Tomrdy's Nardo grey 3.0i (Thank you and farewell!)
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Love it!
tomrdy said:
How did you get your halos inside the headlights? I have wanted to do this for a while but not sure how to do.
Magicarcher said:
Heyo,
I actually just opened up the back of the headlight and disassembled the insides. Got the instructions here (as well as my reply of me realising I can get the light in there from the back!)
https://z4-forum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=82010&p=1562746&hilit=headlight#p1562746
I got 80mm "cotton" lights which are opaque white. There's little ridges along the edge of the lens and it fits perfectly into the hole - so well that I just put some thin mobile-repair double-sided tape on there and it's snug and secure as *insert analogy*.
Totally non-destructive which is why it surprised me that no one else seems to have done it this way (or posted about it).
You will need to sand down the lens a little though as to not foul the chrome shroud - I got it down to about 5mm and it easily clears it. Probably can sand less but definitely needs a slight shave.
Better pic of the setup (tape in the pic is NOT what I used. I just used that to stick down some wiring inside)
RickRob said:Great job!
I wish that I had the skills/patience/balls/imagination to do something like that.
I have toyed with idea of wrapping the roof and mirrors of my black Cooper S in red, but I strongly suspect that if it ever gets done, it won't be by me!
It did take a lot of umming and ahhing to decide to go for it! And don't get the wrong impression I lost my s**t a couple of times along the way! But nothing is more satisfying than learning a new craft, giving it a go and having a final result that you can admire everyday
This looks great. Hats off to you!
How did you tuck the wrap at the seems? For example the front bonnet? Did you use knifeless tape or just use a normal knife? Some close ups would be grand! I would probably ask to see it... but you're a tad far away for that!
How did you tuck the wrap at the seems? For example the front bonnet? Did you use knifeless tape or just use a normal knife? Some close ups would be grand! I would probably ask to see it... but you're a tad far away for that!
Love the wrap and love the colour, that takes some serious talent! I thought about doing the same but I'm seriously useless at wrapping. I was interested to find this though https://tintschool.co.uk/vehicle-wrapping-courses.asp, learn a skill and get your car wrapped in the process, looks interesting but no mention of the cost anywhere.
Impressed
kis said:This looks great. Hats off to you!
How did you tuck the wrap at the seems? For example the front bonnet? Did you use knifeless tape or just use a normal knife? Some close ups would be grand! I would probably ask to see it... but you're a tad far away for that!
Here's a close up of the bonnet + front quarter:
Basically for the bonnet, you can cut along the opposing edge (the fender), then release the bonnet and tuck the wrap under. I wasn't confident in my cutting or rolling over with so little wrap so I actually just popped the bonnet with maybe about 2 inches of wrap overhanging. THEN I tucked it and cut beyond where the pros do (again, just not confident haha). Didn't use knifeless here as it's not really visible - just lightly scored the vinyl and then tore it off. I found if you score it, then at the start of it just cut a little bit through, quick motion and it will cleanly come off. Just needs to get going.
In this pic is how I've done it - it looks like theres some "fingering" you can see on the bottom side of the pic but actually, had I cut where I'm suppose to (above where my thumb is), it would be very clean:
The fender itself was the first piece I had ever done so I did cut it along the opposing edge (bonnet). But then I discovered that you could actually still see the grey through the gap. So when I redid it, I again left 2+ inches and popped the bonnet. Then tucked everything and trimmed it. I just scored along the surface.
Could be much neater with this (annnd I've just noticed in the pic the lifting - it's from when I was tightening the edge. Heatgun should shrink it back flat) and also trim a little bit straighter but I decided that I was not going to get it perfect without many more hours of experience so resolved to get the tucks 70-80 satisfactory and give myself a pass
thanatu55 said:
To be honest, everyone starts off at "useless". The first time I ever wrapped anything on my previous car, it was a tragedy and it was a really simple piece. Would take me less than 5 minutes now. The only way to move on from noob, is just to do! My wing mirrors on the Z took 2 days to figure out how to tackle it. Wasted so much vinyl - and when I realised what I needed to do, it took 20 minutes each side! Protip: Don't try to do it in 1 or 2 pieces. Just do it in 3!
You can try checking out CKWrap's videos on Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/user/MrSpyderGT/videos). Helped me a lot as most of his vids aren't cut so you can just watch the process of problem solving (and he explains his thought process as well). He gets a little biased sometimes when talking about brands etc but ignore that haha.
AveZ4coop said:Looks brilliant. Glad you have got your life back and can now enjoy it.
Haha it's so weird since I finished. Every day I feel like something is missing.... now I'm finding my next project
Z4C_er said:Well done Tom, it looks the business. Love reading these how-to/my own experience stories. Congrats.
Thanks
Been driving the car around and loving it. Every time I park I can't help but have a nice glance back Some pics I took with an actual camera the other day:
A super job, well done