79cord
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Jan 10, 2015 12:44:12 GMT
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Plenty of images of horribly gaudily wrapped modern exotics to be found upon the internet, but what about retros? I was surprised not to find a previous thread upon this site, so..... I stumbled across pictures of this Mercedes W108 300SEL & for some reason thought it somehow looked more appropriate that on some Rappers new Mercedes SL   Perhaps because my father has one of these:   Then I found this one:   I suppose Hot wheels has been at that sort of thing since the late '60's as well.    I remembered these ones from Retro-Riders: MTVViva's '66 Viva  before it was stripped & repainted black  including interior  dbizzle's now satin Blue 205 Gti  pervypaul's Seat Ibiza Mk1  mardell100's Volvo 480  And hunted down these pictures as well. Donks certainly seem into it!     This ones a little big link I must admit that some of the more modern satin metallic, chrome, coloured chrome & brushed metal finishes particularly intrigue me as being difficult to achieve by other means. Faux Wood has been in use since the early '60's and mock Carbon has come a looong way since the silver & black checkers of the '90's! |
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Last Edit: Jan 19, 2017 4:22:09 GMT by 79cord: pic. reattach
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Jan 10, 2015 15:27:27 GMT
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... I stumbled across pictures of this Mercedes & for some reason thought it somehow looked more appropriate that on some Rappers new Mercedes SL   ... At least it looks better than this wrapped benz:   Yes, I took that photo, it was the start of Benidorm or Bust Rally. It was actual tin foil lol |
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Jan 10, 2015 15:28:32 GMT
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Sainsburys basics tin foil?
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New cars. Who needs em.....
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Jan 10, 2015 16:19:36 GMT
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I quite like all of them but the chrome merc just looks so wrong
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Jan 11, 2015 19:04:39 GMT
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Jan 11, 2015 19:11:14 GMT
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All the shiny/chrome wrapped stuff is a bit of an eyesore. I think it works better with more subtle colours or a patterned wrap like so:   |
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79cord
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Jan 13, 2015 11:59:21 GMT
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Printed graphics like that ^^ would also be interesting for the effort required to line them up with adjoining sheets as they wrap around body curves & require part-lines. Stumbled across this one on television at a friends place last week: Fantomworks   Garish & a bit silly, but still very impressive & interesting. Said they scanned the body to help layout where they might separate the vinyl sheets. Obviously not easy upon such a curvacious body & would require experience & skill, though I guess the graphics would distract attention from sheet joins. |
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Jan 13, 2015 12:33:13 GMT
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The start of my motoring "career" was in the early 70's when murals were all the craze on custom cars. I suppose wrapping with a design is a modern equivalent.
Thing that bothers me about it how well does it stand up to slight knocks and scrapes. Most of my journeys are down lanes where you often bush against a hedge etc when passing cars coming the other way down narrow sections. I'd hate to spend a small fortune on having a car wrapped only to get it ruined by something normal paintwork would shrug off.
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Jan 13, 2015 12:54:44 GMT
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Its fairly robust, but does come in various thicknesses, and thus price. Thicker wraps are harder to apply to. You pays your money and takes your choice.
keep looking ar plasti-dip for my van. Its cheap, easy to apply and will protect the vuneable areas of paint on yhe van. I'd be tempted to peel it off though!
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Jan 13, 2015 16:17:41 GMT
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Wraps are surprisingly tough. The better quality gloss ones will take to machine polishing just like paint if and when swirls and little marks start being added.
It's far easier to have a panel re-wrapped than painted and the surrounding area blended in.
Plasti-dip is a terrible product. A lot of people think it's protecting the paint underneath but I've seen a fair few now that have taken the coating off to find that the paint has been stained from the Plasti-dip. It takes a lot of heavy polishing and sometimes wet sanding to remove the damage.
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whysub
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Jan 13, 2015 18:50:05 GMT
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Thanks Scratcher-I've only seen video's of it, and no first hand experience. Had some panels wrapped on the van, very cheaply (so very thin wrap) and they have stood the test of time with just some wear evident on the dorr frame from where I shut the door.
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79cord
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Jan 18, 2017 14:13:30 GMT
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Printed graphics like that ^^ would also be interesting for the effort required to line them up with adjoining sheets as they wrap around body curves & require part-lines. Some things are hard to handle:  |
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gazz81
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Jan 18, 2017 14:37:48 GMT
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Guilty I'm afraid, not that mine was that desirable in the first place!  |
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gazz81
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Jan 18, 2017 14:38:36 GMT
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This was it prior to the wrap.  |
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Jan 18, 2017 16:37:03 GMT
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I was tempted to start a thread similar to this but relative to home wrapping experienced. What methods were used, material, grade, brand, supplier and so on. I've been using a certain product but I find it too thick for intricate parts and wanted to hear from people who has used other suppliers and brands.
I am all for wrapping providing it's done tastefully. Personally I can not stand the chrome effect wrap. I think this lairy glittery pink you see on these incredibly bold drift cars is cool. But chrome just doesn't seem to do it for me.
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79cord
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Jan 18, 2017 23:41:47 GMT
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I'm horribly tempted by the coloured red, blue etc. chromes for the ultimate candy finish while the satin & matt coloured chromes & metallics can have a surreal iridescent effect in capturing light. Obviously easy to look crass though the HotWheels toy effect can succeed & 'feature' areas like two-tone roof should always work well (!?). More realistically I'd be too scared. That shouldn't stop me trying the chrome wrap upon custom fiberglass bumpers, replacing original chrome though... One day.. less tasteful    Maybe..   Yes.      |
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Metalflake wraps... hmmm....
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79cord
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^ Modern Vinyl roofs!
At least developing rust should be more obvious.
Haven't looked for leather grained wraps. Or Kitchen Stone/granite effects.
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