body and interior Vinyl Wrapping my 02

[Alexkafy]

Never seen an 02 vinyl wrapped so I thought I'd try it. So far I've done the rear quarter panels and trunk. Right now I'm in the process of finishing the hood and doors. Thoughts and opinions always accepted!

Also lets have a "custom" paint job thread.

[American Mister's 2002]

I love the idea! great job, I recently custom painted my own. Where did you get the material? 

[adawil2002]

Carter Kelly Kramer had his car wrapped for years before his car was painted last winter.

 

[jmr_1602]

Carter Kelly Kramer had his car wrapped for years before his car was painted last winter.

I thought that car was plasti-dipped. Not vinyl wrapped.

I wrapped half my 1600 a few years ago to achieve a two tone look. And too hide a hodgepodge of different colors.

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[rgiles675]

Love it! Nice! Where did you get the materials?

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[arminyack]

love it!

 

I am considering doing something like this myself!

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[Alexkafy]

Got the hardest part out of the way. Next up are the doors! Material is off of Amazon , any thing made by 3M or sold by Vivid. This is gloss black 25' x 5 ' $119.00

[dlmrun2002]

Is Carter in Westcheser NY? Thought  I saw 133 road sign. Looks that way to me..

 

dlm ny country

[Tanktheory]

Ohh interesting, I'll be looking forward to updates.

[theNomad]

Like it! I've considered it just for kicks too. Way too much to still do but would be a fun way to change color.

[Fletcher]

My son-in-law recommended doing this instead of painting on my far from perfect 76.  It seems to me though that unless the surfaces are all perfectly smooth and even already, like a modem car that isn’t 44+ years old, all the imperfections of old paint and old steel would get transmitted through the material and look bad.  Is that not the case?  Thanks!

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[Vicleonardo1]

Have to have a really good paint job/surface for a vinyl wrap to work well. Make sure rust is taken care of etc. 

 

Imperfections will show through, plus if the starting surface is marginal, oxidized etc, most likely you will have to repaint after you remove the wrap. 

 

If you have a good paint and body surfaces as a basis,  then it is a fun way to change colors every few years. 

 

 

[kbmb02]

2 hours ago, Fletcher said:

My son-in-law recommended doing this instead of painting on my far from perfect 76.  It seems to me though that unless the surfaces are all perfectly smooth and even already, like a modem car that isn’t 44+ years old, all the imperfections of old paint and old steel would get transmitted through the material and look bad.  Is that not the case?  Thanks!

 

The wrap material is thick enough to cover minor imperfections. However, to achieve a good result on the wrap for Eibach / Hot Wheels 2002 race car for the SEMA show, I repainted the nose panel and air dam (which had some deep chips). So far, the wrap has been durable (that ‘02 race ar is now racing in the Hot Wheels livery). -KB

 

 

 

 

 

[Luke.santosautohaus]

On 2/21/2016 at 6:30 PM, Alexkafy said:

Got the hardest part out of the way. Next up are the doors! Material is off of Amazon , any thing made by 3M or sold by Vivid. This is gloss black 25' x 5 ' $119.00

How did this end up? 

[irdave]

When I stuck my carbon hood and trunk on I had them wrapped in satin black.  Been probably a year now of lots of street driving- works fine.