Any vinyl wrapped carbon?

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Any vinyl wrapped carbon?

Post by klauster » Tue Oct 12, 2010 2:56 pm

If so, pics please as I am thinking about a change....

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Post by P_G » Tue Oct 12, 2010 4:38 pm

Whole car or just bits?
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Post by sonny » Tue Oct 12, 2010 4:58 pm

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Post by daytonamc » Tue Oct 12, 2010 6:12 pm

I have never been a fan of vinyl wraps until I saw these pictures!
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Post by PeteS4 » Tue Oct 12, 2010 6:48 pm

That second picture looks fantastic. I love it.
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Post by Outtlaw » Tue Oct 12, 2010 8:26 pm

Agreed, that second pic looks the muts nuts
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Post by klauster » Tue Oct 12, 2010 9:08 pm

whole car, ta Sonny
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Post by Jonah » Tue Oct 12, 2010 9:48 pm

What colour is your car under its white robe?
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Post by klauster » Wed Oct 13, 2010 12:11 pm

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Post by JHT » Wed Oct 13, 2010 10:17 pm

Outtlaw wrote:Agreed, that second pic looks the muts nuts
+ 1 - I think that looks stunning! 8)
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Post by scaghead » Thu Oct 14, 2010 7:04 am

agreed that does look good....not sure that in the flesh having the whole car done may possibly be too much... still think it would look better partly done...
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Post by dominic1 » Thu Oct 14, 2010 9:28 am

i like it too
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Post by adsgreen » Thu Oct 14, 2010 11:02 am

I think a whole car carbon wrap would look a bit... um.. chav.
I've seen a exceptionally well wrapped carbon R8 and even on a supercar it just looked a little off.
I'll be honest and say I don't really like the current fashion of matt black/carbon looks.

my view is that carbon (on show) is best used sparingly here and there just to accentuate rather than dominate. A carbon grill would be excellent (although a complete bugger to wrap ;-).
The problem with the RS4 is that the styling is quite conservative (relatively speaking) and there are not many obvious pieces to cover. Most similar cars can look good with the sills or diffusers done but tricky with the RS4.

If the chrome trim wasn't such a bitch to get off that would be a nice starting point. Guess could be done "in-situ" but a little more paitence required.
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Post by ginandjuice » Fri Oct 15, 2010 9:34 pm

Had my front grill surround, roof & front splitter/diffuser thingy done in carbon, I'll take some pics for you.
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Post by dutchbarge » Sun Oct 17, 2010 2:12 pm

I have also considered this, but my worry is the whole finish, ive never seen one close up, but i would expect the edges are unappealing, especially around the grill/headlamps/door edges, does any of the car panels have to be removed ie bumpers to be fitted? and does it have any effect on the paintwork when its removed in a year or so? also what is it like to keep clean?
Anybody got one wrapped in west yorkshire i could look at? it would be much appreciated.
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