dirtykoala

a few updates to the first few posts. im getting more comfortable and confident with the vinyl now and starting to enjoy working with it.


Edit to add:

i haven't driven my car since i started this project on the 6th earlier this month! i really miss it!

Wazzymoto

Mucho inspiration for me to try this myself. Its looking really good man can't wait to see it when youre done.

khronikal1

nice, put up pics of how you wrapped the front bumper if you can. i think thats the most challenging part of wrapping it!

///MIKE

Umm... I can't even begin to understand where he's coming from. It's a car. It has no Marine, Army, Navy, or military logos of any kind. If I painted my jeep camouflage would I piss off the Navy Seals? If anything, it should be taken as a compliment!

Lets get down to the "Gnitty Gritty"... I love this Country and it's Military Vets. However, it's a car with a vinyl wrap. He's not wearing a uniform to pick up chicks.

dirtykoala

desert digital marpat (its called marpat by the way because it means MARine PATern) is used exclusively by the USMC, so it doesnt really need a specific logo to be identified with the Marines. its like how you see some cars where the d-bag owner put a red stripe around their grill and you laugh because thats specific to the gti even though it doesnt have a VW emblem, or how you see a 91 accord with escalade fender vents... but its actually a little worse than that. Marines have earned the right to wear the destert marpat, Marines have died wearing the uniform that they earned and protect, it means a lot when you actually feel like youve earned it, then to see a civilian trying to associate themselves with something that they dont understand, and didnt have the balls to be a part of, its kind of annoying.

MBHs2k

Man i could see this project becoming extremely tedious. I would lose focus so fast haha. Anyways, looks great though!! Excellent job

illdiealonlyazn

Have you considered doing the seams without the overlap?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2mBclTY_Uo

Something like that. I feel it might not be as noticeable. Unless you thought of it already and decided against it for some reason.

street_ruler

yah but do that on a car and you are going to cut the paint and ruin whats underneith

dirtykoala

its pretty windy today so i took my mirror housing (mirror from here out) in and decided id do a write up on it since i cant do too much else to my car. the mirror has lots of curves and requires most of the techniques youll need to know to do the entire car. the only thing its lacking is a big flat area, which is the easiest part to do anyway.

here goes:

separate the mirror from the mirror base, there are a few screws that are pretty self explanatory.


cut a piece of vinyl that will cover the entire mirror and lay it on the front of the mirror.


start putting pressure on the middle of the mirror using a micro fiber cloth


start pulling the vinyl down and stretching it along the bottom of the mirror


apply some heat and stretch out bubbles then press the vinyl onto the mirror



now start working the top side


keep pressing, lifting, applying heat, and stretching, and pressing





i cut a straight line on the bottom of the mirror for the seam, then continued to work the inside of the mirror


eventually i got stuck with this bubbling, but heat and stretching took it out


now wrap the base



reassemble mirror

it'S2klean

Wow man the results are fantastic. I was supposed to pick up an white STi for 10k and that would have made it easy but he sold it and now im looking at a blue Evo GSR for 12,000 and i want it to match my S so i will very likely be doing this in a couple of months...

Not looking forward to it lol.