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As you may have seen in my thread in members gallery, i fancied a change of colour....
This is how we did it :thumbup:



Firstly, obviously, wash & dry the car,
then brought it inside for a more detailed clean, especially in the nooks & crannys......





Decided to start at the front, firstly as bonnets are easy peasy, and secondly so we could do the front and see if we liked it....



Bonnet & wing done chris & i do the front bumper, always quicker with 2.



Bumper done, chris starts on side 1.



and i start on the splitter (you'll noticed the sides missing in this pic, even us pro's make mistakes!)



Side back on, full steam ahead!!



Side well under way, Splitter Complete.



Side complete, just the skirt to do, but we'll leave that until later!



Turn around, side 2 & arse end.



Big bloody sticker, side 2 going on



Set on the car, where to begin?!!



The 2 of us get stuck into side 2, it was getting late and we were getting fed up at this point so speed was of the essense!



Starting to take shape.



Side complete, that'll do for day one! (well half a day, lol)



Day 2, finish round the door seeing as we couldnt even finish that last night



Side done, just the rear bumper & both skirts to do.....



Skirt done, looking a little more white now.



Car moved over, so we could do the other skirt & have abit more working room for the rear.
Also a little more cleaning just to be sure!



Rear bumper almost there....



Final touches! Woop woop.



Done!!!!!!!!











Easy peasy! Just time consuming - Approx time start to finish - 11.5 hours!

Very impressive.

looks good, and why not. Have you done the door shuts and boot shut, the top of the grill etc..??..what would it cost a customer for you to apply it to their car..??

So is that just a sticker?

Also any reason you left the bootlid?

Looks cool but surely it looks like a sticker. Also will bits start peeling off?

can you wash it normally etc

swift85 wrote:So is that just a sticker?

Also any reason you left the bootlid?

Looks cool but surely it looks like a sticker. Also will bits start peeling off?

can you wash it normally etc?

All good questions I was wondering myself................

Looks good from the pics :thumbup:
I suppose it s just like the vinyl s on touring cars etc just completely covering the whole car :vconf:

Nicely done sir :thumbup: You must have some patience to do that!

I didnt do the boot as i didnt want to remove the badges, they've never been off the car and i dont intend on doing so, especially as the rate at which i get bored of things it will probably be off next month.

Yea basically it is just a big sticker, heated & moulded to the cars contours e.t.c.
Bits wont start peeling off until i want them too, as long as the edges are sealed nothing will peel.

Ive just done enough of the door shuts so the original colour is not visible from outside, this is the way all wraps are done.
Ive seen partical wraps, on an M3 CSL for example rumoured to be costing in the region of £1800.... i however dont wear a mask! :badrazz:

thanks for the interest! :thumbup:

At first i thought it was a complete respray, good job there mate, Looks very good :thumbup:

Bonnet heating up wont affect it right/yellowy colour? looks fantastic

Thats amazing!! How durable is the vinyl with regards to stone chips etc?

Very impressive Max, had me fooled into thinking it at been resprayed. :thumbup:

miss the roof as well..........

Due to the roof rails?

Good idea and cheap way of lessening damage to paintwork from sun/chips etc..........or maybe the Milano boys like it when they turn into Superbully's Trousers........

stephenmoffatt1981 wrote:Very impressive Max, had me fooled into thinking it at been resprayed. :thumbup:

same - awesome job

Newannaive wrote:what would it cost a customer for you to apply it to their car?

The quotes I received for vinyl wrapping my car white were £900.

dandemoraliser wrote:miss the roof as well..........

Due to the roof rails?

no the roof is one of the easiest bits to do, just decided a contrast would of been better than totally white.
Contemplating doing the boot now. :scratch:

fair dos
:salut:

Looks really good mate very impressed :thumbup:

dandemoraliser wrote:miss the roof as well..........

Due to the roof rails?

Good idea and cheap way of lessening damage to paintwork from sun/chips etc..........or maybe the Milano boys like it when they turn into Superbully's Trousers........

Id always like to cover my roof with carbon fibre (the 3M stuff) apparently itd be a proper tw*t to do due to the way the roof curves. :bad-words:

EDIT: or not apparently

Awesome. So tempted to get mine done

Do you have to tell DVLA of a change of colour ?

Looks good :cooldude:

I wouldnt have the paitence or a steady hand myself

10/10 mate :thumbup: Class job! What a great idea! I might just do it, Always wanted a Cosmic Fn2,

We do bodywork on the SKY vauxhall vivaro's all covered in Simsons stickers. And that vinyl would last forever!