FS: Black Roof/Car Vinyl Wraps

[Don Nguyen]

I always do enjoy having modified cars come by to have work done on their cars. The owner of this carbon black BMW E39 M5 came by to have me apply my light tint material to his whole tail light. This is the same material/shade that you see me using in all of my previous pictures of tinted tail lights. It may appear slightly lighter on this specific car, but that’s because on darker colored cars (IE black, dark grey, etc) the contrast between the tint shade and the car is not as big, so it’ll appear lighter than it does on lighter colored cars (IE white, silver, etc). He drove out to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange County to have the vinyl work done.

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Left/driver side tinted - Right/passenger side stock:


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-Don Nguyen

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[Don Nguyen]

I always take requests, if anyone is trying to look for a specific example of my vinyl work on a certain type of color or car. In this case, I had someone ask me if I could post pictures of blacked out window trim on a red colored car. The owner of this red Audi S5 had me black out his chrome/brushed aluminum window trim with my matte black vinyl material. I believe the owner of this car was from Los Angeles and drove out to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange County to have the work done. I think the matte black provides a nice contrast with the bright color of the car, but I think gloss black would have looked just equally as good in this case.

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Note: The bump that can be seen on the top rear quarter window trim piece is a factory bump/seam and not due to any installation reasons/issues.








-Don Nguyen

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[Don Nguyen]

This picture set is a lot shorter than what I normally post, but I get a lot of requests for pictures of carbon fiber wrapped front lips. The owner of this white Mercedes CLA sedan came by to have me wrap the back 1/3rd of his roof in gloss black, to complete the panoramic look of his car. In addition to the roof, he also had me wrap the front lip of his car int he 3M 1080 gloss carbon fiber vinyl material. Due to the size of his front lip, I had to do it in three different pieces/sections. I decided to make two seam lines that lined up/matched two edges of the bumper’s lower grill. Unfortunately, due to how late it was when the owner of this car came, it became dark very quick and it was hard to photograph pictures of the car once it was done with the lighting that was available inside. The owner of this car drove to me in Orange county/Anaheim Hills from Los Angeles to have the work done.

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-Don Nguyen

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[Don Nguyen]

For this white Audi A6 sedan, I vinyl wrapped the roof in my gloss black vinyl material and also lightly smoked/tinted the tail lights of his car. I liked the way this turned out, because the changes with the gloss black roof and lightly tinted tails really gave the car a different look without making it look too modified. If you didn’t know or didn’t look very closely, most would probably have thought it came from the factory like this. The owner of this car brought his car out to me in Anaheim hills/Orange county to have the vinyl work done.

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-Don Nguyen

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[Don Nguyen]

I know the before/after differences may not show up well in the pictures, but for those who own these cars and are familiar with it, I am sure you can see/notice the differences. The owner of this white Lexus IS250 brought in his car to have me apply a clear red transparent film over the orange amber portion of his tail lights. This gives the tail lights a nice consistent red tone/finish to the entire tail light, without having the random orange amber break up the tail light’s lines. In addition to the tails, I also applied a clear transparent yellow film to his head lights. I typically use the yellow for fog lights, but I have had quite a few requests for the yellow to be applied on head lights in the past and lately.

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-Don Nguyen

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[Don Nguyen]

The owner of this new jet black Lexus IS250 sedan had me vinyl wrap the chrome/brushed aluminum window trim. The blacked out trim makes a huge difference on dark colored cars, as you can see in the pictures below. For this car, we went with the gloss black vinyl finish for the material, to have the window trim of the car blend in with the black paint on the car. The owner of this car drove out to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange County to have the work done.


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-Don Nguyen

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[Don Nguyen]

The owner of this car was from out of state and brought in his car to me in Orange County/Anaheim Hills to get some vinyl work done on it. He had me vinyl wrap the roof in the 3M dinoc matte carbon fiber finish and also had me light smoke/tint his rear tail lights on his white BMW 128i coupe. The owner of this car was trying to replicate the look that the M3 E92 coupes have on roofs stock carbon fiber from the factory. This is as close as you’re going to get to that effect/look without actually changing out the entire roof.

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During: Driver/left side tinted/smoked - passenger/right side stock


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-Don Nguyen

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[Don Nguyen]

This is a previous car that I had worked on. The owner of this white VW Golf R sedan had me vinyl wrap his roof in the 3M matte carbon fiber vinyl about a year. He came back because he wanted me to wrap his side window pillars and mirrors in the same 3M matte carbon fiber material. Note - Typically it is not practical or possible to wrap mirrors, due to their shape/curves, but it worked out in this case due to the design of the mirrors on this car. Most mirrors that you see wrapped in pictures are either done in multiple pieces or only show how it looks like right after it is wrapped, which doesn’t show how it holds up over time.

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-Don Nguyen

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[Don Nguyen]

The owner of this car was from Irvine as well and brought their car to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange County to have me vinyl wrap their brand new white Lexus IS350 sedan. I did the roof in my gloss black vinyl material. In addition to the roof, I also did the body line in the rear right under the tail light in the same gloss black as well as right under the front head light, between the headlight and turn signal in the bumper, with gloss black as well. It was interesting doing something different/custom on this car, although it may not be most people’s style.

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-Don Nguyen

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[Don Nguyen]

I am considering doing a group buy on tinted/smoked tail lights. If I can get around 5-10 people together, I can give a group discount. If you’re interested in this, e-mail me directly at donathon@gmail.com

This brand new white Mercedes C250 sedan came in to have me wrap his roof in my gloss black vinyl material and also tint/smoke his tail lights. I took several comparison pictures of the tail lights before/during/after and inside/outside, to show you guys the progress and how it looks like in different lighting. The owner of this car brought his car in to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange County to have the work done.

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Driver/left side tinted/smoked - passenger/right side stock:


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-Don Nguyen

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[george graves]

Have you tried wrapping a e30 dash with some of that 3m CF fabric like stuff? Is that even possible?

[Don Nguyen]

I only work with vinyl, not fabric. Unless if you're referring to the vinyl material, then no I have not tried using it on the dash.

-Don

[george graves]

Yes - I'm referring to 3m carbon fiber di-noc. It applies like vinyl, yet has the texture of CF.

Ask your supplier about "di-noc" - seems to be a 3m brand - I guess????? It' not flat, it's textured. And unless you look at it close up (like the pic below) it looks great. It has a pleasing 3d effect to it. Think you can wrap a dash in that?



And you can heat it and stretch it just like your other wraps - apparently very pliable. I assume on tight corners you can use some CA glue to tack it down. I ran into it on for a totally different use (a guy was using it to wrap panels on a DIY laser cutter) and it looked amazing.

You are the wrap expert - so I though you might be able to say if a dash warp is possible.

[Don Nguyen]

Yes, I think I am fairly aware of that material that you have posted. If you look just a few posts above yours, you'll see that I have several cars done with that exact same material.

A dash consists of many parts, so simply stating if I can wrap a dash is not specific enough for me to tell you if that part is possible to wrap or not.

Hopefully all of that makes sense and clears up any confusion you had.

-Don

Yes - I'm referring to 3m carbon fiber di-noc. It applies like vinyl, yet has the texture of CF.

Ask your supplier about "di-noc" - seems to be a 3m brand - I guess????? It' not flat, it's textured. And unless you look at it close up (like the pic below) it looks great. It has a pleasing 3d effect to it. Think you can wrap a dash in that?



And you can heat it and stretch it just like your other wraps - apparently very pliable. I assume on tight corners you can use some CA glue to tack it down. I ran into it on for a totally different use (a guy was using it to wrap panels on a DIY laser cutter) and it looked amazing.

You are the wrap expert - so I though you might be able to say if a dash warp is possible.

[george graves]

Yes, I think I am fairly aware of that material that you have posted. If you look just a few posts above yours, you'll see that I have several cars done with that exact same material.

A dash consists of many parts, so simply stating if I can wrap a dash is not specific enough for me to tell you if that part is possible to wrap or not.

Hopefully all of that makes sense and clears up any confusion you had.

-Don

Oh nice - good pics - I missed it. Actually no, that didn't answer my question - sorry! My question is kinda basic....can an e30 dash be wrapped in it? What other info do you need?