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ZilviaKid · 01-19-2009, 12:23 PM

ive been looking through those shops for a while now.

has anyone found a non metalic red?

TheArkitekt · 01-19-2009, 12:49 PM

Sign Making, Sign Supplies, Vinyl Cutters, Sign Cutters, Vinyl Banners, Wide Format Color Printers, Laser Engravers has pretty good prices on non metallic vinyl.

didnt see this mentioned anywhere in this thread, works 100 times better then soapy water. use lots of it though! application fluid

as for vinyl looking good. this car was done entirely with vinyl. took about $45 and ~35-40 hours in work.

Pank · 01-19-2009, 12:59 PM

wow, all that work and it looks like a car that was spray bombed

TheArkitekt · 01-19-2009, 01:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pank

wow, all that work and it looks like a car that was spray bombed

lol show me a spray bomb job with less time put in that is that smooth (flat black).

to each their own right, i mean we were only .08 seconds off a R35 skyline with mild upgrades on the track.

irax · 01-19-2009, 01:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheArkitekt

lol show me a spray bomb job with less time put in that is that smooth (flat black).

to each their own right, i mean we were only .08 seconds off a R35 skyline with mild upgrades on the track.

lol i noticed that! but did it really take 35-40 hours? whats that? 8 hours per fender?

yokotas13 · 01-19-2009, 01:39 PM

bumpers are the hard part

but really. it looks tons better than a spray bomb job. its all even, smoothe, etc etc. for hte money cant go wrong if you put it on right.....plus it isnt permanent like spray bombing is

Pank · 01-19-2009, 02:13 PM

yeah, but why do flat black? of all the colors? they have normal solid gloss colors, but no one ever does them, save for that one guy with the bmw

irax · 01-19-2009, 02:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pank

yeah, but why do flat black? of all the colors? they have normal solid gloss colors, but no one ever does them, save for that one guy with the bmw

so wait... if its on a BMW its ok or cool, but if its on a civic its not good?

yokotas13 · 01-19-2009, 02:15 PM

becuase i dont like to wash my cars....
i dunno.

i like flat black. but im doing a super gaudy and ugly two tone so whatever

Pank · 01-19-2009, 02:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by irax

so wait... if its on a BMW its ok or cool, but if its on a civic its not good?

no, the bmw had gloss white, the civic has flat black. Doesn't matter what car it is. Everyone either does glittery colors or flat black.
like, no one does gloss red or gloss white

TheArkitekt · 01-19-2009, 02:40 PM

the black tends to hide small mistakes better then other colors. but honestly it was just because we usually make our race cars black.

YoungGun · 01-19-2009, 03:00 PM

Theres a coupe in here that did gloss white.

BillWatcher · 01-19-2009, 06:48 PM

Maybe they did flat black because to some people it looks good? I think Flat black cars (when done right) looks extremely good.

karl wasabi · 01-19-2009, 06:52 PM

So was the vinyl on that civic flexible? The stuff that I was messing around with, with Castro was not flexible at all. It was impossible to go around corners because everything needed to be slit in order to bend the slightest bit.

HyperTek · 01-19-2009, 07:22 PM

any proof that civic wasnt sprayed? seems like a bad idea to put vinyl graphics over the vinyl body, incase they want to remove those graphics it would probably pull the vinyl underneath?

ericcastro · 01-19-2009, 08:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by karl wasabi

So was the vinyl on that civic flexible? The stuff that I was messing around with, with Castro was not flexible at all. It was impossible to go around corners because everything needed to be slit in order to bend the slightest bit.

Thats cause it was a metalic red Karl.
The metalic and the metalic sparkles dont bend well or stretch because they have metal in them.

the normal colors are easier to do corners with.

karl wasabi · 01-19-2009, 08:51 PM

I was thinking about vinyling my roof black for that two tone look. That way, if I get tired of it, I can just peel it off. haha.

TheArkitekt · 01-19-2009, 09:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HyperTek

any proof that civic wasnt sprayed? seems like a bad idea to put vinyl graphics over the vinyl body, incase they want to remove those graphics it would probably pull the vinyl underneath?

lol i dont know what proof to give you other then me saying i watched it being done. it was avery vinyl, extremely flexible. there are actually rating for that, i just dont remember them off the top of my head.

and no, the top vinyl doesnt pull off the vinyl under. just be sure you cook the base vinyl in the sun for a day or so before going crazy with other graphics.

BillWatcher · 01-19-2009, 11:47 PM

Yea I just stripped my car of the vinyl, all my stickers I had over the purple came off without peeling the purple. I thought the same thing was going to happen and that some of the stickers would be unusable. But it ended up being fine.

water · 01-20-2009, 06:55 AM

Everybody keeps saying how its not permanent...has anyone actually tried removing all the vinyl from their wrapped cars? Seems like it would be a bigger PITA than sanding old paint.

rbpowerds14 · 01-20-2009, 09:55 AM

any one got more pics of there car's vinyld?

BillWatcher · 01-20-2009, 10:53 AM

I just took mine off, it came off fine, in some spots left some sticky gunk. But goop off took that off pretty quick.

Here is more of my car and others for you rbpowerds14

rbpowerds14 · 01-20-2009, 11:01 AM

thank you, i ordered my vynal yesterdy, doing royal blue with the metallic flake, i just hope it comes out nice

TheArkitekt · 01-20-2009, 11:08 AM

as long as you are patient and take your time itll turn out fine

DUFFM4N · 01-20-2009, 06:56 PM

started doing my roof here at work, didnt finish, but ive got a very effective system for applying the vinyl

motegineon · 01-20-2009, 06:59 PM

share the tips!

my vinyl is on the way, redoing my hella faded carbon hood

tamiya_s2000 · 01-20-2009, 08:36 PM

that flat black civic looks pretty nice...
if he dint tell us we prolly cudnt tell it was vinyl...

n after reading this WHOLE thread... my fav is the green.. vinyl is awesome
def gona vinyl my drift car if i had 1

raz0rbladez909 · 01-20-2009, 08:40 PM

i honestly think it looks good if done right. for those of you that are doing it, how are you going about the seams? are you over lapping or what, seems like maybe a write up is in order?

BillWatcher · 01-20-2009, 10:19 PM

You have to overlap. Best Technique just comes down to the person, I know a guy that used soapy water and a hair drier and that was best for him and it came out pretty good. But my personal way that I found best was just having a clean surface and using no water at all and no drier. Also not being afraid to use small pieces and doing patch work.

also I took the car apart as much as i could to do it. Here are a couple pics

ended up having to redo this one because the top left corner I butchered pretty bad (first piece I did)

On that last pic there is a lot of patch work and small pieces. If you get the laying part down its really hard to see them. The top left was 2 or 3 pieces that I just F'ed up. the big parts are patched.

blueshark123 · 01-20-2009, 10:28 PM

damn duff i cant wait to see ur car finished its coming out great i should vinyl wrap my 240z when i get one for the hell of it haha

01-19-2009, 12:23 PM	#301
ZilviaKid Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Toronto Age: 32 Posts: 1,440 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	ive been looking through those shops for a while now. has anyone found a non metalic red? __________________ 1989 Nissan 240sx - Hatch - Sr 2006 Honda Ruckus - Fat & Low

01-19-2009, 12:59 PM	#303
Pank Post Whore! Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Charlotte, NC Age: 38 Posts: 3,627 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	wow, all that work and it looks like a car that was spray bombed __________________ high performance driveway photography zenki s14---v8 fc rx7 my crappy flickr page (drift cars whoo)

01-19-2009, 01:39 PM	#306
yokotas13 Post Whore! Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Milford, CT Age: 36 Posts: 10,519 Trader Rating: (8) Rides Gallery: yokotas13 Feedback Score: 8 reviews	bumpers are the hard part but really. it looks tons better than a spray bomb job. its all even, smoothe, etc etc. for hte money cant go wrong if you put it on right.....plus it isnt permanent like spray bombing is __________________ 2015 Subaru Outback Overlander - Wagonofdoom

01-19-2009, 02:13 PM	#307
Pank Post Whore! Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Charlotte, NC Age: 38 Posts: 3,627 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	yeah, but why do flat black? of all the colors? they have normal solid gloss colors, but no one ever does them, save for that one guy with the bmw __________________ high performance driveway photography zenki s14---v8 fc rx7 my crappy flickr page (drift cars whoo)

01-19-2009, 02:15 PM	#309
yokotas13 Post Whore! Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Milford, CT Age: 36 Posts: 10,519 Trader Rating: (8) Rides Gallery: yokotas13 Feedback Score: 8 reviews	becuase i dont like to wash my cars.... i dunno. i like flat black. but im doing a super gaudy and ugly two tone so whatever __________________ 2015 Subaru Outback Overlander - Wagonofdoom

01-19-2009, 12:49 PM	#302
TheArkitekt Zilvia Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: merika...fuck yeah Posts: 296 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	Sign Making, Sign Supplies, Vinyl Cutters, Sign Cutters, Vinyl Banners, Wide Format Color Printers, Laser Engravers has pretty good prices on non metallic vinyl. didnt see this mentioned anywhere in this thread, works 100 times better then soapy water. use lots of it though! application fluid as for vinyl looking good. this car was done entirely with vinyl. took about $45 and ~35-40 hours in work.

01-19-2009, 02:40 PM	#311
TheArkitekt Zilvia Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: merika...fuck yeah Posts: 296 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	the black tends to hide small mistakes better then other colors. but honestly it was just because we usually make our race cars black.

01-19-2009, 03:00 PM	#312
YoungGun Post Whore! Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: 818-951 SoCal Posts: 3,961 Trader Rating: (23) Feedback Score: 23 reviews	Theres a coupe in here that did gloss white.

01-19-2009, 06:48 PM	#313
BillWatcher Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Bellevue, Wa Age: 37 Posts: 324 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Maybe they did flat black because to some people it looks good? I think Flat black cars (when done right) looks extremely good. __________________ http://walk2liv.blogspot.com/

01-19-2009, 06:52 PM	#314
karl wasabi Post Whore! Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Walnut/SoCal Posts: 3,898 Trader Rating: (41) Feedback Score: 41 reviews	So was the vinyl on that civic flexible? The stuff that I was messing around with, with Castro was not flexible at all. It was impossible to go around corners because everything needed to be slit in order to bend the slightest bit. __________________ Karl Wasabi Private Seller - Review Thread

01-19-2009, 07:22 PM	#315
HyperTek Post Whore! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Cali Posts: 13,222 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	any proof that civic wasnt sprayed? seems like a bad idea to put vinyl graphics over the vinyl body, incase they want to remove those graphics it would probably pull the vinyl underneath? __________________ Keep it Classy

01-19-2009, 08:51 PM	#317
karl wasabi Post Whore! Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Walnut/SoCal Posts: 3,898 Trader Rating: (41) Feedback Score: 41 reviews	I was thinking about vinyling my roof black for that two tone look. That way, if I get tired of it, I can just peel it off. haha. __________________ Karl Wasabi Private Seller - Review Thread

01-19-2009, 11:47 PM	#319
BillWatcher Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Bellevue, Wa Age: 37 Posts: 324 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Yea I just stripped my car of the vinyl, all my stickers I had over the purple came off without peeling the purple. I thought the same thing was going to happen and that some of the stickers would be unusable. But it ended up being fine. __________________ http://walk2liv.blogspot.com/

01-20-2009, 06:55 AM	#320
water Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: FL Age: 41 Posts: 373 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Everybody keeps saying how its not permanent...has anyone actually tried removing all the vinyl from their wrapped cars? Seems like it would be a bigger PITA than sanding old paint.

01-20-2009, 09:55 AM	#321
rbpowerds14 Banned from the Marketplace Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: florida Posts: 284 Trader Rating: (5) Feedback Score: 5 reviews	any one got more pics of there car's vinyld?

01-20-2009, 10:53 AM	#322
BillWatcher Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Bellevue, Wa Age: 37 Posts: 324 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I just took mine off, it came off fine, in some spots left some sticky gunk. But goop off took that off pretty quick. Here is more of my car and others for you rbpowerds14 __________________ http://walk2liv.blogspot.com/

01-20-2009, 11:01 AM	#323
rbpowerds14 Banned from the Marketplace Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: florida Posts: 284 Trader Rating: (5) Feedback Score: 5 reviews	thank you, i ordered my vynal yesterdy, doing royal blue with the metallic flake, i just hope it comes out nice

01-20-2009, 11:08 AM	#324
TheArkitekt Zilvia Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: merika...fuck yeah Posts: 296 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	as long as you are patient and take your time itll turn out fine

01-20-2009, 06:56 PM	#325
DUFFM4N Post Whore! Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Southern California...where i stretch out haters like a bad thong Age: 37 Posts: 7,371 Trader Rating: (40) Rides Gallery: DUFFM4N Feedback Score: 40 reviews	started doing my roof here at work, didnt finish, but ive got a very effective system for applying the vinyl __________________ *things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who HUSTLE* CLICK HERE FOR MY BLOG

01-20-2009, 06:59 PM	#326
motegineon Banned from the Marketplace Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: 神奈川県,日本 Posts: 487 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	share the tips! my vinyl is on the way, redoing my hella faded carbon hood

01-20-2009, 08:36 PM	#327
tamiya_s2000 Leaky Injector Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Richmond BC Posts: 128 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	that flat black civic looks pretty nice... if he dint tell us we prolly cudnt tell it was vinyl... n after reading this WHOLE thread... my fav is the green.. vinyl is awesome def gona vinyl my drift car if i had 1 __________________ 輝くヘタクソの星 - Nsh.

01-20-2009, 10:19 PM	#329
BillWatcher Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Bellevue, Wa Age: 37 Posts: 324 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	You have to overlap. Best Technique just comes down to the person, I know a guy that used soapy water and a hair drier and that was best for him and it came out pretty good. But my personal way that I found best was just having a clean surface and using no water at all and no drier. Also not being afraid to use small pieces and doing patch work. also I took the car apart as much as i could to do it. Here are a couple pics ended up having to redo this one because the top left corner I butchered pretty bad (first piece I did) On that last pic there is a lot of patch work and small pieces. If you get the laying part down its really hard to see them. The top left was 2 or 3 pieces that I just F'ed up. the big parts are patched. __________________ http://walk2liv.blogspot.com/ Last edited by BillWatcher; 01-20-2009 at 10:22 PM.. Reason: poopy butt

01-20-2009, 10:28 PM	#330
blueshark123 Post Whore! Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: North Jersey Posts: 5,481 Trader Rating: (55) Feedback Score: 55 reviews	damn duff i cant wait to see ur car finished its coming out great i should vinyl wrap my 240z when i get one for the hell of it haha

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