Anyone had a go at doing a wrap ?
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Just watched this,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qd3uehLnAgw&fea...
Now, I am not going to say it looks easy, but it doesnt look impossible, looks like a lot of attention to detail, common sense and patience.
So, anyone tried it and did it look like a four year olds attempt at wrapping a present ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qd3uehLnAgw&fea...
Now, I am not going to say it looks easy, but it doesnt look impossible, looks like a lot of attention to detail, common sense and patience.
So, anyone tried it and did it look like a four year olds attempt at wrapping a present ?
Given that some "professionals" in the trade do an absolutely horrendous job and charge money for it (remember that Indian guy's GTR?), makes me believe that it's not something anyone can do. Those who are good at it, are very good at it though, and can get bubble-free surfaces, a minimum of visible joins between multiple sheets and apparently minimal damage to the paintwork underneath the wrap material.
RevolveR said:
try putting a screen protector on your phone without getting bubbles. now imagine doing that on the scale of a car.
i'll leave it to the professionals.
It's Putting sticky backed plastic on a car, not performing a heart and lung transplant !i'll leave it to the professionals.
Was more interested than considering it for any of my cars, if I did, worst comes to the worst I am fairly certain you just peel it off and have another go or forget it.
Wonder how much it costs in terms of materials ?
Interesting, I actually thought that they were pre cut to each car, how wrong was I.
The professionals make it look so easy, I wouldn't even know where to start on that.
I get lumbered with putting the showroom window graphics on and over time I've worked out do's and dont's but still get the odd bubble and crease however that is on a different scale all together.
The professionals make it look so easy, I wouldn't even know where to start on that.
I get lumbered with putting the showroom window graphics on and over time I've worked out do's and dont's but still get the odd bubble and crease however that is on a different scale all together.
So in the YouTube video you posted, it took 2 experienced guys a day to complete.
Tackling something like this on your own would surely take 3 - 4 days to complete (depending on the size of the car obviously).
And I seriously doubt if it's that easy to achieve that level of finish, given that here on PH there has been one or two posts about so called 'professionals' who have got it seriously wrong... (one was a Nissan 350Z IIRC?)
Tackling something like this on your own would surely take 3 - 4 days to complete (depending on the size of the car obviously).
And I seriously doubt if it's that easy to achieve that level of finish, given that here on PH there has been one or two posts about so called 'professionals' who have got it seriously wrong... (one was a Nissan 350Z IIRC?)
I wrapped a roof on a 1 Series Coupe with Carbon Fibre, it was perfect but hard work. I did the mirrors and rear diffuser but that proved very time consuming and difficult, and started to peel after a few weeks. I cannot imagine the difficulty of doing a whole car and making it look good. I'd say leave it to the professionals.
I'd go for the Hexis material comes with over 7 years warranty on the material as well. The HX20000 or HX30000 range are the ones best suited for cars.
Before
After
I went for an Oyster Pearl colour looks nice when the suns out and it changes colour although it'll never have a deep shine like that of paint. The general gloss or matte finishes are around 80micron whereas pearls for example are 160micron so you also get much better protection. You need to reheat the material once it's shaped to the car to get it to set back correctly rather than stretch it, stick it down and be done with it.
If you can't tint windows (not saying you can't) then you really will struggle with the lines of the car. Also you want to pretty much strip down most of the car so you can tuck behind and have no cutting involved anywhere visible, on the GT-R all trims were removed.
By the time you weigh up the cost of the vinyl, the time it takes learning the saving can be very little to if you'd have taken it to a professional.
If you really want to have hands on go approach I would recommend going on a vinyl wrap course, these cost around £1,500 but at least your learning from professionals whilst doing the car and have access to all there facilities and you use your own car for the course.
Before
After
I went for an Oyster Pearl colour looks nice when the suns out and it changes colour although it'll never have a deep shine like that of paint. The general gloss or matte finishes are around 80micron whereas pearls for example are 160micron so you also get much better protection. You need to reheat the material once it's shaped to the car to get it to set back correctly rather than stretch it, stick it down and be done with it.
If you can't tint windows (not saying you can't) then you really will struggle with the lines of the car. Also you want to pretty much strip down most of the car so you can tuck behind and have no cutting involved anywhere visible, on the GT-R all trims were removed.
By the time you weigh up the cost of the vinyl, the time it takes learning the saving can be very little to if you'd have taken it to a professional.
If you really want to have hands on go approach I would recommend going on a vinyl wrap course, these cost around £1,500 but at least your learning from professionals whilst doing the car and have access to all there facilities and you use your own car for the course.
greggy50 said:
remember seeing someone on here doing it themselves in a bright blue colour on a mk3 gti and it looked pretty good cant remember the name of them though...
That was this chap;http://pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/profile.asp?h=0&a...
It's not in the same league but I had a go at putting bonnet stripes and the Union Jack details on a girlfriends 07 mini, and didn't have any problems.
I used a plastic bit of card about double the size of a credit card and a spray bottle filled with water with about a 1% solution of washing up liquid to keep the vinyl workable while I was fitting them.
I think it's a case of taking your time and doing one panel at a time.
Also I guess it's like repainting a car as preparation is the key also I would have thought things like door rubbers etc would need to be removed to do an expert job.
So it's going to have to take a few days without the car if your having a go yourself.
I used a plastic bit of card about double the size of a credit card and a spray bottle filled with water with about a 1% solution of washing up liquid to keep the vinyl workable while I was fitting them.
I think it's a case of taking your time and doing one panel at a time.
Also I guess it's like repainting a car as preparation is the key also I would have thought things like door rubbers etc would need to be removed to do an expert job.
So it's going to have to take a few days without the car if your having a go yourself.
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