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Old Nov 16, 2009, 12:14 PM
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Don Nguyen | AP1 S2K Track Car - Carbon Fiber Full Body Wrap

Not a EVO, but I know a lot of you guys like seeing pictures of some of the projects I do. Well, here's one of my current bigger ones that I thought you guys would like seeing.

Doing a full car wrap on my buddy's S2k. It's a in-progress track car, and instead of painting it, he decided to have me wrap it with my carbon fiber material to give it a different look/style.







(The lighter/white spots are just from the dust from my hands when I was working with the vinyl)


(Since it's a track car, we just laid the carbon fiber vinyl over the old mounting holes for the stock mirrors, which is why it looks wavy in that area of the door)




(I did the main piece/section here, and he did the small side pieces. A good example/note to make here is to be careful when installing vinyl, as you can scratch it, leaving the white residue that you see in between the seams there)




(Matte black hood)














If you guys have any questions, or want any specific pictures let me know, and I'll take some for you guys.

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Old Nov 16, 2009, 09:52 PM
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Neat, but not something I would do, either on my street or track car. Looks weird half and half, either do the whole car or nothing. Like the rear bumper on the AP1... Might have to fab something similar on our IX.
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im not felling it...
Do the whole car or leave it, thats my suggestion.
Old Nov 17, 2009, 07:12 AM
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Should have filled in the old mirror locations. Would look better.
Old Nov 17, 2009, 11:55 AM
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looks good, can't wait to see the finished product.
Old Nov 17, 2009, 01:18 PM
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What make/model matte black vinyl did you use?
Old Nov 19, 2009, 11:34 PM
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All the same or nothing. It's looks ghetto atm.
Old Nov 20, 2009, 05:22 AM
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Originally Posted by South Side Evo
All the same or nothing. It's looks ghetto atm.
Sorry my skills are not up to par with your expectations, and I am not able to finish an entire car in a single day.
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Car is pretty much done:







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Old Jan 8, 2010, 09:06 PM
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Can you show the reverse side of the hood?
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Honestly, the final pictures look good. However, knowing that it's a vinyl wrap ruins it for me.
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Originally Posted by olmoscd
Honestly, the final pictures look good. However, knowing that it's a vinyl wrap ruins it for me.
+1

If I didn't know it was wrapped I would be thinking your ride is godlike!
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just look at it as an epic paint-job for a track-car that can be easily replaced/fixed if it get a little to friendly with another car at the track :P
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good job, nice dry carbon look


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