Hey guys,
It's like 4am and I just ran out of vinyl, so I'm making a thread about my progress.
Anyways today I decided I wanted a white FZ8. It came down to it that vinyl was the least expensive but more complicated way (vs professional paint vs plastidip). It worked perfectly since I can do most of the pieces in my room and work all night.
The vinyl I'm using is 3m wrap film called 1080 in gloss white, it's really great stuff but costs about $35 bucks a yard directly from the supplier. Pricey. I've heard great things about the Hexis HX20000 or HX30000. I also know Oracal makes the 970ra line which is pretty close. originally I was torn between matte white or gloss white, and I came to the conclusion that matte white just looks a little "unfinished" or primer, and I'd much rather rock a shiny white "paint job".
I've determined that I'll probably end up needing 1.5 to 2 yards to complete the job, as I still have the tank and plastic tank cover to do. Definitely 2 yards if the front fender is going to be wrapped too.
This is the little locking washer thing that needs to be pried off before you can separate the tail pieces.
got it all apart
wrapped - Ideally I would have liked it to be one piece, but it was REALLY difficult so I trimmed it a the midline and used two separate pieces, one for top and one for bottom. I hate using seams, but i didn't have a whole lot of patience, time or heat gun.
Some other pieces wrapped white;
Quite a bit of ghetto wrapping, some are not as good as I would have liked, but I'm getting tired so maybe I'll redo tomorrow.
It's like 4am and I just ran out of vinyl, so I'm making a thread about my progress.
Anyways today I decided I wanted a white FZ8. It came down to it that vinyl was the least expensive but more complicated way (vs professional paint vs plastidip). It worked perfectly since I can do most of the pieces in my room and work all night.
The vinyl I'm using is 3m wrap film called 1080 in gloss white, it's really great stuff but costs about $35 bucks a yard directly from the supplier. Pricey. I've heard great things about the Hexis HX20000 or HX30000. I also know Oracal makes the 970ra line which is pretty close. originally I was torn between matte white or gloss white, and I came to the conclusion that matte white just looks a little "unfinished" or primer, and I'd much rather rock a shiny white "paint job".
I've determined that I'll probably end up needing 1.5 to 2 yards to complete the job, as I still have the tank and plastic tank cover to do. Definitely 2 yards if the front fender is going to be wrapped too.
This is the little locking washer thing that needs to be pried off before you can separate the tail pieces.
got it all apart
wrapped - Ideally I would have liked it to be one piece, but it was REALLY difficult so I trimmed it a the midline and used two separate pieces, one for top and one for bottom. I hate using seams, but i didn't have a whole lot of patience, time or heat gun.
Some other pieces wrapped white;
Quite a bit of ghetto wrapping, some are not as good as I would have liked, but I'm getting tired so maybe I'll redo tomorrow.