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HOLY crap this is awesome. Vinyl wrapping done right

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Old 12-13-11, 04:57 PM
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Default HOLY crap this is awesome. Vinyl wrapping done right

* to start, sorry for not following the rules and linking to craigslists. seems like too much work to reupload pictures just to show everyone something really quickly. anyways:

I'm usually not a fan of vinyl wraps NOR carbon fiber etcetera etcetera ... i'll let this random guys pictures speak for themselves:









Old 12-13-11, 04:59 PM
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Yeah I agree, not a big fan of wrap but this is a really good job! I wouldn't do it, but hey it's not my car, lol
Old 12-13-11, 05:02 PM
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Is this another members car? i wanna know how much this cost to do
Old 12-13-11, 05:22 PM
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damm that's gaudy. i wouldn't mind some of that vinyl though.
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some random craigslist guy. at first i was like wow, really nice satin paint job. then i was like: wow meticulous vinyl wrapping
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Technique looks ok coming from someone who owns a sign company. Cost is approximately $750-1000 for just the 3M dinoc carbon fiber vinyl alone. Honestly in person it looks really, really fake. You will get laughed at during car meets, shows, etc. Just wrap it in another color, not the carbon fiber stuff. Not to mention this guy left half the roof unfinished and you will see a seam where the two pieces join/overlap.

Ok, someone can post a haters gonna hate meme picture now.

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I dont know..he said he had it professionally done, I'm not looking closely enough to tell nor are the pictures good enough tor me t o assess but yea more thoughts
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No offense. Not feeling it. Great effort for the look.
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The uh... the whole passenger side top is still paint. WTF?
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I'm almost sure that guy is in SD area if not LA. I've seen him selling a few parts of his SC on craigslist. It looks like he converted to '97+ body kit 'cause he was selling his '96- bumpers back then which was also wrapped with that "thing".
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Originally Posted by greens14
I dont know..he said he had it professionally done, I'm not looking closely enough to tell nor are the pictures good enough tor me t o assess but yea more thoughts
edit, i reread the craigslist thread

Here are pictures of the car, one of the carbon pieces on the roof is being refinished, that will be complete upon sale...
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Although it looks CF, unfortunately it's still heavy as ****.
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I think it would look better, if it wasnt a carbon fiber wrap.
Old 12-13-11, 08:29 PM
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Wow, what a waste of money.
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Do you guys find this attractive?


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