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Mostly-calypso: A $600 learning experience [Now S52 swapped]
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Originally posted by ahrensNW View PostYour threads makes me have mixed feelings about vinyl.
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Finished up the wrap + reassembly this weekend. Will be getting some proper photos later this week after it's been cleaned up and all my trim bits are done. But here's a little photodump of the process of the whole deal.
Finishing the passenger side
Back corner was kinda tricky
Front bumper assembled
Showing how close the color match is. It's a shade more red/pink than calypsorot but pretty close
Taping up the seam for the roof. There are 8 seams total on the car for each pillar (top and bottom). You could probably do this with only 4 seams, but this was way easier
Cutting out the sunroof
Aaaaaaand all finished up and reassembled:
Overall I'm super happy with the results. My shabby bodywork still shows through, so there's definitely some incentive to have it professionally stripped and painted at some point in the future. Shoutout to those of you who do this professionally - extremely tedious and time-consuming. Took myself and my girlfriend ~3 weeks total working weekends and a few evenings when we had the time. Stay tuned for some better pictures :D
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Damn, that turned out nice. Congrats on having the balls and diving into it.My Garage
2001 Z3 2.5i Steel Gray/Black (Lexi)
1988 325ix Diamond Schwartz/Black (Izzy)
1989 325i Cirrus Blue/Houndstooth (Stitch)
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Looks good man, never would expect a wrap to appear that close to paint!WNY e30 Group on FB, feel free to join if you're from the area!
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Originally posted by NJBiddle View Post
Back corner was kinda tricky
I'm about to start doing the white roof on my wife's blue Toyota FJ Cruiser and I have 4 corners like this that I need to do, and they all have to have a nice clean edge to match up to the factory blue paint just below the top of the doors/sides.
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Originally posted by Jaker View PostWhat was the process for getting that corner done? Was it just lots of careful heatgun work or did you go baller with the propane torch?
Here's a halfway decent explanation showing a complex curve: https://youtu.be/UADU7wLc_sE?t=61
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