Vinyl wrapped outback.
#1
Posted 19 April 2012 - 05:50 PM
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.
#2
Posted 19 April 2012 - 05:57 PM
Good luck man
#3
Posted 19 April 2012 - 06:03 PM
#4
Posted 19 April 2012 - 06:04 PM
Have to persist till the end
#5
Posted 19 April 2012 - 06:32 PM
#6
Posted 19 April 2012 - 06:37 PM
do you have to do inside the door frames so you don't see the white?
#7
Posted 19 April 2012 - 07:00 PM
I would have gone to the kitchen, collected a brown bag, dropped my dacks, pinched off a loaf in said bag, done up dacks, stickytaped bag, placed bag in envelope, and mailed it right to your face for being such a tool.
It's ok, sometimes when we herp, we also derp.
#8
Posted 19 April 2012 - 08:51 PM
Will leave under the bonnet though.
Just hoping for a clear, sunny and not windy day tomorrow.
#9
Posted 19 April 2012 - 09:12 PM
I would have gone to the kitchen, collected a brown bag, dropped my dacks, pinched off a loaf in said bag, done up dacks, stickytaped bag, placed bag in envelope, and mailed it right to your face for being such a tool.
It's ok, sometimes when we herp, we also derp.
#10
Posted 19 April 2012 - 09:14 PM
#11
Posted 19 April 2012 - 09:24 PM
Let me know if you've found another lowered, vinyl wrapped outback. And soon to be turbo
Trying to be unique.
#12
Posted 19 April 2012 - 09:28 PM
Get out of my thread.
#13
Posted 19 April 2012 - 09:35 PM
#14
Posted 19 April 2012 - 09:46 PM
yeah man gonna look greatConsidered 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.
#15
Posted 19 April 2012 - 09:49 PM
Good luck mate! Should look tits once it's done.
Cheers,
Shazza
I put up with people from amnesty, red cross and now the cancer council almost daily hounding me!! Throw in the greens, green peace, unhcr, save the forking children and I've well and truly hit my limit for the number of fuckstains wanting me to sign something or give money. Seriously cubts, right off.
#16
Posted 19 April 2012 - 10:26 PM
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.
#17
Posted 20 April 2012 - 05:53 AM
Im planning to carbon wrap my roof
#18
Posted 20 April 2012 - 08:38 AM
matte white the whole thing?
This is what I want to do.
2002 Outback - it's gone...
#19
Posted 20 April 2012 - 08:54 AM
#20
Posted 20 April 2012 - 09:01 AM
Get to it, Sam! Cool project.
Cheers,
Nik
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