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in the past few day, i use my spare time to wrap my car in matte grey, and the result is great.
The best mod i did---matte grey wrap DIY, lots of pics
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I would totally do my car matte black instead of repairing some rock chips on the fenders.
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the difficulty of this job would be 3 out of 10, i like to do the wrap more than replace the water pump.
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Replace wheels or possibly tinting the side windows
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are you planning on changing the wheels or possibly tinting the side windows?
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Use double tape
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for the rear deck lid emblem, it was so easy to take them off, i can not believe porsche just use double tape to attach those emblems on the surface of the paint.
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hi guys, just want to share my car wrap DIY experience with you guys. in the past few day, i use my spare time to wrap my car in matte grey, and the result is great. what you guys think?
For reference, i bought 60"x 30fts 3M 1080 vinyl, and this almost cover the whole 2002 c4s, except the hood and the roof. (i wraped carbon fiber vinyl for the roof and hood, maybe change to the same matte grey soon, no sure yet)
So 5ftsx40fts should cover the whole p-car. i mean 911.
the windshield is SICK ! lol
I am really tempted to try this DIY
- Can you share with us, where you bought the wrapping and how much it cost ?
- Wouldn't it easier to wrap the bumper while still on the car, so it doesn't move around ?
- did you do it by yourself ? estimated number of hours for newbies ?
PS: what did you do to your rear bumper ? look like a DIY bumperette removal or something
definitely a nice change. except for the Brinks truck front windshield, it looks like nice work. are you planning on changing the wheels or possibly tinting the side windows? it would be like a totally different car.
Kent! Nice job!!!
All, I had the treat of seeing Kent's car first hand when it was like 1/2 way done. Super nice and very clean. I'm waiting the details like the rest of you. I like it.
Aaron
Wow, for a DIY project those look like pretty good results. I'm definitely interested in hearing how difficult it was.
PS--I'm with the rest of the people. The windshield is a) too much and b) not very safe.
I have seen that mod done in the past by german tuners, it looked really good, but you went a little extreme, you should cut the opening a little bigger, I think it is ok to have the surround but may be a little less of it
To each his own... I would of went matte black or blue, smoked corners instead and clear third light... none of that fake carbon... all one color. And normal windshield!
Cool how you went with no bumperettes!
Tints on the front windows would make it look cool too! But overall, good job on the DIY. I hope you took the time to do it correctly around each body panel and inserts/logo's etc...
Nice work.... better post the details quick... we are getting the itch. I would totally do my car matte black instead of repairing some rock chips on the fenders. where did you get the materials from?
Look what I found...
http://www.metrorestyling.com/ORACAL...teblk970ra.htm
My question is how do you tuck the vinyl under the door/window seals and the seals on the roof? I bet the rear deck lid is a challenge as well.
Thanks bro, i have to treat the windshield like that now, why? because there are two small cracks, one in the upside, another bigger one in the bottom, i am soursing the windshield replacment recently
i bought the 3M vinyl on ebay for $299 5fts x 30fts, i am buying 5ftsx5fts to cover the hood very soon.
for the front bumper, i think take it off to wrap is harder, but the results will be better due to the 3 big holes's edges in the turbo front bumper. plus, the front bumper will be suffer the most water, wind and dirt direct impact than other parts in the body.
i did it all by myself, about 12 hours work slowly at the beginning, but much faster after half done. anyone will learn some skills during the first few sections wrapping.
i deleted the bumperette, i think it was ugly to the car, just my opinion btw
windows already tinted, i like the current wheels. i will also like to tint the front windshield with lightest color tint once i replace this cracked one next week.
Thanks Aaron. you are the only one who saw it half done
+1 for the windshield.
the difficulty of this job would be 3 out of 10, i like to do the wrap more than replace the water pump.
you can redo again and again, the 3M vinyl is hard to break.
will soon.
i took the emblem off the hood. it does not have good result with the emblem on the hood to wrap the hood.
+1, but now i think it is better than those two cracks visible.
see above.
i just deleted the 2 bumperettes.
ebay
you just insert the extra vinyle(something like 1cm) inside the flexble plastic seals.
the deck lid is not hard at all, you just use the heat gun and treat every line one by one., then you are done.
Looks great....very nice job on the install. What do you expect for general washing, cleaning and maintenance? How would you expect to deal with things like road tar or finger prints? Will rock chips in the vinyl be an issue?
kent, did you have to prep the surface of the paint at all? Also, how did you manage to work the vinyl around the rear deck lid emblem?
Gentlemen, I will be doing this DIY this spring/summer! Not sure what color yet, matte black?
I have other car with roof and hood wrapped with similar vinyl, after one year I found out there is not peoblem regarding the wash and cleaning or finger prints.
i just tried my best to clean the paint surface. for the rear deck lid emblem, it was so easy to take them off, i can not believe porsche just use double tape to attach those emblems on the surface of the paint.
Last questions, How about the pictures of door jambs? What did you use to trim the edges of the vinyl without accidentally hitting the paint? Exacto knife?
looks awesome...i did the hood on my friend's 928 with the stuff, and it was a bit of a pain, but end result looked good..
impressed with the initiative to take this on on your own...
i just put 2 layers of thick blue tape(i bought from homedepot)under the line i am going to cut with exacto knife, after i cutted, i then took off the blue tape. this would not damage the paint even a little.
Well, that's sort of harsh.
Looks like it took quite a bit of effort, but the look of a plastic-covered car is not really my style either.
But, as they say... to each his own.
