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[Sam]

Guys, have decided to bight the old bullet and vinyl wrap the outback in matte black.

Got 30 metres of this stuff in a big roll, paid on Tuesday night and arrived lunch time today. Did two panels and think for my first go, it looks not too bad at all.

Tomorrow I will have a mate helping me do some of the bigger parts. We will leave the hard parts like front bumper, rear bumper, roof etc till last, so it should be easier once we know what we're doing.

The materials I have used so far is:
30m x 1.52m matte black vinyl
Heat gun
Microfiber cloth
Credit card

It will be easier with 4 hands rather than two. Hopefully we don't get any bubbles or creases. I think I have enough vinyl to allow for a couple of mistakes.
Any leftover and I'll either sell it to my mates/ throw it on eBay and make some coin back.

Here are a couple of pictures from 5 mins ago, in the dark and raining... :/



Will update after we've finished tomorrow.

[Grant]

Can't wait to see how this turns out Sam!
Good luck man

[Morgan]

This will be epic! Keep us updated

[Sam]

Sure will guys.
Have to persist till the end

[bd-850]

should look pretty epic

[jack_keaka]

awesome!!
do you have to do inside the door frames so you don't see the white?

[Xon]

Are you going to do the whole thing, or just the grey bits?

[Sam]

Going to do the whole thing. And will eventually do the inside of the doors as well.
Will leave under the bonnet though.


Just hoping for a clear, sunny and not windy day tomorrow.

[Xon]

That's going to look really awesome when it's done!

[Steveee]

Thats sick, should look very unique to the rest. did you consider white or matte white the whole thing?

[Sam]

Considered it. But want a change.
Let me know if you've found another lowered, vinyl wrapped outback. And soon to be turbo

Trying to be unique.

[AussieTemplar]

'ing WIN!

[simon]

So keen to see how this turns out

[Steveee]

Considered it. But want a change.
Let me know if you've found another lowered, vinyl wrapped outback. And soon to be turbo

Trying to be unique.

yeah man gonna look great

[Shaz]

Sam, if I can offer any advice, I would make sure to stretch the film when you get to edges to bend around the corner. Using a butane torch to shrink the vinyl is also more effective then a heatgun, and last but not least, don't use the credit card on the vinyl directly. Make sure you wrap a cloth around it, as it won't 'grab' the film.

Good luck mate! Should look tits once it's done.

Cheers,
Shazza

[Sam]

Sam, if I can offer any advice, I would make sure to stretch the film when you get to edges to bend around the corner. Using a butane torch to shrink the vinyl is also more effective then a heatgun, and last but not least, don't use the credit card on the vinyl directly. Make sure you wrap a cloth around it, as it won't 'grab' the film.

Good luck mate! Should look tits once it's done.

Cheers,
Shazza

Yeah worked out the credit card trick... Ended up just using the cloth to rub the bubbles out.
Gave it a fair bit of heat on the undersides of the panels I did. Seems to stick down pretty good.

[Evil_VZ-T]

Awesome dude.. Should look cool.

Im planning to carbon wrap my roof

[bobbyjimmy]

matte white the whole thing?

This is what I want to do.

[Sam]

Got a big day ahead of me..

[skillionaire]

Hi,

Get to it, Sam! Cool project.

Cheers,
Nik