Possibly wrapping the C6Z
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Possibly wrapping the C6Z so i've been debating on wether or not to do so. Saw a picture of one and it looks great.
Thinking about wrapping the car in a glossy carbon fiber wrap.
got quoted a pretty decent price to do it will full warranty for 5 years.
what do you guys think?
i attached the image of the once that I had seen.
Thanks
-Spencer
Thinking about wrapping the car in a glossy carbon fiber wrap.
got quoted a pretty decent price to do it will full warranty for 5 years.
what do you guys think?
i attached the image of the once that I had seen.
Thanks
-Spencer
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To each their own man. I think it looks good, but i would pick like a matte color. I have been thinking about wrapping my car in a matte black since i like the "hot rod" look. But, i think the wrap your looking at looks pretty good!
PLEASE don't put "stick on carbon fiber" on a c6z. I don't care what it looks like, its fake carbon fiber covering your entire car! On the other hand, Matte white looks amazing
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3275.99 installed
Matte White - Full Car (Including door seals and trunk seals)
3yr 3M Warranty (excluding seals)
5yr Installer Warranty (excluding seals)
Drop off and pick up in 2 days. What you guys think?
EDIT- I'd like to pull my headslights apart and do the housing matte white also but I feel that is just too much work, plus I feel the black headlights would accent with the black wheels and taillights. And leather.
Matte White - Full Car (Including door seals and trunk seals)
3yr 3M Warranty (excluding seals)
5yr Installer Warranty (excluding seals)
Drop off and pick up in 2 days. What you guys think?
EDIT- I'd like to pull my headslights apart and do the housing matte white also but I feel that is just too much work, plus I feel the black headlights would accent with the black wheels and taillights. And leather.
I don't know anything about pricing because there's not a company close enough to consider wrapping my car. But my two cents; I would leave the headlights/taillights, wheels and the top of the Vette black. I think that would look awesome.
3275.99 installed
Matte White - Full Car (Including door seals and trunk seals)
3yr 3M Warranty (excluding seals)
5yr Installer Warranty (excluding seals)
Drop off and pick up in 2 days. What you guys think?
EDIT- I'd like to pull my headslights apart and do the housing matte white also but I feel that is just too much work, plus I feel the black headlights would accent with the black wheels and taillights. And leather.
Matte White - Full Car (Including door seals and trunk seals)
3yr 3M Warranty (excluding seals)
5yr Installer Warranty (excluding seals)
Drop off and pick up in 2 days. What you guys think?
EDIT- I'd like to pull my headslights apart and do the housing matte white also but I feel that is just too much work, plus I feel the black headlights would accent with the black wheels and taillights. And leather.
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If I was going to try it then it would have been on one of my old eclipses from highschool, or even one of the mustangs. Not planning on crossing my fingers and hoping I do it good for a first try on a C6Z, specially with matte white. I feel like you'd see any and every flaw that would happen.
And yes, I'd leave the roof, tails, wheels, markers, and headlights black. Now just to decide if I wanna bite the bullet for 3.5K haha
I've been wrapping a lot lately, and I'm considering doing my project car. In all honesty, it can be really easy for some parts and extremely ******* hard for others. I spent like 415 for a 25 foot roll of the scotch print 1080 carbon material, which is what you'd want for a car, not dinoc. That's pretty much enough to do the car. What I'd do if I was you, not really wanting to spend that much to have a shop do the full install, is by a long roll like I had, practice on some smaller things to get used to the material, and once you get used to it you'll most likely be able to do a lot of panels yourself, like te doors, trunk, hood. Fenders will be hard only because of the vents, and bumpers are of course the hardest, I'd pay a shop to wrap those parts only, which would really cut down on the price.
I spoke with a professional about this and he agreed that it is absolutely something you can do yourself. You just have to be extremely patient, take your time and get a couple buddies to help you. Get enough to practice with and go slow. Plus, the 3M 1080 is very forgiving if you screw up. The point in the stuff is if you screw up peel it back up, not leave it there... So the only imperfection should be what's already in your paint. It's something I'm absolutely going to attempt myself.
