Vinyl Wrapping...

Ok so ive been looking around and ive seen alota cars with the glitter vinyl wrap on the whole car. does anybody know where they do that and how much it could set me back because after i finish my body work i think thats what i wanna do. that shit looks sick as hell imo.
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^+1. I'd like to know too. Taka from works aero had his silvia wrapped in purple glitter. Expect and input from him. Or pm him and post back here.

that green s13 looks soooooooo good

dam... bad ass shit

those look a lot better in pictures than they do in person.

all of them look like shit up close. i dont care how much time you spent, there are always bubbles, creases, ripples, and parts that dont stick.

dont do it. just paint your car.

nigga do what u want... some cars actually look really good up close, just that some ppl are perfectionist and keep going till its done correctly and others dont.

yeah this is not as good of idea as it seems.
it can go on pretty smooth but never look as good as paint.
mine had alot of wrinkles and creases in it and i worked at it for 3 days straight to try to keep it smooth.

but if you really want to do it check out paperstreetplastics on ebay, they have a ton of colors and sizes.
thats where i got my vinyl and i got 2 of the 30ft x24in rolls. you probably wont use it all but its better to have too much then not enough.

i couldnt do it this way on my car because it was flat black but on a friends car that had paint with a clear coat this was my technique,

spray the sticky side of the vinyl with water before you apply it, that way you can move it around as you need to,

then squeegee the water out and use a heat gun at about 8 inches away to help dry anywater thats under neath so that you dont get bubbles ,

keep in mind it doesnt stretch so dont pull to hard on it.

when you get to the corners you have to cut and section it which looks pretty haggard up close but from 10 feet you wont see any of it.

also expect MAD attention from cops, but on a plus note it also gets MAD attention from teenage girls.

i would suggest practicing a little before you go all out. i practiced on the hood of my beater s13 just to try to work out the bugs before i got started.


you can see here how many wrinkles are really there.

SPEEDTRIBE wrote:

also expect MAD attention from cops, but on a plus note it also gets MAD attention from teenage girls.

pros out weigh cons.

thanks for the info SPEEDTRIBE haha i like the plus side of it also...so if parts of my car arent clear coated is there a way to do it decently and make it stick cus i really wanna do it without clearcoating everything...

the vinyl didnt like to stick to flat/satin surfaces in my experience. i used water like he said above.

without water, it may stick, but good luck not having air bubbles and such.

well i guess ill just have to give it a try. thanks for the input

wow. i think im gonna do this. fuck it fuck it fuck it.

Nachtmensch wrote:

the vinyl didnt like to stick to flat/satin surfaces in my experience. i used water like he said above.

without water, it may stick, but good luck not having air bubbles and such.

exactly

couldnt you get away with a heavy ass flake in your clear, and clear it a few time to make it all add up to be that glittery?
it doesnt loook bad in pics but i'm sure it looks horrible up close judging by the pic above, and even from the pics at the top i was picking out wrinkles.

either way good luck with it kurt, let me know if you need a hand doing anything.

fashoo scott

energ wrote:

couldnt you get away with a heavy ass flake in your clear, and clear it a few time to make it all add up to be that glittery?

of course! BUT its gonna be a lot more then 150 dollars haha.

but yes i highly recommend paint over vinyl.

this is everybit as glittery as the vinyl

oh yea i meant to ask you dude (sorry for thread jacking), how much do those hoods sell for?

well those were just for D squad/risky devil.

but rainbow flake will be available on carbon hoods for 100 bux extra then the cost of the hood.

Oh?...

SPEEDTRIBE wrote:

well those were just for D squad/risky devil.

but rainbow flake will be available on carbon hoods for 100 bux extra then the cost of the hood.

Hell yeah.

What u need a hood for anyway eckominds ?

thats being kept a secret till its ready to come out. next summer most likely. muhahahahha muahhahahahhaha mmuuuuuahahhahahahahahahhahaaaa!!!!!!!!

i forgot to ask. anybody know if a shop would do the vinyl wrap or no?

there are actually shops dedicated to vinyl wrapping

they are mainly for business who want crazy looking company cars

but they will do regular cars too, it looks good when professionally done.