Hi all,

 

For the benefit of people I've bored at the Chester meet's recently (Mandy, Ian and Keith etc!), I thought I'd share a couple of pics of attempt number one of vehicle wrapping :)

 

I'd say that the ZX is, in theory, a very easy car to wrap as the panes are pretty flat as it's corners and curves which are a b**ch to wrap round. The front bumper and the back were hardest...the rear quarter panels and lower boot area are all one massive panel which really should be done as one piece of wrap but I cheated and did it in smaller sections.

 

Anyhoo, hope you like! It's still work in progress, there's a few scruffy panels I want to re-do and I also want to tint the windows (wish me luck there!) but it's nice to have a project on the go :)

 

PS big, big thanks to Lee and Sam for helping with the side skirts :) :) :)

Edited July 13, 201312 yr by groover
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B0ll0x, didn't get images to load in the first post....

 

 

If a moderator can tidy the first post up then I'd be mega grateful :)

 

S

PPS....yes, my car's name is "Growler".

 

;)

 

S

Looks like a good job mate well done :)

I guess that would of been you by canal on egg bridge road tonight? :clap:

Looking good!!

Proper Stealthy

I like it, did you do it yourself?

No frigging way, my old 300zx NA still on the road :blink:

lol, Was that your old NA Vods?.....that's got around some. Squee that looks very impressive, I love it.

lol, Was that your old NA Vods?.....that's got around some. Squee that looks very impressive, I love it.

 

Yeah, very first zed i owned, was silver at that point and certainly threw me into the deep end, first job i ever did on it was change the frigging engine lol, nice to see its still around, although it was quite worse for wear when i first picked it up.

It's nice to see one of your old cars still up and running.

Did you do the targa inlay that looks a royal pita

If you did it yourself....I gotta ask....is this your first attempt?

I can get hold of wrap at trade price, so was thinking of having a shot on my Zed. Paintwork is in a state and I don't want to pay for a full respray until I get everything else sorted.

Sarah you've done a great job. Looks better in the flesh.Cant wait for you to do my zafira roof:thumbup1:.

Yes vods I can remember you swapping that zed with the uk tt off simon(mid wales zx).It was in a sorry state then,but 3months of work(at my unit) and a shed load of steel and wiring its now roadworthy again and everything works:thumbup1:

Wow - nice job Squee!!!

 

Richard:thumbup1:

ooohh looks very nice!!! ive been thinking of getting it wrapped! very good for first attempt

 

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are there different types of wrap to look out for or are they all standard quality etc? and which would be best to buy

Looks like my old zed!

 

Very good job youve done there :)

Sarah you've done a great job. Looks better in the flesh.Cant wait for you to do my zafira roof:thumbup1:.

Yes vods I can remember you swapping that zed with the uk tt off simon(mid wales zx).It was in a sorry state then,but 3months of work(at my unit) and a shed load of steel and wiring its now roadworthy again and everything works:thumbup1:

 

It was swapped with the knowledge that he was going to use it for the manual box and to strip it, glad it was saved, the engine was strong though, i got it from the outer Hebrides, and the salt water up there hadn't been very good to the old girl thats for sure.

Thanks all :) Yea I did it myself.....a bit of patience is all you need ;)

 

Sorge...yep that was me! Do you live in Waverton?! I'm sure you've 'spotted' me before...you should have come and said hello :)

 

VodkaShots...yes your old Zed....very lovingly repaired by Lee ;) I'm determined to make a concourse car of it yet haha!

 

Lexx...are you the same Lexx as on the 350 forum?

 

S.

Hi,

 

I'd suggest going for an 'air release' type of vinyl first as it's a lot easier to work with than the more old fashioned types of vinyl. And make sure you have an airgun...hairdryers aren't quite hot enough to manipulate the vinyl. And just have patience and practice. To be honest if you're a learner you won't notice too much difference in the different manufacture's vinyls so just go for whatever your taste and finances tell you :)

 

S.

Aye, it's the same Lexx. finally got around to getting my project Z32.

Very nice, i'm going to be doing a diy wrap myself soon. What vinyl did you use and how much - length and cost :)