall, it went very well with the look and styling of his car fairly well. Before: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2190.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2191.jpg After: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2192.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2193.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2194.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2195.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2196.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2197.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
For this new white Mercedes Benz CLS550 sedan, I vinyl wrapped the tail lights with my light tint/smoke film material. On this car, I we decided to do the whole tail light. I didn't take pictures of it before, but the first picture does show the driver side as tinted/smoked (left) and the passenger (right) untinted. The lighting of it inside kind of makes it hard to gauge, but in the other pictures where I took them outside will help you better see the differences. As you can notice, as the lighting changes, the appearance of the darkness of the shade changes as well.
http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2198.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2199.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2200.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2201.jpg -Don Nguyen Donathon@gmail.com |
Here is a white VW Mk6 that had me vinyl wrap the roof of his car with the 3M dinoc matte carbon fiber vinyl. I wrapped the material around the antenna and did the top rear hatch part as well. The carbon look adds a nice touch to the car. The owner of this car drove out to me in Anaheim Hills / Orange County to have the work done. I took a picture of the side of the roof where the material end, since people usually ask what it looks like for cars that do not have rails/etc.
http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2202.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2203.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2204.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2205.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2206.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2207.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2208.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2209.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2210.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2211.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2212.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
The owner of this car had me black out the chrome/brushed aluminum window trim on his brand new white Mercedes Benz E350. We went with the matte black finish for around the window trim area. In addition to the window trim, he also had me wrap the middle center section of his front bumper in my gloss black vinyl material. He drove out to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange County to have the vinyl work done.
Before: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2212.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2213.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2214.jpg After: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2215.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2216.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2217.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2218.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2219.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
Here is an example of a stock white Mercedes Benz C300 sedan that came in to have me vinyl their roof in my gloss black vinyl material. Even though the owner of this car was going to leave his car relatively stock, the black roof was still a nice addition to the car, which gave it an OEM+ look. The owner of this car drove out to me in Orange County / Anaheim Hills to get the vinyl work done. The only thing I would have suggested him to also get done was to black out the chrome window trim around the doors and the chrome trunk handle piece in the back. That would have really set the car off fairly nicely.
Before: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2220.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2221.jpg After: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2222.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2223.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2224.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2225.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2226.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
The owner of this brand new white VW TDI wagon brought his car by to have me lightly tint / smoke the tail lights and third brake light on his car. I took some pictures from side to side, showing how the tint looks like in directly sunlight and in some shade. As you can see, it's fairly dynamic and changes depending on the lighting. I haven't had anyone have any issues with this shade though, as far as light output or having any issues with law authorities though, so that is a plus. The owner of this car I believe was from around Pasadena and drove out to me in Anaheim Hills / Orange County to get the work done.
Before: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2160.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2161.jpg During (driver/left side tinted, passenger/right side stock) - http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2162.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2163.jpg After: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2164.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2165.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2166.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2167.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2168.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
I've had a couple of people ask me to post some more pictures of the 3M 1080 gloss carbon fiber finish, so here is a white Lexus IS350 sedan that I vinyl wrapped the roof with in that material. Also note, the roof spoiler is a real carbon piece, so this will also help give those an idea of how the vinyl material compares/contrast against real carbon. The owner of this car drove out to me in Anaheim Hills / Orange County to get the work done. We went with the 3M 1080 gloss carbon fiber vinyl finish over the 3M di-noc matte carbon fiber finish to closer match real cf and go with his roof spoiler better.
Before: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2227.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2228.jpg After: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2229.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2230.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2231.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2232.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2233.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
People usually ask me if they should go with gloss black or matte black for the window trim on their black cars, so here is an example of matte black on this brand new BMW F10 sapphire metallic 5 series sedan. With the black wheels on the car, it made the chrome window trim stand out even more. So you can see the differences of the before and after are quite drastic, even for such a small detail. The owner of this car was also around/from Orange County and drove out to my shop in Anaheim Hills. I liked the end results and how this car turned out with the black vinyl trim.
Before: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2234.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2235.jpg After: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2236.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2237.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2238.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2239.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2240.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
Tinted / smoked the center clear portion of the tail lights on this brand new white Mercedes E350 sedan. In addition to tinting the tail lights with my light film material, I also wrapped the trunk spoiler in the 3M 1080 gloss carbon fiber material and blacked out the chrome trunk handle with my matte black vinyl material. Overall, the light shade of tint was a nice slight change in the look of the car, without making it too dark and is still visible during the day/night.
Most spoilers aren't practical to wrap, but this one happen to work out. Before: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2241.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2242.jpg Driver side tinted/smoked - passenger side stock: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2243.jpg After: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2244.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2245.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2246.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2247.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2248.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2249.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
I thought I had taken more pictures of this car, but three is all I have I suppose. This is a car that I did for Hyundai for last year's SEMA, just to give you an idea of how some old some of my pictures can be or take before getting uploaded. They wanted to do a real carbon roof, but did not have enough time to do it before SEMA, so having me vinyl wrap it with the 3M dinoc matte carbon fiber vinyl material was the next alternative. I wrapped both the painted and glass part that's on the Veloster.
http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2250.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2251.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2252.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
I have had a lot of people ask me how vinyl looks when covered over damaged paint or paint with clear coat failure. Here is the best example I could find at the moment in my picture data base. The owner of this blue Honda Civic coupe had me vinyl wrap the roof of their car with my gloss black vinyl material. As you can see in the before pictures, you can see that basically the entire roof was having clear coat failure. It is somewhat hard to see in the after pictures versus how it looks like in person. However, in one of the pictures I put a red box around the area that you can see how the uneveness resulting from the clear coat failure does show through the vinyl a bit still. Even though this is not a perfect solution to peeling/failing paint, it is still better than what was there before and will prevent further paint damage from the sun, etc.
Before: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2253.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2254.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2255.jpg After: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2256.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2257.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2258.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2259.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2260.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
For this car, I blacked out the chrome brushed aluminum window trim on the car with my black vinyl material and also lightly tinted / smoked the tail lights for this black Mercedes Benz C300 sedan. The owner of this car drove out to me in Orange County / Anaheim Hills to get the vinyl work done. We decided to go with the matte black finish to give the car some contrast still, over the gloss black vinyl finish for the window trim. Also, for the tail lights, we also went with the clear portion cut out to give it a little bit more of a contrast as well.
Before: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2261.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2262.jpg After: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2263.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2264.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2265.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2266.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2267.jpg Before: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2268.jpg After: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2269.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2270.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
The owner of this black VW Passat drove out to me in Orange County / Anaheim Hills from Los Angeles county to get some vinyl work done. He wanted me to black out the chrome / brushed aluminum around his windows and to also lightly tint his tail lights. The pictures may seem over exposed in some of them, but I did that on purpose, as to capture how the tail lights looked at those exact moments and in those lighting conditions. For the window trim, we went with my matte black vinyl material.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2302.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2303.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2304.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2305.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2306.jpg After (note - far right tail light piece is not tinted, but the other 3 to the left of it are): http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2307.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2308.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2309.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2310.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2311.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2312.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
I know this isn't for most people, but the owner of this silver Nissan 350z approached me with the idea of wrapping basically the top half of his car in the 1080 3M gloss carbon fiber vinyl material. It's definitely going to be different from just getting the roof top wrapped and that's what the owner of this car wanted. I tried to take multiple pictures of the car from various angles to show how the weave and pattern looks like in different lighting/angles. I've seen this done with cars in different colors (such as black, etc), but not with carbon before. I also tinted his head lights and tail lights, but these pictures are a bit old, and it was of a darker shade that I no longer use. The owner of this car was around Orange County as well and came to me in Anaheim Hills to get the work done.
http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2313.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2314.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2315.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2316.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2317.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2318.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2319.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2320.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
Here are some pictures of a black Mercedes Benz E63 AMG that I did on my most recent trip up to norcal / bay area. The owner of this car had me vinyl wrap the chrome / brushed aluminum trim on his car with my matte black vinyl material. I believe he originally was going to have me tint his lights as well, but he went ahead and had them painted instead before I made my trip up there. Unfortunately, he got pulled over the the tails being too dark. The advantage of vinyl in this case would have been that it would have been easy to reverse/pull off the tint film material and go back to stock if needed.
I didn't take any before pictures, as I didn't have much time between cars, so I only took pictures of the after results. http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2321.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2322.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2323.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2324.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
The owner of this dark blue Subaru WRX hatchback wanted me to red out his tail lights, to make it not so white/clear. So what I did for him was use my clear red vinyl film and applied it over his rear tail lights. He wanted me to cut out the reverse light and turn signal portions so that they would show through their original colors still. However, I took in progress pictures to show you guys how it would have looked like if they weren't cut out, so you can compare and contrast which style/look you'd prefer more.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2325.jpg In progress/during http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2326.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2327.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2328.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2329.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2330.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2331.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
For this white Lexus IS250, the owner wanted to have me black out the roof of his car with my gloss black vinyl material. We went with the gloss black to give it that panoramic/glass look. The gloss black roof went well with the other black pieces that were on the car (black inserts/accents on the side skirts and roof spoiler, which was only taken off for the install). The only other thing I could have possibly suggested to doing to this car is also blacking out the chrome around the window trim area. However, that comes down to a preference thing and some people prefer having/leaving it chrome, but I like the blacked out look for the chrome since it gives the car a much sportier look. The owner of this car came out to me in Orange County/Anaheim Hills to get the work done.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2332.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2333.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2334.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2335.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2336.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2337.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2338.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2339.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
This is another car that I worked on during one of my trips up to norcal/bay area to do vinyl wraps. I really like the way this car turned out. It's not often that a black car has me vinyl wrap their roof, but the owner of this black Mercedes Benz E55 AMG had me vinyl wrap his roof with the 3M di-noc matte carbon fiber finish vinyl material. The final result and effect is as you can see below. The matte/carbon finish roof really gives the car some more character in my opinion.
http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2340.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2341.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2342.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2343.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2344.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
For this brand new black BMW F10 5 series, I blacked out the chrome/brushed aluminum window trim with my gloss black vinyl material. The owner of this car opted to go with the gloss black finish over the matte black to give it the look of the original BMW shadow line blacked out window trim that comes from the factory. Overall, I think it changed the look of the car dramatically, even for something as small/simple as just the chrome trimming around the windows. The owner of this car drove out to me in Orange County/Anaheim Hills to get the vinyl work done.
http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2345.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2346.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2347.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2348.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2349.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2350.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
This brand new white F30 335i sedan came in to have me vinyl wrap the roof of his car with my gloss black vinyl material. He also wanted me to black out the lower sides of his front bumper, where splitters would typically go, with the same finish. He drove out to me in Orange County/Anaheim Hills to have the work done.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2351.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2352.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2353.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2354.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2355.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2356.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2357.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2358.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
Here is a car that I worked on during my norcal/bay area trip in San Jose. The owner of this car wanted to go with the 3M dinoc matte carbon fiber vinyl for his roof. As you can see, the material looks different from different angles. I tried taking it from multiple perspectives/angles to show you guys this effect. The carbon roof definitely gave this car a more aggressive look and I thought it went fairly well with the rest of the theme of the car.
http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2359.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2360.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2361.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2362.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2363.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
I worked on this blue VW R32 MkV while up in norcal/bay area. For this car, I used my light smoke/tint film material on the car's tail lights. I took some before, during, and after pictures to show you guys the progression and how it compares to stock side by side. Overall, the shade of vinyl that I use is fairly light and gives the car that OEM+ look without being/looking too dark.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2354.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2355.jpg During (driver/left side stock - passenger/ride side smoked) http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2356.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2357.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2358.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2359.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2360.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
I worked on this blue VW R32 MkV while up in norcal/bay area. For this car, I used my light smoke/tint film material on the car's tail lights. I took some before, during, and after pictures to show you guys the progression and how it compares to stock side by side. Overall, the shade of vinyl that I use is fairly light and gives the car that OEM+ look without being/looking too dark.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2364.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2365.jpg During (driver/left side stock - passenger/ride side smoked) http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2366.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2367.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2368.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2369.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2370.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
This is a returning customer of mine. The owner of this car previous has had me black out some chrome on his 5 series GT and also tint the tail lights on his X6 M before. I ended up doing this car at his house, since he happened to live down the street from me in Irvine, so it just worked out. We went with the matte black finish on this car to match the matte black B pillars that were already on the car. This was a brand new black BMW F10 528 sedan, and the slight change from chrome to black made quite a difference in the overall car's appearance.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2371.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2372.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2373.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2374.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2375.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
You might see me post a lot of white cars, followed by black cars, but I also do get cars that are other than black and white that come by to get work done as well. I thought the gloss black roof for this red Infiniti G35 coupe turned out very well. The gloss black roof went well with the black/dark colored rims that were already on the car, which was the look that the owner of this car was trying to go for. He drove out to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange County to have the work done.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2377.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2376.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2378.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2379.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2380.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2381.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2382.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2383.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2384.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
I don't know why, but I just don't end up posting very many pictures of the interiors that I have wrapped. I thought I had more pictures of this interior, but only one of them turned out well enough to post, since the others ended up being too dark, due to angle/lighting inside the car. This is the interior on an IS250/IS350 that I wrapped all of the hard wood pieces with the 3M 1080 gloss carbon fiber finish. The owner of this car had me wrap the pieces while still in the car. It's a nice change from wood, for those who are looking to get rid of the wood look or going after a sportier look.
http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2385.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
This is one of the few new BMW F30 silver 328i sedan that I have wrapped with the 3M Di-noc matte carbon fiber finish recently. As you can see, the finish/look of the cf vinyl roof changes depending on the angle that you are looking at it and how the light reflects off of it. The matte carbon roof complimented the darker colored wheels that were on the car fairly well. The pictures don't do it much justice, since I was mainly focusing on capturing an accurate portrayal of the roof vs the finish of the wheels. The owner of this car drove out to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange County to have his roof wrapped.
http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2386.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2387.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2388.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2389.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2390.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
Did a light tint/smoke install on this darker grey/gunmetal BMW 750i sedan F01. I took some before, during, and after pictures to give you guys a better picture of how the subtle changes/progress is like with my light tint/smoke vinyl material. I think the tail lights being slightly darker gave it a nice OEM+ look without making it look too modified, which is what the owner was trying to maintain. In addition to the tails, I also dod the reflectors in the bumpers to make sure that everything matched in the rear. The owner of this car drove from Los Angeles out to me in Orange County/Anaheim Hills to get the work done.
http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2391.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2392.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2393.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2394.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2395.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2396.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2397.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2398.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2399.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
I blacked out the chrome/brush aluminum trim on this black Mercedes Benz CLS550 with my matte black vinyl material. We went with the matte black finish over the gloss black finish to give it some more contrast and a somewhat more of an aggressive look. I think it overall went fairly well with the look of the car. The owner of this car drove out to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange County to have the work done. In addition the window trim, I also did the rear trunk bar that was chrome, which tied in nicely with the blacked out badges/emblems that were on the trunk as well. Only other thing that I could have possibly suggested is to also lightly tint the clear portion of his tail lights.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2400.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2401.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2402.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2403.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2404.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2405.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2406.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
The owner of this white VW CC sedan had me vinyl wrap the roof of his car with my gloss black vinyl material. The car was brand new, and the owner wanted to give it that panoramic and two tone look. The car did not have a sunroof, so the black roof was seamless up top, which gave it a very nice large mirror effect and smooth look. I took some up close pictures of the edges to show you how I am able to cut the edges/lines straight even on cars that do not have roof rails (IE BMWs, Mercedes, etc).
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2407.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2408.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2409.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2410.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2411.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2412.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2413.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
I took a lot of pictures of this white BMW E90 335i sedan when I wrapped it. The owner of this car wanted me to wrap his roof in the 3M 1080 gloss carbon fiber vinyl material. I also did the top portion of his bumper where it meets with the splitter, to try and give it a continuous look. It was a bit overcast the day I did this car, so it's actually a bit hard to tell that the film was actually the gloss carbon finish and not the dinoc matte carbon fiber finish. The rear trunk spoiler is also real cf in addition to the front splitter, so you guys can sort of get an idea of how real cf and the carbon fiber material I am using compares up next to each other. The owner of tho car drove out to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange County to have the vinyl work done.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2414.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2415.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2416.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2417.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2418.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2419.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2420.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2421.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2422.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2423.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2424.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2425.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
The owner of this dark blue Subaru WRX had me my clear/transparent red vinyl film on his tail lights. I know most people are used to seeing me use my smoke/tint shade on tail lights, but I also have other colors such as red and yellow for tail lights, fog lights, etc. I took some pictures of the progress, for those who want to see how it is done. Also, some people also prefer the look of the whole tail lights completely red versus having the center portions cut out to be clear. The owner of this car drove from Tustin to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange County to have me vinyl his tail lights.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2426.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2427.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2428.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2429.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2430.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2431.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2432.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
On a black car more than any other car color, the chrome finish stands out quite a bit. The owner of this new black BMW F10 5 series had me black out the chrome window trim on his car with my matte black vinyl material. If he wanted to complete the black out look, I could have also done the small strip on the door handles and also the front amber reflector in the same matte black vinyl material or my gloss black finish so that it'd blend in with the car better. The owner of this car drove out to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange County to have the work done.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2433.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2434.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2435.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2436.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2437.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2438.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
For this white Mercedes Benz C300 with my gloss black vinyl material. In addition to the roof being done, I also blacked out the chrome/brushed aluminum window trim and rear trunk bar on his car with my matte black vinyl material. The owner of this car drove out to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange County to have the work done. It's kind of hard to tell that the trim is matte in the pictures, but these pictures are for those who want to see what a gloss black roof and matte window trim looks like.
http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2439.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2440.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2441.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2442.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2443.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2444.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2445.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
This is a long time customer of mine that has had me worked on several his past/previous cars. The owner of this X6M had me lightly tint the tail lights of his car with my light tint/smoke vinyl film. The lighting wasn't that great, but hopefully you guys can see the back to back comparisons between the before and after pictures. The owner of this car was located in Irvine/Orange County. I like this light tint film shade, because it gives the car a very OEM+ look and looks good on both a stock car or a modified car.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2446.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2449.jpg Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2447.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2448.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
This brand new BMW F30 335i sedan came in to have me vinyl wrap the roof in my gloss black vinyl material and to also black out his chrome window trim with the gloss black vinyl material as well. I took some more detailed and up close pictures of the work to show you guys how everything looks once done and to see the finer details of my work/installations. If you guys ever have any specific requests, feel free to let me know. The owner of this car drove out to me in Anaheim Hlls/Orange County to have the installation done.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2450.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2451.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2452.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2453.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2454.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2455.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2456.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2457.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2458.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2459.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2460.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2461.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2462.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
This black Porsche Turbo S brought his car in to have me lightly tint/smoke both the headlights and tail lights on his car all around. I took some pictures of the car outside and inside to help better show you guys the subtle slight changes in how the lights looked with my light smoke/tint film applied. Also took some pictures of one of the lights stock and the other tinted/smoked to show you how they look like side by side. The owner of this car was from Irvine and drove out to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange County to have the work done. Overall, I think the light shade was a nice subtle change to the look of this black car.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2463.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2464.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2465.jpg During - Passenger/left side stock, driver/right side tinted/smoked: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2466.jpg During - Passenger/right side stock, driver/left side tinted/smoked: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2467.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2468.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2469.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2470.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2471.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2472.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2473.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
This is another old customer of mine that is had me do some vinyl work on his new car. I typically do not make house calls, but being that he was an old customer and also lived down the street from me in Irvine/Orange County, I made an exception. For his white E92 328i coupe, he had me vinyl wrap the roof of his car in my gloss black vinyl material and also black out the chrome/brushed aluminum window trimmings in gloss black as well to give it the shadow line look that's offered from the factory for BMW. The car was brand new and stock, but these two changes and modifications to the car really changed the look of the car without making it look out of place or too modified.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2474.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2475.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2476.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2477.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2478.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2479.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2480.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2481.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2482.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2483.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2484.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2485.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2486.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
This was one of the first cars that I did when 3M came out with the di-noc matte carbon fiber finish, which was about 4 years ago. The owner of this silver Subaru WRX STI came by to have me re-wrap his roof with the same 3M dinoc matte carbon fiber vinyl material. I took some close ups of the before to show you guys how the material looks like and holds up over time. The carbon fiber weave and all of the details are there, but it had started to lose some of its luster, which was why the owner of this car came back to have me redo the roof for him.
In the pictures with the vinyl removed, that was how the paint looked like right after removal and no or very minimal clean up was done at that point. I took pictures of the paint/roof right after the vinyl was removed to show you guys what the condition of the paint looks like that has had vinyl installed on a roof for roughly 4 years, which is probably going to be longer than most own people own their cars. The lighting wasn't very good, since it was overcast that day, so I did my best to try and take some pictures to show you guys how the old material looks like compared to the new material. Hopefully you guys are able to see the details and differences in the up close pictures. Before w/ old vinyl: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2487.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2488.jpg Old vinyl removed: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2489.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2490.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2491.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2492.jpg After w/ new vinyl installed: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2493.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2494.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2495.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2496.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2497.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2498.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2499.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2500.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
I had this brand new white Mercedes Benz CLA 250 come in to have me vinyl wrap the roof of his car. We went with gloss black vinyl finish for his roof over the matte black or carbon fiber, to give it that factory panoramic look. The owner of this car was from around Irvine / Orange County and came out to me in Anaheim Hills to have the work done. I think the gloss black roof added a lot of character to the car, for such a simple change. The other thing I could have suggested to do on this car was to black out the chrome around the windows too, but that comes down to preference and depends on what type of look you're going after.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2501.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2502.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2503.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2504.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2505.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2506.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2507.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2508.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2509.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2510.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2511.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2512.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2513.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
Here's pictures of one of the cars that I did on one of my norcal vinyl wrapping trips up to the bay/San Jose area. I make these trips once or twice a year, depending on how my schedule is like down here in socal/orange county. The owner of this white BMW E92 335i coupe had me vinyl wrap the roof of his car in my gloss black vinyl material and also lightly tint/smoke his tail lights as well. He opted to not have the side roof rails wrapped, so these pictures will help those who were thinking about if they should get their rails wrapped or not.
http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2514.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2515.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2516.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2517.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2518.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2519.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2520.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2521.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2522.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2523.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
I think many would not think about it, but even this black Mercedes Benz S63 AMG looks good with the chrome blacked out. Even with the brighter colored/finished wheels, the blacked out chrome/brushed aluminum trim still goes with the look of the car very well and actually makes the car look very sleek imo. In addition to the window trim, I also blacked out the lower door chrome pieces that run the length of the car. I also tinted the headlights and turn signal reflectors with my light tint/smoke film. For this car, we went with my gloss black vinyl finish to match the already gloss black vertical pillars and overall the gloss black just suited this car better than matte black would have. The owner of this car brought his car up to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange County from San Diego to get the vinyl work done.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2524.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2525.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2526.jpg During (note driver side headlight and mirror turn signals are tinted, while passenger side is stock) http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2527.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2528.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2529.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2530.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2531.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2532.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
I had this white Mazda MazdaSpeed3 come in to have me vinyl wrap the roof of his car in the 3M dinoc matte carbon fiber vinyl material. The owner of this car drove out to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange County to have the work done. As you can see from the pictures, the carbon fiber weave is more noticeable at certain angles and depending on how the light hits it. In some pictures it'll look like just a matte/flat black roof, while in other pictures you can really notice the carbon fiber weave/pattern, which gives it a very cool effect.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2533.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2534.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2535.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2536.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2537.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2538.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2539.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2540.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2541.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2542.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
This is kind of a bigger picture post than usual, but I had multiple requests for more up close pictures and of certain areas that are pictured below. The owner of this white Audi RS5 had me vinyl wrap the roof and also black out the brushed aluminum/chrome window trim on his car with my gloss black vinyl material. The gloss black roof tied in quite nicely with the large sunroof of the car, to give it a full/complete panoramic roof look. Also, just blacking out the chrome around the windows also changed the look of the car quite a bit, even though the mirrors are still silver. The owner of this car drove out to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange County from Los Angeles to get the work done.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2543.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2544.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2545.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2546.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2547.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2548.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2549.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2550.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2551.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2552.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2553.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2554.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2555.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2556.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2557.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2558.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2559.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
***Note - This is a darker shade that is a completely different and a lot darker shade than all of my other tinted tail light pictures, this is not the standard shade I use***
The owner of this black Maserati brought me his car to tint/smoke the headlights and tail lights of his car with a very dark vinyl film. He was basically going for the blacked out look. This is not a typical shade/darkness that I use, which is always a very light shade. The owner of this car was also in Orange County and drove out to me in Anaheim Hills to get the work done. Light out put is going to be definitely affected by going this dark, but if you're trying to achieve a completely blacked out or murdered out type of look, then this would be it. Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2560.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2561.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2562.jpg During: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2564.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2565.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2566.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2567.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2568.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
The owner of this car previously had me black out the chrome around his window trim and rear trunk bar as well as lightly tint the tai lights. However he decided to come back to also have me wrap the rear trunk spoiler of his car in the 3M 1080 gloss carbon fiber vinyl material as well, to match the real carbon fiber diffuser he just had put on. Hopefully this will give you guys somewhat of an idea of how the gloss carbon fiber vinyl compares to real carbon fiber parts. The owner of this car drove out to my shop in Anaheim Hills/Orange County to have the work done. Note, not all spoilers are possible or practical to wrap due to its shapes/curves, but this one happen to be an exception.
http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2569.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2570.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2571.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2572.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2573.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2574.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2575.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
These aren’t the best pictures that I have taken, but I had someone request me to post some pictures of work that I’ve done on the new Lexus GS350. For this silver/grey GS350, I vinyl wrapped the roof in gloss black, lightly tinted/smoked the tail lights, and blacked out the center middle section of the front bumper. The owner of this car brought their car to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange County to have the work done. I think overall, the subtle changes to the car gave it a nice different/change of look without making it look too aftermarket or modified.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2576.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2577.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2578.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2579.jpg Driver/left side tinted/smoked - passenger ride side stock: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2580.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2581.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2582.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2583.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2584.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2585.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2586.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2587.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2588.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
The owner of this black BMW E60 550i sedan brought me his car because he was having issues with his factory original paint fading. I went over with him and options that were available for his car, and we decided on going with my gloss black vinyl to give him back that factory finish look. Although minor pits and such still showed through the material, overall, I think the results and pictures speak for themselves. It was a huge improvement over what the owner was dealing with before, as far as the condition of his roof was concerned. The owner of this car was also in Orange County and brought his car to me in Anaheim Hills to have the work done.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2589.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2590.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2591.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2592.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2593.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2594.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2595.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2596.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2597.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2598.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2599.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
Had a request to post some pictures of a white car with gloss black vinyl applied on the trim. The owner of this white Mercedes Benz C63 coupe had me vinyl wrap the chrome/brushed aluminum trim on his car with my gloss black vinyl materials. The owner of this car was in Irvine and drove out to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange County to have the work done. The black trim definitely gave the coupe a much sportier look and complemented the rest of the car fairly well.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2600.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2601.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2602.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2603.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2604.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2605.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2606.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2607.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
This is another car that I did for Hyundai for the most recent SEMA event. I had also done their Veloster that they had built for SEMA the year prior as well. This year they used their SUV the Santa Fe for the SEMA event. They had me come by their facilities to vinyl wrap the top of the SUV in the 3M 1080 gloss carbon fiber vinyl material. Not often that I do the roof of a SUV or such a large car in general. Obviously for this car, the carbon roof was chosen to make it stand out and go with the more aggressively modified look/theme of the car.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2608.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2609.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2610.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2611.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2612.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2613.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2614.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2615.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
Not many people know that I use/have other colors of head/tail light film in addition to the normal tint/smoke films that most people typically have me use on their cars. The owner of this Mini Cooper brought his car by to have me tint his head lights yellow and his tail lights with red. I know the yellow headlights isn’t for everybody, but the owner of this Mini wanted to do something different, and it’s always possible to go back to stock/reversible with vinyl. The owner of this car drove out from Inland Empire to me in Anaheim hills/Orange county to have the work done.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2616.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2617.jpg After (note the headlights are on in these pictures): http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2618.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2619.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2620.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2621.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2622.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2623.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
The owner of this car drove from Los Angeles to me in Orange County/Anaheim Hills to have me do some vinyl work on his brand new white Mercedes Benz CLS 550. We went with gloss black for his roof, side roof rails, and center portion of the lower bumper. Then for the chrome side window trim, we went with matte black for those. Finally, for the tail lights, I used my transparent red vinyl to red out the clear/white portion of his tail lights to give it a single complete red appearance/color.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2624.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2625.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2626.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2627.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2628.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2629.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2630.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2631.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2632.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2633.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2634.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2635.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
This specific car is not the typical case of a car coming in with chrome/brushed aluminum trim and wanting me to black out their trim with my vinyl materials. The owner of this BMW E30 M3 brought his car in to have me vinyl wrap the previously painted gloss black trim with my matte black vinyl. I know it may be a bit hard to tell, but if you look at the pictures side by side or back to back it may be easier to notice the differences between how matte black trim vs gloss black trim looks like on a car.
This is also good for those who have asked me in the past how well vinyl will cover up bumps/dents/etc. As you may see in some of the pictures, whoever did the paint job on the trim did not do that good of a job, which left the trim a bit lumpy/uneven. If you can’t see or make it out in the pictures, any imperfections that are underneath the vinyl will show through, as the material is fairly thin and basically takes on the shape of the surface/pieces that they are being applied on over. Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2636.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2637.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2638.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2639.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2640.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2641.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2642.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2643.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2644.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2645.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
The owner of this white Nissan 350z brought me his car to have me vinyl wrap the roof of the car in my gloss black vinyl material. In addition to the roof, I also did his two side vertical pillars with the 3M dinoc matte carbon fiber vinyl material. I believe the owner of this car was from around Long beach and drove his car out to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange county to get the work done. The gloss black, especially on the 350zs or similar smaller two seater cars, the gloss black roof connects and continues the front and rear glass fairly nicely.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2646.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2647.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2648.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2649.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2650.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2651.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2652.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2653.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2654.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2655.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2656.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
I feel like sometime the only cars I do are BMWs, then I go on a stretch not doing any BMWs for a while. Either way, the owner of this silver E46 BMW M3 brought his car in to have me vinyl wrap the roof of his car in my gloss black vinyl material. It was also a nice change of pace to have a non-white colored car come in for some vinyl work done. The owner of this car drove his car to my shop in Anaheim Hills/Orange County to have the work done. I think the gloss black roof on the silver really contrasts and compliments it fairly well.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2657.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2658.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2659.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2660.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2661.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2662.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2663.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
I always do enjoy having modified cars come by to have work done on their cars. The owner of this carbon black BMW E39 M5 came by to have me apply my light tint material to his whole tail light. This is the same material/shade that you see me using in all of my previous pictures of tinted tail lights. It may appear slightly lighter on this specific car, but that’s because on darker colored cars (IE black, dark grey, etc) the contrast between the tint shade and the car is not as big, so it’ll appear lighter than it does on lighter colored cars (IE white, silver, etc). He drove out to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange County to have the vinyl work done.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2664.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2665.jpg Left/driver side tinted - Right/passenger side stock: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2666.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2667.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2668.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2669.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2670.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2671.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
I always take requests, if anyone is trying to look for a specific example of my vinyl work on a certain type of color or car. In this case, I had someone ask me if I could post pictures of blacked out window trim on a red colored car. The owner of this red Audi S5 had me black out his chrome/brushed aluminum window trim with my matte black vinyl material. I believe the owner of this car was from Los Angeles and drove out to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange County to have the work done. I think the matte black provides a nice contrast with the bright color of the car, but I think gloss black would have looked just equally as good in this case.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2672.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2673.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2674.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2675.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2676.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2677.jpg Note: The bump that can be seen on the top rear quarter window trim piece is a factory bump/seam and not due to any installation reasons/issues. http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2678.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2679.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2680.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2681.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
This picture set is a lot shorter than what I normally post, but I get a lot of requests for pictures of carbon fiber wrapped front lips. The owner of this white Mercedes CLA sedan came by to have me wrap the back 1/3rd of his roof in gloss black, to complete the panoramic look of his car. In addition to the roof, he also had me wrap the front lip of his car int he 3M 1080 gloss carbon fiber vinyl material. Due to the size of his front lip, I had to do it in three different pieces/sections. I decided to make two seam lines that lined up/matched two edges of the bumper’s lower grill. Unfortunately, due to how late it was when the owner of this car came, it became dark very quick and it was hard to photograph pictures of the car once it was done with the lighting that was available inside. The owner of this car drove to me in Orange county/Anaheim Hills from Los Angeles to have the work done.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2682.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2683.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2684.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2685.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
For this white Audi A6 sedan, I vinyl wrapped the roof in my gloss black vinyl material and also lightly smoked/tinted the tail lights of his car. I liked the way this turned out, because the changes with the gloss black roof and lightly tinted tails really gave the car a different look without making it look too modified. If you didn’t know or didn’t look very closely, most would probably have thought it came from the factory like this. The owner of this car brought his car out to me in Anaheim hills/Orange county to have the vinyl work done.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2686.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2687.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2688.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2689.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2690.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2691.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2692.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2693.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2694.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2695.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
I know the before/after differences may not show up well in the pictures, but for those who own these cars and are familiar with it, I am sure you can see/notice the differences. The owner of this white Lexus IS250 brought in his car to have me apply a clear red transparent film over the orange amber portion of his tail lights. This gives the tail lights a nice consistent red tone/finish to the entire tail light, without having the random orange amber break up the tail light’s lines. In addition to the tails, I also applied a clear transparent yellow film to his head lights. I typically use the yellow for fog lights, but I have had quite a few requests for the yellow to be applied on head lights in the past and lately.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2696.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2697.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2698.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2699.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2700.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2701.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2702.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2703.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
The owner of this new jet black Lexus IS250 sedan had me vinyl wrap the chrome/brushed aluminum window trim. The blacked out trim makes a huge difference on dark colored cars, as you can see in the pictures below. For this car, we went with the gloss black vinyl finish for the material, to have the window trim of the car blend in with the black paint on the car. The owner of this car drove out to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange County to have the work done.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2704.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2705.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2706.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2707.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2708.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2709.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2710.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
The owner of this car was from out of state and brought in his car to me in Orange County/Anaheim Hills to get some vinyl work done on it. He had me vinyl wrap the roof in the 3M dinoc matte carbon fiber finish and also had me light smoke/tint his rear tail lights on his white BMW 128i coupe. The owner of this car was trying to replicate the look that the M3 E92 coupes have on roofs stock carbon fiber from the factory. This is as close as you’re going to get to that effect/look without actually changing out the entire roof.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2711.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2712.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2713.jpg During: Driver/left side tinted/smoked - passenger/right side stock http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2714.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2715.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2716.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2717.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2718.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2719.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2720.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2721.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
This is a previous car that I had worked on. The owner of this white VW Golf R sedan had me vinyl wrap his roof in the 3M matte carbon fiber vinyl about a year. He came back because he wanted me to wrap his side window pillars and mirrors in the same 3M matte carbon fiber material. Note - Typically it is not practical or possible to wrap mirrors, due to their shape/curves, but it worked out in this case due to the design of the mirrors on this car. Most mirrors that you see wrapped in pictures are either done in multiple pieces or only show how it looks like right after it is wrapped, which doesn’t show how it holds up over time.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2726.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2727.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2722.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2723.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2724.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2725.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2728.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2729.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2730.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
The owner of this car was from Irvine as well and brought their car to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange County to have me vinyl wrap their brand new white Lexus IS350 sedan. I did the roof in my gloss black vinyl material. In addition to the roof, I also did the body line in the rear right under the tail light in the same gloss black as well as right under the front head light, between the headlight and turn signal in the bumper, with gloss black as well. It was interesting doing something different/custom on this car, although it may not be most people’s style.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2731.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2732.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2733.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2734.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2735.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2736.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2737.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2738.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
I am considering doing a group buy on tinted/smoked tail lights. If I can get around 5-10 people together, I can give a group discount. If you’re interested in this, e-mail me directly at donathon@gmail.com
This brand new white Mercedes C250 sedan came in to have me wrap his roof in my gloss black vinyl material and also tint/smoke his tail lights. I took several comparison pictures of the tail lights before/during/after and inside/outside, to show you guys the progress and how it looks like in different lighting. The owner of this car brought his car in to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange County to have the work done. Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2739.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2740.jpg Driver/left side tinted/smoked - passenger/right side stock: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2741.jpg Both sides tinted/smoked: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2742.jpg Stock/untinted: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2743.jpg Smoked/tinted: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2744.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2745.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2746.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2747.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2748.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2749.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2750.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2751.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
Just to clarify for those who are interested, the tail light tinting group buy is going to only be available for locals. If you’re interested in this, the group buy list is still active, e-mail me directly at donathon@gmail.com to be added.
The owner of this white Porsche Cayenne S SUV came by to have me black out his brushed aluminum window trim, vertical side pillars, lower door inserts, and rear bumper bar all in my gloss black vinyl material. We went with gloss black for this car to have it match the darker window tint on the car. I believe the owner of this car was from Los Angeles county and came out to me in Orange county to have the vinyl work done. Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2752.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2753.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2754.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2755.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2756.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2757.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2758.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2759.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2760.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2761.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2762.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
For this black Mercedes ML350 diesel, I vinyl wrapped the rear chrome bumper trim pieces with the 3M dinoc matte carbon fiber finish vinyl. The owner of this car has actually brought in his car before for me to black out the other chrome pieces that were on the car before (ski racks, front bumper, window trim, etc), but we went with gloss black for those other parts. This time around, we went with the carbon to give it some contrast and do something a little different. The owner of this car was in Irvine and brought the car to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange County to have the work done.
Hopefully this will give you guys some ideas on other possible parts on a car that can be wrapped. If you have any questions, feel free to ask/let me know. Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2763.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2764.jpg Note - top left small piece is still chrome, but the top right small piece is wrapped, to show the difference. http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2765.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2766.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
I previously blacked out the window trim and tinted the red portion of the tail lights on this BMW E61 5 series wagon. This time he came back to have me wrap the roof of his car in my gloss black vinyl material. I did the entire roof and the small top section of the rear spoiler, following the lines of the roof. The owner of this car was from Newport and drove out to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange County to have the work done. This was a big roof to do, and I haven’t done many wagons, so this will help other wagon owners get an idea of how it looks like on such a long car.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2767.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2768.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2769.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2770.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2771.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2772.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2773.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2774.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2775.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
The owner of this white Mercedes C63 AMG coupe had me tint the tail lights on his car with my light tint/smoke film. I had previously blacked out his chrome/brushed aluminum window trim with my gloss black vinyl material. With the darker colored theme that the owner of this car was going for, I think the tail lights added a nice subtle touch. I only use one shade, and this is the same shade that you see in all of my pictures. Some times it may appear darker on whiter/lighter colored cars compared to darker/black cars, but that’s because of the contrast difference that makes it appear that way. The owner of this car was in Newport Beach and drove out to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange County to have the work done.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2776.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2777.jpg Driver/left side tinted/smoked - passenger/right side stock: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2778.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2779.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2780.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2781.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2782.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2783.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2784.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
I blacked out the chrome/brushed aluminum window trim on this black Lexus IS sedan. This car had window visors installed on the windows, but I was able to work around them without any issues. The owner of this car had me go with gloss black for the chrome window trim, so that it’d blend in with the car more. They drove out to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange County to have the work done. There wasn’t much chrome on the car to begin with, so blacking out the chrome window trim changed the look of the car quite a bit.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2784.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2785.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2786.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2787.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2788.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2789.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2790.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
I get a lot of requests for pictures of interiors, so here was a BMW E90 335 sedan that I wrapped over the factory wood interior with the 3M dinoc matte carbon fiber vinyl finish. I don’t typically get a chance to take pictures of the installed/finish product in the car, because most people’s interiors that I do are non-local and they just ship me their interior pieces for me to wrap.
However, the owner of this car was local to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange County and came by to have me remove his interior trim pieces and also wrap them. Overall the results turned out fantastic and the owner of this car was extremely happy with the results. The cool thing about the dinoc finish is that it has a good feel and texture to it as well, so it doesn’t make the wrapped pieces feel cheap or weird in any way. Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2791.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2792.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2793.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2794.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2795.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2796.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
I’ve worked on several cars for the owner of this white Audi RS7 sedan in the past. This time he came by to have me vinyl wrap the roof of his RS7 with my gloss black vinyl material to give it the panoramic look. In addition to wrapping the main section/portion of the roof, I also wrapped the smaller rear top hatch part that sits right behind the main section of the roof. This gave it a smooth transition from the roof to the rear glass. The owner of this car came to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange County to have the work done.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2797.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2798.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2799.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2800.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2801.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2802.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2803.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2804.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2805.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2806.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
Damn that RS7 looks nice!
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Typically people have their roofs wrapped, but the owner of this white Honda CRZ had me vinyl wrap the hood of her car, using the 3M dinoc matte carbon fiber material. Due to the design of the material, and even carbon fiber weave in general, the material looks different from different angles as you walk around the car.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2886.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2887.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2888.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2889.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2890.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2891.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...fwrap2892b.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
The owner of this white Audi Q5 brought me her car to have me lightly smoke/tint her tail lights with my film. I’ve had a lot of people ask me recently if I have any other shades, but this is actually the only shade I have used and posted pictures of for the past couple of years now. In addition to her tails, I also did the lower bumper reflectors to match the tail lights, but left the upper third brake light alone. She brought her car to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange County to have the tinting work done.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2896.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2897.jpg Driver/left side tinted - passenger/right side stock: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2898.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2899.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2900.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2901.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
For this black Lexus GS350 sedan, I vinyl wrapped the chrome/brushed aluminum trim around his windows, rear chrome trunk bar and front chrome grill surround in my gloss black vinyl material. We went with gloss black over matte black to have the trim pieces blend in with the rest of the black paint better. The owner of this car was from Orange County as well and drove out to me in Anaheim Hills to get the work. Getting rid of all of the chrome really cleans up the lines of the car quite a bit.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2902.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2903.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2904.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2905.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2906.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2907.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2908.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2909.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2910.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
On this white Mercedes Benz E350 sedan, I vinyl wrapped the roof of the car with my gloss black vinyl and also blacked out the chrome/brushed aluminum window trim with the same gloss black finish. I had some requests to post pictures of cars with roof spoilers that were left white, so here’s an example of a car that had the roof vinyl wrapped gloss black but left the roof spoiler body colored. In addition the the chrome around the window trim, I also blacked out the rear trunk chrome bar. The owner of this car drove out to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange County to have the work done.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2911.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2912.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2913.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2914.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2915.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2916.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2917.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2918.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2919.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2920.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2921.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
Most of the pictures of interiors that I’ve wrapped and posted in the past were of the 3M dinoc matte carbon fiber finish. However, the owner of this BMW E46 3 series had me vinyl wrap the interior on his car in the 3M 1080 gloss carbon fiber finish. The 1080 gloss carbon is more black versus the dinoc matte carbon which is more of a grayish finish. The owner of this car drove out to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange county to have the work done. I thought the way this finish turned out on the interior went well with the car.
http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2922.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2923.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2924.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2925.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
The owner of this blue E92 M3 has had me do several of his cars in the past before as well. This time he brought me his car to have me lightly smoke/tint the tail lights on his car. Sorry for the before/during pictures, the lighting wasn’t as good, but hopefully you can see how the tail lights look like in the after pictures. The owner of this car was around Newport Beach are and came out to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange county to have the tint work done. It’s a fairly light shade, which gives it a very factory look.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2926.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2927.jpg Driver/left side stock - passenger/right side tinted: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2928.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2929.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2930.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2931.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
I did quite a bit of work on this white Mercedes Benz C class C250 coupe. The owner of the car had me black out the chrome/brushed aluminum window trim with my gloss black vinyl material. In addition the window trim, I also lightly tinted/smoked the tail lights and blacked out the center lower portion of the front bumper in gloss black as well. Even though the car was still relatively stock, these small subtle changes still changed the look of the car quite a bit, without making it look overly modified. It’s as if it could have come from the factory this way. I believe the owner of this car was from Riverside and drove out to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange County to have the work done.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2932.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2933.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2934.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2935.jpg Driver/left side tinted/smoked - Passenger side stock: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2936.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2937.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2938.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2939.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2940.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2941.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2942.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2943.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
The owner of this black BMW 3 series E92 coupe had me black out the chrome/brushed aluminum on his window trim in my matte black vinyl. We went with matte black over gloss black on his car to give it some contrast. Blacking out the chrome makes a big difference, especially on a black car that doesn’t have any other chrome accents on it. If anything, the only other thing I would have blacked out as well would have been the amber reflectors in the front bumper. The owner of this car drove out from Los Angeles to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange County to have the vinyl wrap work done.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2945.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2946.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2947.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2948.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2949.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2950.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2951.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2952.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2953.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
The owner of this alpine white BMW E92 M3 sedan came by to have me vinyl wrap the roof of his car in my gloss black vinyl material. The black roof really completely changes the look of the car, as you can see in the before/after pictures. The vinyl gets tucked in every where along the roof, rails, and antenna, during the installation. This makes sure that the roof holds longer over time and to the elements. The owner of this car was also in Orange County and drove out to me in Anaheim Hills to get the vinyl wrap work done.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2954.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2955.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2956.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2957.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2958.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2959.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2960.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2961.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2962.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
I’ve had requests from people to post some more pictures of interiors that I’ve done. This is on a BMW F10 5 series sedan that originally had brushed aluminum/silver trim accents in the car. The interior trim on this car is different than most other cars, since the interior trim pieces have an edging around the trim pieces, which you can see that I left unwrapped in the pictures. Also, most interiors I’ve done in the past were with the 3M dinoc matte carbon fiber material, however, the owner of this car wanted me a finish that was slightly glossier and blacker, so we went with with the 3M 1080 gloss carbon fiber finish. In addition to his interior trim, I also did his rear bumper diffuser piece in the same material. The owner of this car was from Pomona and drove out to me in Anaheim Hills, Orange County to have the work done.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2963.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2964.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2965.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2966.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2967.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2968.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2969.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2970.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2971.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2972.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
Typically people have me lightly tint/smoke their tail lights with my film, but the owner of this white Audi A4 sedan had me light smoke/tint his head lights instead. The tint is actually fairly light, so it doesn’t affect the light output from the head lights onto the road by any significant amount. I’ve done this for several cars in the past, and most owners have reported to me that the light output was fairly the same or any light output difference was fairly insignificant from their perspective in the car. The owner of this car drove out to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange County to have the work done. In addition, having the film on the headlights will protect it from rock chips and also fading/hazing that typically happens to head lights over time.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2973.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2974.jpg Passenger left side - stock :: Driver/right side - Tinted/smoked http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2975.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2976.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2977.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2978.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2979.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2980.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
The owner of this Silver Lexus IS350 sedan was actually from norcal and came out to me in Anaheim Hills, Orange County to have me vinyl wrap the roof of his car in my gloss black vinyl material. After I had wrapped the roof, he had me do the rear trunk spoiler as well, so that’s why in the first set of pictures the trunk spoiler is still body colored and not wrapped yet. I think the black trunk spoiler went well with the gloss black roof and complimented it fairly nicely.
http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2981.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2982.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2983.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2984.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2985.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2986.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2987.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2988.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2989.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2990.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2991.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
For those who are keep track, I may be making my last norcal trip for the year either the first or second week of September. I haven’t finalized it, but once I do, I’ll make an official thread for it. However, those who e-mail (donathon@gmail.com) me ahead of time will get priority registration for setting up appointment times with me.
The owner of this brand new white Mercedes Benz E250 sedan had me wrap his roof in my gloss black vinyl material and also black out the chrome/brushed aluminum window trim in the same finish to match. I would have also done the rear trunk bar chrome piece to match, but the owner of this car wanted to leave it I believe. The black roof and blacked out window trim sets it off from the other E classes on the road, but without making it look too modified. It’s a very factory look, in my opinion. Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2992.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2993.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2994.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2995.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2996.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2997.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2998.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap2999.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
This is one of the cars that I did during one of my trips up to norcal/bay area to do wraps up there. The owner of this black Mercedes Benz E63 brought his car by to me to have me black out his chrome window trim with my gloss black vinyl material as well as lightly tint / smoke his head lights and tail lights. Took some up close pictures of the edges of the trim and lights to show the coverage and details for those who have asked or were interested in seeing more detailed pictures of my work. The tint / smoke film material that I use is fairly light, as to minimize the amount of light output that is reduced/decreased. It's also light enough where you should not get any hassle/issues from cops for them, as they almost resemble how a lot of factory tinted / smoked tail lights look now a days.
Before: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1665.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1667.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1668.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1669.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1670.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1671.jpg After: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1672.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1673.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1674.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1675.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1676.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1677.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1678.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1679.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1680.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1681.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1682.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1683.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
I thought the car looked awesome before, and the black roof really sets it off just ties in with the car very nicely. The owner of this Mars Red Mercedes Benz C63 had me vinyl wrap the roof of his car my gloss black finish vinyl material. The owner of this car was from San Diego. I know most of the cars that I do are white cars, but this just goes to show that the black roof looks good on other colored cars as well. The only other thing I would have done to this car would have been to black out the chrome/brushed aluminum window trim.
Had some people ask for some indoor shots and outdoor shots for comparison, so here they are. http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...oofwrap784.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...oofwrap785.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...oofwrap786.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...oofwrap787.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...oofwrap788.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...oofwrap789.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...oofwrap790.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...oofwrap791.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...oofwrap792.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
The owner of this white Mercedes C350 sedan had me vinyl wrap the roof of his car in my gloss black vinyl material. We went with the gloss black to give the car a panoramic look, which flowed well with the glass sunroof of the car. The owner of this car was from Tustin/Irvine area and came out to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange County to have the work done.
http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1198.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1199.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1200.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1201.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1202.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1203.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
Some requests for these pictures, so I figure I'll post them up here. This is one of the cars that I did while I was up in the bay area (san jose) / norcal area last time. I tinted / smoked the tail lights on this new Mercedes Benz E63 AMG. In addition to the tail lights, I also blacked out the chrome / brushed aluminum window trim on his car with my matte black vinyl material. Everything worked and tied in together pretty nicely with the rest of the theme of his car:
Before: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2271.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2272.jpg Left/driver side stock - Right/passenger side tinted/smoked http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2273.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2274.jpg After: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2275.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2276.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2277.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2278.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2279.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2280.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2281.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap2282.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
This is one of the cars that I did some vinyl work on when I was up in norcal / Bay Area for vinyl wrapping. The owner of this car had me black out the chrome / aluminum window trim on his black E65 wagon. In addition to that, I also tinted his tail lights with my smoke film. Instead of tinting the entire tail light, I cut out the clear portion of the tail lights so that only the red is tinted / smoked. At first I wasn't sure how it'd look, but the contrast it ends up creating is pretty nice and I must say I like it. We also went with the matte black over the gloss black for the window trim, to provide some contrast to the gloss black paint and allow the trim pieces to still accent the car.
Before: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1705.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1706.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1707.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1708.jpg Driver (left) side stock - Passenger (right) side tinted / smoked before clear portion was trimmed out: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1709.jpg After: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1710.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1711.jpg Tinted / smoked tail lights WITH clear portion trimmed out now: http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1712.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1713.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1714.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1715.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1716.jpg http://wannaberacer.com/vinylwrappin...ofwrap1717.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
Here is a more recent car that I did some vinyl work on. I got lucky to work on this really cool brand new factory matte paint CLS63. I did a lot of things to this car that day. Firstly, we decided to go with the matte black around the window trims and rear chrome trunk handle to black it out and tone down the high contrast between that and the paint/rest of the car. Then we went around the car and smoked/tinted out the tail lights, head lights, and lower bumper light pieces. For the rear tail lights, I only tinted the clear portion and left the red portion. This toned the clear portion down a bit but left the red nice and bright to give it a good contrast/pop in the rear, which also matched the other red accents on the car. For the front, I tinted the entire head light and also the lower bumper lights to bring their contrast down and make them in with the lower bumper mesh area.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1357.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1358.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1359.jpg Clear portion tinted/smoked http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1360.jpg Clear portion untinted/unsmoked http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1361.jpg Entire front headlight smoked/tinted, lower bumper light unsmoked/untintinted http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1362.jpg Front headlight unsmoked/untinted, lower bumper light smoked/tinted http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1363.jpg After, with everything done. http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1364.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1365.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1366.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1367.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1368.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap1369.jpg -Don donathon@gmail.com |
I really believe that blacking out the chrome/brushed aluminum on bigger bodied cars, such as this black Mercedes Benz S550 makes a huge difference and changes the look of the car completely. For this S550, I blacked out the chrome around the windows, the lower chrome bars on the bottom of the doors and the rear back chrome trunk bar piece with my gloss black vinyl material. I believe the owner of this car was from either Los Angeles or San Diego and drove out to me in Orange county/Anaheim Hills to have the work done. We went with the gloss black finish to match the finish on his already gloss black powder coated wheels.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3033.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3034.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3035.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3036.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3037.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3038.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3039.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3040.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3041.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3042.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3043.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3044.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
For this white Mercedes Benz GL550, I blacked out the chrome/brushed aluminum window trim in my matte black vinyl material. In addition to the window trim pieces, I also did the chrome on the grill area, lightly smoke/tint the head lights, blacked out the chrome on the top of the door handles, and blacked out the chrome on the door moulding pieces. The owner of this car was from Newport Beach and came out to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange County to have the vinyl work done.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3068.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3069.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3070.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3071.jpg Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3072.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3073.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3074.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3075.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3076.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3077.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
For this silver Mercedes E63 AMG sedan, I blacked out the chrome/brushed aluminum window trim with my gloss black vinyl material to give it a factory OEM look. I think the gloss black went well with the silver color of the car. Something small and minor such as blacking out the chrome window trim can change the look of the car completely. The owner of this car came out to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange County to have the vinyl work done.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3114.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3115.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3116.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3117.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3118.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3119.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3120.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3121.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3122.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3123.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3124.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
I did quite a bit of work on this black Mercedes Benz C250 sedan. I blacked out the chrome/brushed aluminum window trim, the lower door pieces, rear trunk bar and the front day time running light chrome pieces. In addition to those, I also lightly tinted the head lights and tail lights. I took some pictures with one side tinted and one side stock, to show the differences between stock versus tinted with my film. It’s a fairly light film, which gives it a OEM+ look. The owner of this car was from Inland Empire I believe and came out to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange County to have the work done.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3135.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3136.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3137.jpg Driver/right tinted - Passenger/left side stock: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3138.jpg Driver/left side tinted - Passenger/right side stock: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3139.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3140.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...oofwrap3141.pg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3142.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3143.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3144.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3145.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3146.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
In addition to vinyl wrapping, I have started offering plasti dipping services.
I did quite a bit of work on this Black Mercedes Benz E350 blutech. I blacked out the chrome/brushed aluminum window trim, lower chrome door pieces, and rear trunk chrome bar with my gloss black vinyl material, lightly smoked/tinted the tail lights, plasti dipped the wheels, rear badges, and front grill. Unfortunately, I forgot to take a picture of the front grill after I was done. The owner of this car came from San Diego up to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange County to have the vinyl work and plastidip work done on his car. Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3157.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3158.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3159.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3160.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3161.jpg Driver/left side tinted/smoked - Passenger/right side stock: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3162.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3163.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3164.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3165.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3166.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3167.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
For this Silver Mercedes Benz C300 sedan I vinyl wrapped the roof with my gloss black vinyl material. Most cars that I have come by are either black or white, but I think the gloss black roof looks good on other colored cars as well, such as this silver C300. The gloss black roof gives the car a new/different look, without making it seem like an aftermarket piece. If someone looked at it without knowing, you wouldn’t think twice about it. It gives the car a sportier look as well. The owner of this car came out to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange county to have the vinyl work done.
In addition to wrapping the roof, I also blacked out the rear emblems on this car with plastidip as well. Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3190.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3191.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3192.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3193.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3194.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3195.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3196.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3197.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3198.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3199.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
This is one of the cars that I worked on during my norcal/bay area trip. The owner of this white Mercedes CLA250 sedan had me vinyl wrap his front lower splitter/lip and the slats or fins on the side skirt rocker panels in the 3M 1080 gloss carbon fiber finish. Minor accents, but I think it changes the look of the car completely and gives it a sporty look to it. Almost makes it look like the car got an upgraded sport package.
I make occasional trips out to the bay area/norcal pretty often, so if you are up north and interested in getting vinyl work done by me the next time I am up there, send me a PM/e-mail and I’ll add you to my norcal contact list. Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3208.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3209.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3210.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3211.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3212.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3213.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3214.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3215.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3216.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3217.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
For this white 2014 Maserati Ghibli sedan, I vinyl wrapped the roof of the car in my gloss black vinyl material to give it the panoramic roof look. The owner of this car drove out to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange County, from Los Angeles to have the vinyl work done. Even though the car was brand new, the gloss black roof still changed the look of the car completely to the owner of the car. The owner had me leave the side rails body colored and only wrapped the center of the roof. This will give an idea to those who want to see what it looks like to have just the center of the roof wrapped only and keep the side rails body colored.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3224.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3225.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3226.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3227.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3228.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3229.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3230.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3231.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
On this new white Mercedes Benz E350 sedan, the owner had me lightly smoke/tint the head lights and tail lights of his car with my vinyl film material. I have had a lot of people ask me if they are tinted inside, but the film and method that I use is for the outside of the head and tail lights. In addition to changing the look of the car, the film also protects the head lights from rock chips, pitting, fading, etc. The owner of this car came out to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange County to have the tinting work done.
Driver/right side tinted/smoked - Passenger/left side stock: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3294.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3295.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3296.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3297.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3298.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3299.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
For this silver Mercedes Benz C300 sedan, I blacked out the silver and chrome areas of the grill in a matte black finish with plasti dip. In addition to the grill, I applied a light tint/smoke film to the chrome part of the blinkers on side mirrors. I think the black grill drastically changed the look of the car and gave it a more aggressive look. The good part about plasti dip is it is reversible and is removable just like vinyl. The owner of this car came out from Inland Empire area to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange County to get the work done.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3327.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3328.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3329.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3330.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3331.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
Did something slightly different on these tails than most of the pictures you guys usually see of me tinting/smoking the tails. For this silver Mercedes Benz C32 AMG sedan, I applied a transparent red film over the white portions of the rear tail light blinker areas, so that the white/clear portions matched the rest of the red on the tail lights. It’s a subtle change that changes the way the car looks and is still reversible for if the owner decided to go back to factory later on when selling the car or if they just want to change the look up again. I did this car during one of my norcal/bay area trips.
Right/driver side red clear film applied - Left/passenger side stock http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3347.jpg Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3348.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3349.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3350.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3351.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3352.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
The owner of this white Ferrari FF coupe has had several of his previous cars worked on by me in the past for different vinyl wrap projects. *For his Ferrari FF, we went with the my gloss black vinyl materials for the roof of his car to give it a panoramic roof look and also give it a more aggressive look. *Even though the car already stands out from other cars, the gloss black roof really changed the look of the car even more in a positive way. *The owner of this car was local to me in Yorba Linda and came out to my shop in Orange County to have the vinyl work done. *Also, the purple hue in the pictures was because this car was finished just as the sun was going down and the lighting of the sky was a bit purpleish that day, which translated over into the pictures.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3394.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3395.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3396.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3397.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3398.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3399.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3400.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3401.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
This brand new matte grey Mercedes Benz GLA45 AMG came by to have me lightly smoke/tint the tail lights of his car. In addition to doing the tail lights, I also blacked out the chrome trunk and bumper bars, to complete the blacked out gloss black look on the rest of the car. The film is a very light shade, meant to give it a very factory or as I would like to call an OEM+ look. It’s subtle enough that if you didn’t know there was a film on there, you would have thought it came like this from the factory. The owner of this car was from Los Angeles and drove out to me in Orange County/Anaheim Hills to get the tint work done.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3413.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3414.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3415.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3416.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3417.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3418.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
Here is something slightly different from the typical chrome that I wrap on most cars. The owner of this black Mercedes Benz CLA45 AMG had me vinyl wrap the chrome pieces on the top of his door handles with the 3M 1080 gloss carbon fiber material. The owner of this car was from South Orange County and came out to me in Anaheim Hills to get the vinyl work done. I think this finish and look went well with the darker/black color of the car, since it got rid of the chrome on the door handles, but at the same time giving it a slightly different look than just color matching the pieces to the rest of the car.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3436.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3437.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3438.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3439.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
These pictures are slightly over exposed, but I wanted the details of the parts that were actually being wrapped to show up in the pictures better. The owner of this white Mercedes Benz C300 W205 sedan had me vinyl wrap the lower front bumper chrome lip and also the body colored rear diffuser on his car with my gloss black vinyl material. Blacking out these pieces really cleaned up the look of the car and gave it a sportier look, since the immediate pieces around it were already black as well. The owner of this car came out to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange County to have the vinyl work done.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3457.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3458.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3459.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3460.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3461.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3462.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3463.jpg -Don Nguyen donathon@gmail.com |
For this black Mercedes Benz E55 AMG Sedan, I lightly tinted/smoked the tail lights of the car with a vinyl film. The darker tail lights matched the darker theme of the car fairly well, with the car already having blacked out wheels, exhaust tips, etc. The film is a fairly light shade, so light output is minimally affected, unlike tail lights that are completely blacked out. The owner of this car was from around Huntington Beach I believe, and came out to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange County to have the vinyl wrap work done on his tail lights.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3482.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3483.jpg Driver/left side tinted/smoked - Passenger/right side stock: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3484.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3485.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3486.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3487.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3488.jpg -Don Nguyen don@wannaberacer.com |
I forgot to take pictures for the before for this white Mercedes Benz CLA 250 sedan, before wrapping the roof of the car in my gloss black vinyl material. We went with the gloss black finish car wrap for his roof to give it the panoramic roof look. The owner of this car was from Brea and drove out to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange County to have the car wrap done for his roof. Since there was no sunroof on the car, the roof wrap provided a continuous clean look from the back of the roof of the front of the roof.
http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3497.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3498.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3499.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3500.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...ofwrap3501.jpg -Don Nguyen don@wannaberacer.com |
This is a bit different, but I know you guys seeing more pictures of various and different type of wrap jobs than the regular roof, trim, etc wraps. I did a partial car wrap for the top half of this 2013 white Land Rover LR4 HSE. For this car wrap, we did the top half of the car in 3M 1080 gloss black vinyl material. I believe the owner of this car said that it’s suppose to resemble how the new Range Rover Autobiography editions come from the factory. I took two pictures of the during vinyl wrapping process, to show you guys how what it looks like during the transformation. The owner of this car was in Irvine and came out to me in Anaheim hills/Orange county to have the car wrap done for his car.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3502.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3503.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3504.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3505.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3506.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3507.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3508.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3509.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3510.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3511.jpg -Don Nguyen don@wannaberacer.com |
This is a bit different, but I know you guys seeing more pictures of various and different type of wrap jobs than the regular roof, trim, etc wraps. I did a partial car wrap for the top half of this 2013 white Land Rover LR4 HSE. For this car wrap, we did the top half of the car in 3M 1080 gloss black vinyl material. I believe the owner of this car said that it’s suppose to resemble how the new Range Rover Autobiography editions come from the factory. I took two pictures of the during vinyl wrapping process, to show you guys how what it looks like during the transformation. The owner of this car was in Irvine and came out to me in Anaheim hills/Orange county to have the car wrap done for his car.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3502.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3503.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3504.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3505.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3506.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3507.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3508.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3509.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3510.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3511.jpg -Don Nguyen don@wannaberacer.com |
More and more chrome keeps appearing on the newer Mercedes that have been coming out, so more than ever, I have been getting a lot of Mercedes owners coming by to have the chrome blacked out on their cars. The owner of this black Mercedes Benz E class sedan had me apply a gloss black vinyl film to all of the window trim, front lower bumper lip, rear bumper diffuser, and chrome trunk bar to completely get rid of all of the chrome on the car. The owner of this car was from Los Angeles and came out to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange County to have the car wrap for his vehicle done.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3516.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3517.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3518.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3519.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3520.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3521.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3522.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3523.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3524.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3525.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3526.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3527.jpg -Don Nguyen don@wannaberacer.com |
For this red Ferrari 458 I plasti dipped the front, rear, and top engine lid emblems/badges. I also blacked out the amber portion on his front bumper with my gloss black vinyl. For such a simple change, it really changed the look of the car quite a bit. Since there were no other chrome pieces on the car, after blacking out those chrome badges, it gave the car a sportier and more aggressive look, while cleaning up overall look of the car as well. The owner of this car was local to me and brought his car out to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange County to have the plastic dip and vinyl work done.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3552.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3553.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3554.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3555.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3556.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3557.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3558.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3559.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3560.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3561.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3562.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3563.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3564.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3565.jpg -Don Nguyen don@wannaberacer.com |
The owner of this silver Mercedes Benz C63 AMG sedan came out to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange County from Los Angeles to have me apply a gloss black vinyl roof car wrap for his car. People usually say white cars look the best with gloss black roofs, but I actually think it looks awesome on silver cars. The gloss black roof compliments the silver and other carbon fiber/black accents on the the car perfectly.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3573.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3574.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3575.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3576.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3577.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3578.jpg -Don Nguyen don@wannaberacer.com |
This is a returning customer who had me previous lightly tint the tail lights on his E92 M3. This time he had me come back to do the tail lights on his Audi V10 R8 as well. The film that I use is a fairly light shade, which is dark enough to give it a nice noticeable change and also still maintain a factory/OEM look. The owner of this car was in Irvine/Orange County near where I was so I dropped by his house to do the tail lights for his car.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3596.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3597.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3598.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3599.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3600.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3601.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3602.jpg -Don Nguyen don@wannaberacer.com |
On this brand new white Mercedes Benz W205 C350 sedan I blacked out the factory chrome/brushed aluminum window trim surround with my gloss black vinyl material. Blacking out the chrome on the sides of the car with the gloss black vinyl car wrap really cleans up the lines on the side of the car, especially with the tinted windows that this car already had. I took quite a few before pictures at various angles to show how much of a chance it was from the before/after. The owner of this car was from Irvine and came out to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange County to have the car wrap done.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3624.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3625.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3626.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3627.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3628.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3629.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3630.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3631.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3632.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3633.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3634.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3635.jpg -Don Nguyen don@wannaberacer.com |
The owner of this silver/grey Mercedes GTS AMG coupe came by to have me black out the chrome badges and emblems. I plasti dipped the rear emblems, front hood emblem and the star on the front grill. For the chrome horizontal slats on the front grill, I wrapped those in my gloss black vinyl, to match the gloss black grill that they were attached to already. The owner of this car was from Orange County and came out to me in Anaheim Hills to have the plasti dip and vinyl work done. I like the way the hood emblem turned out. The details in the emblem were not lost after being plasti dipped. The matte finish gives it a more interesting look.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3663.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3664.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3665.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3667.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3668.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3669.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3670.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3671.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3672.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3673.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3674.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3675.jpg -Don Nguyen don@wannaberacer.com |
It’s been several months seen I have had a chance to post some pictures. Been extremely busy, so haven’t had a chance to post some of the work/cars that I have been doing. The owner of this white Lamborghini Hurrican brought his car by to black out the amber reflectors on the front and rear bumpers of the car. In addition to blacking those pieces out, I also plasti dipped the rear Lamborghini badge in matte black to basically get rid of the only chrome piece on the vehicle’s exterior. Overall, the work done was fairly simple, but these small changes still changed the look of the car up and gave everything a nice black and white color scheme. The owner of this car brought his car to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange County to have the vinyl and plasti dip work done.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3676.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3677.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3678.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3679.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3680.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3681.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3682.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3683.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3684.jpg -Don Nguyen don@wannaberacer.com |
Starting to see more AMG S editions come in to get vinyl work done. For the owner of this particular white Mercedes Benz C63S, he brought his car by to have me vinyl wrap what little brushed aluminum / chrome that was still left on the car around the window trim, lower side skirts, front and rear lower bumper trim pieces. We went with gloss black for wrapping all of the chrome, to give it an OEM gloss finish and also match the other gloss black accents that were already on the car. The owner of this car brought his car to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange County to have the vinyl car wrap work done.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3685.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3686.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3687.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3688.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3689.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3690.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3691.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3692.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3693.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3694.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3695.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3696.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3697.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3698.jpg -Don Nguyen don@wannaberacer.com |
For some reason, as each generation of Mercedes progresses, they seem to get more and more chrome. The owner of this car had me black out almost all of the chrome pieces in the car with my gloss black vinyl material. I vinyl wrapped the front lower bumper chrome trim, the chrome on the lower side skirts, the window trim, the rear lower bumper trim and also the trunk trim pieces all in gloss black. The owner of this car came out to me in Anaheim Hills / Orange County to have the vehicle wrap done. Not everything was blacked out on the car. Some chrome accents such as the grill, door handles and rear badges were left, which still provided a good amount of contrast with the car.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3714.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3715.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3716.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3717.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3718.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3719.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3720.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3721.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3722.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3723.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3724.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3725.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3726.jpg -Don Nguyen don@wannaberacer.com |
The owner of this black Mercedes Benz ML350 Bluetech SUV has had me do other vinyl work on his car in the past. This time around, he had me lightly tint/smoke the tail lights of his car with my film. I did both the tail lights and the bottom bumper reflectors to match the tail lights. In addition to the tail lights, I also debaged the rear ML350 and Bluetech emblems for his car, to clean up the rear of the car some more. The owner of this car was from Irvine and came out to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange County to have the vinyl work done.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3741.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3742.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3743.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3744.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3745.jpg -Don Nguyen don@wannaberacer.com |
This is something different from the typical wraps that I do, although I have had quite a few requests for this particular style to be done before. I forget what car or package was called that the owner got the idea from, so maybe one of you guys will know or remember. Either way, the owner simply wanted me to add some more red accents to the car around the grill area and also the little insert pieces on the side skirts. Overall, we were able to achieve the look that the owner of the car was going for, and if he ever decided to go back to stock, everything could be easily reversed to original without any damage to the paint. The owner of this car drove out to me from Los Angeles to Orange County / Anaheim Hills to have the vinyl car wrap work done.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3763.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3764.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3765.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3766.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3767.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3768.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3769.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3770.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3771.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3772.jpg -Don Nguyen don@wannaberacer.com |
wish you were on the east coast......
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Maybe one day I'll be able to make a trip out there, but not any time soon unfortunately.
The owner of this grey Mercedes Benz came by to have me vinyl wrap the chrome / brushed aluminum window trim on the car with my gloss black vinyl car wrap material. The owner of the car came out to me in Anaheim Hills / Orange County from around Burbank / Los Angeles to have me do the vinyl work. The gloss black window trim worked well with the car, especially because the B pillar of the car was already gloss black. I took some close up pictures of the window trim area after it was wrapped to show the level of detail that’s involved in my wraps and how much coverage I am able to get with the vinyl material. The gloss black trim is able to maintain a factory look without looking like it was aftermarket or done afterwards. There’s still enough other chrome accents on the car to give it some contrast still as well. Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3793.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3794.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3795.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3796.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3797.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3798.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3799.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3800.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3801.jpg -Don Nguyen don@wannaberacer.com |
This is quite different from my typical wraps that you see me posting. However, it is still a service that I offer that many probably do not know about. The owner of this older blue Mustang needed to have some cut graphics / decals installed on his lower rocker panel area. The car itself is not a actual GT500, from what I was told, but I don’t know too many details or anything about older Mustangs unfortunately. He brought his car to me in Anaheim Hills / Orange County from Cerritos to have me install the graphics on his car. So for those who have graphics or decals that need to be installed, feel free to contact me with any questions you may have.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3802.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3803.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3804.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3805.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3806.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3807.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3808.jpg -Don Nguyen don@wannaberacer.com |
Surprisingly, this is becoming more of a common occurrence, even on fairly new cars (5-7 years old). I used to see this kind of issue more on Hondas and Acuras, but apparently a lot of black BMW E60 5 series have been showing up with similar issues in their paint. This black BMW E60 550 sedan had me wrap the roof of his car in my gloss black vinyl material to help cover up the oxidizing and fading factory paint. The gloss black wrap is a fairly close match to the gloss jet black finish of the BMW’s factory paint, making this a cheaper alternative to having to repaint the whole roof. The owner of this car came out to me in Anaheim Hills / Orange County from Oceanside / San Diego to have the vinyl wrap done on his roof.
Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3809.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3810.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3811.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3812.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3813.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3814.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3815.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3816.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3817.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3818.jpg -Don Nguyen don@wannaberacer.com |
I think a lot of people believe that I only work on local cars, however, I actually have good amount of non-local or out of state customers as well who ship me parts to have wrapped. The most common items that I have people send to me to have wrapped are interior trim pieces.
For this particular non-local customer, they removed and shipped me their interior trim pieces to have me wrap it in the 3M Di noc matte carbon fiber vinyl material. The original finish was wood, which was a bit older and worn out, so the owner wanted to change up the look of his interior and clean it up at the same time. I only took pictures of the larger more complex pieces, just to show the level of detail that is involved in the wraps that I do. http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3819.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3820.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3821.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3822.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3823.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3824.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3825.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3826.jpg -Don Nguyen don@wannaberacer.com |
I do not get to post as many installed interior car wraps mainly because actually most of my interior wraps are from non-local members who ship me their interior trim pieces to wrap.
However, in this case, the owner of this E90 328i sedan came by to have me take care of every part of the process of the interior wrap for their car. Every piece that is being wrapped is removed from the car and individually wrapped. I take special care and attention to the rounded corners and edges of every piece, to make sure the vinyl will hold up over time. For the interior of this car, we went with the 3M gloss carbon fiber finish, to give it that factory BMW carbon fiber interior look that’s typically available as an option or more commonly seen on E90 and E92 M3s. The owner of this car came out to me in Anaheim Hills / Orange County from near Mission Viejo to have the vinyl car wrap done on the interior. I tried to take some pictures of the interior indoors and outdoors to give a better perspective of how the material looks in different lighting. However, some of the pictures didn’t come out as well as I had hoped, but hopefully you guys are still able to see the details of the wrap. Before: http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3851.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3852.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3853.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3854.jpg After: http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3855.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3856.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3857.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3858.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3859.jpg http://www.wannaberacer.com/carwrap/carwrap3860.jpg -Don Nguyen don@wannaberacer.com |
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