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After being bored of driving a silver car, I decided to make it the color I always wanted it to be but 'settled' on silver. Project 'Wrapped Up' ensued.
Lets start off with a before picture of the car:
I first started with a rust free trunk lid I had planned to have swapped on with a UUC CF Spolier. This probably wasn't the best idea as it was probably one of the hardest panels to wrap due to the huge ~90 curve plus all the curves around the license plate here, there was some flaws, I decided to live with it for now and redo it after when I feel like.
Instead of showing too many pictures of the process, I made this quick stop motion video of the process. It only shows about 1/2 of the process, only the first weekend. I didn't set the camera up on the second weekend when I finished it off.
This is a picture of how I drove it to work for a week. No side skirts, Silver mirrors and silver rear bumper. (iPhone pic)
Finished results, photos taken and edited by my friend Derek
You can see some extra material I forgot to trim off here.
So some details of the projects to cover off some questions:
Material:
Some no name Chinese Gloss Red crap, 60'' x 30 yards shipped to Canada for ~$300 CAD.
Yes 3M stuff would have been better and gave better results, but I wasn't willing to spend the $1k+ on materials.
Cost:
~$300ish
~$20 squeegee, knife blades, etc
~$20 Heat-gun
~$10 random clips I broke
Time:
Probably about 40 hrs spent in total. Two weekends and some work on the evenings here and there.
Overall I'm happy with the results, considering it cost me <$400 and not the $3000-4000 some places around here charge. There are a few areas I wish turned out better, mainly two bubbles on the rear quarters that won't stay down even after poking a hole with a pin, it just raises up. Probably need some kind of application fluid for those areas, but i couldn't find anything locally so I applied it dry. I have alot of material left back and I can probably redo a few panels if I wanted, but I was starting to loose my patience and just wanted it done. My plans are to keep it on at least until the fall, after the fall i'll decide if i'll remove it or keep it for the winter. Supplier said it can last upto 3-4 years depending on how much UV it is exposed to, but the most I would leave it on is until next summer.
I do have some new wheels that are coming, they were suppose to be here already, but got delayed, big lip and more lows coming soon....
Lets start off with a before picture of the car:
I first started with a rust free trunk lid I had planned to have swapped on with a UUC CF Spolier. This probably wasn't the best idea as it was probably one of the hardest panels to wrap due to the huge ~90 curve plus all the curves around the license plate here, there was some flaws, I decided to live with it for now and redo it after when I feel like.
Instead of showing too many pictures of the process, I made this quick stop motion video of the process. It only shows about 1/2 of the process, only the first weekend. I didn't set the camera up on the second weekend when I finished it off.
This is a picture of how I drove it to work for a week. No side skirts, Silver mirrors and silver rear bumper. (iPhone pic)
Finished results, photos taken and edited by my friend Derek
You can see some extra material I forgot to trim off here.
So some details of the projects to cover off some questions:
Material:
Some no name Chinese Gloss Red crap, 60'' x 30 yards shipped to Canada for ~$300 CAD.
Yes 3M stuff would have been better and gave better results, but I wasn't willing to spend the $1k+ on materials.
Cost:
~$300ish
~$20 squeegee, knife blades, etc
~$20 Heat-gun
~$10 random clips I broke
Time:
Probably about 40 hrs spent in total. Two weekends and some work on the evenings here and there.
Overall I'm happy with the results, considering it cost me <$400 and not the $3000-4000 some places around here charge. There are a few areas I wish turned out better, mainly two bubbles on the rear quarters that won't stay down even after poking a hole with a pin, it just raises up. Probably need some kind of application fluid for those areas, but i couldn't find anything locally so I applied it dry. I have alot of material left back and I can probably redo a few panels if I wanted, but I was starting to loose my patience and just wanted it done. My plans are to keep it on at least until the fall, after the fall i'll decide if i'll remove it or keep it for the winter. Supplier said it can last upto 3-4 years depending on how much UV it is exposed to, but the most I would leave it on is until next summer.
I do have some new wheels that are coming, they were suppose to be here already, but got delayed, big lip and more lows coming soon....
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