Possible Matte Black Wrapped V35........soon.

[Chris Rogers]

caution

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showpost.php...p;postcount=254

could not have said it better myself. having owned several signed vehicles myself, when it does come time to remove it you will have a $25K car that will be worth NOTHING due to the damage the removal process caused. think twice.

[Walf]

as long as you do your research and use proper materials, I rekon it would be fine.

MOAR PICZ!

[siu_loong_bao]

Almost makes me wanna get the stanley knife out and do it!!!! I always wanted to matt black my car(s)....In fact, I was in the process of rolling on matt paint to my mx5 in colorbond "woodland grey"....kinda ran out of time when I got a job offer the 2nd day I bought all the paint....LOL..

[xscape237]

If you ask me, matte black works on a few different cars:

1 - Old and crusty vehicles / track hacks

2 - New and expensive vehicles (think supercars, high end euros, etc)

Anything else (such as the V35) is a gamble. As mentioned you need the perfect set of wheels, in an agressive offset, and the ride height to match.. otherwise, i think its a bit like fitting one of those GTR look-alike front bumpers, if you know what i mean.

Good luck and make sure you post a write-up!

[mosoto]

A little paranoia over the whole damage your paintwork trip. This process has been around for a while and is widely used on very expensive sports cars to protect the paintwork on track days. Emphasis here on getting the best quality product and having it proffesionally installed.

http://www.decentlyexposed.com.au/home/aut...CFYsvpAodHSArEw

[g33k]

If anyone knows how to do it - i will pay you, or if you can recommend someone.

[Walf]

FYI Ive purchased a length of this to do the exhaust area on the weekend.

Ill post back results

[g33k]

FYI Ive purchased a length of this to do the exhaust area on the weekend.

Ill post back results

Let me know how it goes, im very interested in this!!!

[funkymonkey]

lol I can just picture 5 or 6 of you guys rolling around in matte black. you're all unique... together, all of you

[Walf]

Turned out pretty good - altho I accidentally fooked it up toward the end and then just got careless as you can see on the RHS coz I knew Id have to do it again. (note - its probably best not to attempt this whilst hungover.)

LHS looks good though.

Will be good to see how the paint holds up when I pull it off.

Before:

After:

oh well - its only like $20 for 2 meters so cant complain - looks good otherwise I think. time to order some more.

[sethaiyaar]

nice work dude!!

Lol there are a couple of imprefections but i guess thats expected, the big peel near the right exhaust pipe is fairly obvious i suggest you do a quick patch job on it! If i had done it i would have made a stencil first then cut it out, possiblly get a closer/smoother finish.

[MadMike]

Does the heat from the exhaust cause problems? Melting vinyl?

[Walf]

yeah like I said, I stuffed up a bit and then knew Id have to redo it anyway so was a bit careless with it. Gunna be pretty tricky to get the finish perfect I think, but otherwise happy with it.

No problems with exhaust melting it so far hehe.

[ther]

mmmmmm

[Guest]

Just go all carbon and be done with it, installed it on a few cars now but haven't had the chance to do a complete car yet. It is a lot tougher as well, we use it on a few cars including some Westfields.

The normal Wrap material is easier to use then the Carbon stuff so if doing a large body panel buy some normal wrap as also cheaper and see how you go at laying up before you spend a fortune on the Carbon stuff.

[funkymonkey]

that carbon weave looks fake cos it's got no stretch around edges like a real weave. but it's leagues better than the printed carbon vinyl I guess cos it's textured. shame it doesn't come with clearcoat and you can't spray it.

[mosoto]

Carbon fibre can't stretch so I'm not sure how you arrived at your conclusion. The fact that there IS stretch around edges would give away it's vinyl. From a distance it doesn't look so bad but still no fan.

[Guest]

that carbon weave looks fake cos it's got no stretch around edges like a real weave. but it's leagues better than the printed carbon vinyl I guess cos it's textured. shame it doesn't come with clearcoat and you can't spray it.

Stretching is easy as per images below, we can clear coat it but if material moves the clear coat cracks and it just looks black at a distance.

It is an option over painting a whole car if a bonnet is faded wrap it instead of trying to blend it into whole car, stone chips can be a pain on some cars and this is a lot thicker then the clear over laminates used for stone chips. Also have dash parts that are damaged and cant replace cheaply, a few cracks sanded over and covered is a cheap option.

It isn't used just for a "Carbon Fibre Look" it is may as well use that pattern, could always use the wood grain pattern.

[Walf]

that woodgrain looks amazing!

would be such a bitch to line it all up tho

FYI I have developed a slight addiction to this cast vinyl, Im covering all my sliding doors on my balcony with black vinyl, and will prob do my wardrobes too lol

So many uses for this stuff, its great!

[Walf]

FYI;

http://g35driver.com/forums/interior-exter...te-black-g.html