aadrew10

I agree about the windshield

philooo

I have seen that mod done in the past by german tuners, it looked really good, but you went a little extreme, you should cut the opening a little bigger, I think it is ok to have the surround but may be a little less of it

Topaz330ci

To each his own... I would of went matte black or blue, smoked corners instead and clear third light... none of that fake carbon... all one color. And normal windshield!

Cool how you went with no bumperettes!

Tints on the front windows would make it look cool too! But overall, good job on the DIY. I hope you took the time to do it correctly around each body panel and inserts/logo's etc...

RPMulli

Nice work.... better post the details quick... we are getting the itch. I would totally do my car matte black instead of repairing some rock chips on the fenders. where did you get the materials from?

Ubermensch

I was thinking the same thing for track use...I already have the front bumper clear wrapped which really helps.

-Shawn

RPMulli

Look what I found...

http://www.metrorestyling.com/ORACAL...teblk970ra.htm

My question is how do you tuck the vinyl under the door/window seals and the seals on the roof? I bet the rear deck lid is a challenge as well.

kent

Thanks bro, i have to treat the windshield like that now, why? because there are two small cracks, one in the upside, another bigger one in the bottom, i am soursing the windshield replacment recently

i bought the 3M vinyl on ebay for $299 5fts x 30fts, i am buying 5ftsx5fts to cover the hood very soon.
for the front bumper, i think take it off to wrap is harder, but the results will be better due to the 3 big holes's edges in the turbo front bumper. plus, the front bumper will be suffer the most water, wind and dirt direct impact than other parts in the body.
i did it all by myself, about 12 hours work slowly at the beginning, but much faster after half done. anyone will learn some skills during the first few sections wrapping.
i deleted the bumperette, i think it was ugly to the car, just my opinion btw

windows already tinted, i like the current wheels. i will also like to tint the front windshield with lightest color tint once i replace this cracked one next week.
Thanks Aaron. you are the only one who saw it half done
+1 for the windshield.


the difficulty of this job would be 3 out of 10, i like to do the wrap more than replace the water pump.
you can redo again and again, the 3M vinyl is hard to break.

will soon.

i took the emblem off the hood. it does not have good result with the emblem on the hood to wrap the hood.

+1, but now i think it is better than those two cracks visible.

see above.

kent

i just deleted the 2 bumperettes.

ebay

you just insert the extra vinyle(something like 1cm) inside the flexble plastic seals.
the deck lid is not hard at all, you just use the heat gun and treat every line one by one., then you are done.

996_North

That looks very clean. I had no idea something like that was actually available. How much time did it take and how durable is it ?

Hurdigurdiman

I just don't bloody believe it. It looks like ****. WHY??????????????????????????????????????????

FLY996

Looks great....very nice job on the install. What do you expect for general washing, cleaning and maintenance? How would you expect to deal with things like road tar or finger prints? Will rock chips in the vinyl be an issue?

RPMulli

kent, did you have to prep the surface of the paint at all? Also, how did you manage to work the vinyl around the rear deck lid emblem?

Gentlemen, I will be doing this DIY this spring/summer! Not sure what color yet, matte black?

kent

I have other car with roof and hood wrapped with similar vinyl, after one year I found out there is not peoblem regarding the wash and cleaning or finger prints.
i just tried my best to clean the paint surface. for the rear deck lid emblem, it was so easy to take them off, i can not believe porsche just use double tape to attach those emblems on the surface of the paint.

RPMulli

Last questions, How about the pictures of door jambs? What did you use to trim the edges of the vinyl without accidentally hitting the paint? Exacto knife?

cuttinsod

looks awesome...i did the hood on my friend's 928 with the stuff, and it was a bit of a pain, but end result looked good..

impressed with the initiative to take this on on your own...