Don Nguyen

Most of the cars that I work on are typically brand new cars, but i still do have older cars come in every now and then to have some vinyl work done. The owner of this white Lexus LS400 sedan had me lightly tint / smoke the tail lights of his car with my vinyl car wrap material. It is a fairly light shade/tint, so it tones the tail lights down just enough without overly making it look too dark and out of place. I think the shade went well with the darker colored wheels on the car. The owner of this car came out from Walnut / Los Angeles area to have me wrap his car in Anaheim Hills / Orange County.

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Sent you a PM, let me know if you got it.

Yea, you can also send me parts. I have people do that all the time for smaller items such as tail lights or interior pieces, etc.

-Don

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This is quite different from my typical wraps that you see me posting. However, it is still a service that I offer that many probably do not know about. The owner of this older blue Mustang needed to have some cut graphics / decals installed on his lower rocker panel area. The car itself is not a actual GT500, from what I was told, but I don’t know too many details or anything about older Mustangs unfortunately. He brought his car to me in Anaheim Hills / Orange County from Cerritos to have me install the graphics on his car. So for those who have graphics or decals that need to be installed, feel free to contact me with any questions you may have.

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Tokenblkgy

Don i never got your PM??

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PMed you again. If you didn't get it, just PM me.

Surprisingly, this is becoming more of a common occurrence, even on fairly new cars (5-7 years old). I used to see this kind of issue more on Hondas and Acuras, but apparently a lot of black BMW E60 5 series have been showing up with similar issues in their paint. This black BMW E60 550 sedan had me wrap the roof of his car in my gloss black vinyl material to help cover up the oxidizing and fading factory paint. The gloss black wrap is a fairly close match to the gloss jet black finish of the BMW’s factory paint, making this a cheaper alternative to having to repaint the whole roof. The owner of this car came out to me in Anaheim Hills / Orange County from Oceanside / San Diego to have the vinyl wrap done on his roof.

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I think a lot of people believe that I only work on local cars, however, I actually have good amount of non-local or out of state customers as well who ship me parts to have wrapped. The most common items that I have people send to me to have wrapped are interior trim pieces.

For this particular non-local customer, they removed and shipped me their interior trim pieces to have me wrap it in the 3M Di noc matte carbon fiber vinyl material. The original finish was wood, which was a bit older and worn out, so the owner wanted to change up the look of his interior and clean it up at the same time. I only took pictures of the larger more complex pieces, just to show the level of detail that is involved in the wraps that I do.

















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Somewhat more recently I have begun offering plasti dip services for customers, in addition to my vinyl wrapping. So the owner of this white Lexus GS350 F Sport sedan came by to have me plasti dip his rear badges, wrap his front grill and middle portion of his bumper in gloss black, lightly tint his tail lights and also to lightly tint his front Lexus logo/emblem in the grill. Individually, they are smaller pieces than say having the roof wrapped, but even these small subtle changes all contributed to the overall look of the car.
























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Duck05

So, any closer to scheduling your NorCal tour date??? You have been teasing us with all of these ideas with the pictures of your work and some of us up here are awaiting your visit.....

Don Nguyen

I have been trying to find a time block where I can make i up there, but is has been somewhat tricky. I actually have already begun adding people on this forum onto my norcal contact priority list, as people who I would contact first and have the first opportunities to schedule an appointment with me once I do figure out when I will be able to make it up to norcal again.

There are Audi owners who prefer chrome on their cars, but there are some Audi owners who would prefer to have the chrome / brushed aluminum window trims on their cars to be black instead. Luckily, there’s the option of vinyl, which is a fairly straight forward easy process to put on, but just as easy to remove or reverse the process if you ever decide to go back to the factory chrome window trim.

For this blue Audi S5 coupe, I went with my gloss black vinyl finish on the chrome window trim pieces, to give it a factory look and to also match the already gloss black wheels that the car had. From a distance, it is harder to tell in pictures if it is matte or gloss black, but in some of the pictures that are closer up, it becomes more noticeable. The owner of this car was from Corona and came out to me in Anaheim Hills / Orange County to have the vinyl car wrap work done.

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- Gloss black front grill
- Gloss black window trim
- Gloss rear trunk handle piece

The owner of this grey Lexus GS350 F Sport sedan had me black out the remaining chrome pieces that were on his car. We went with the gloss black finish for everything, to give it a factory finish and look. The owner of the car drove out to me in Anaheim Hills / Orange County to have the vehicle vinyl wrap work done. The gloss black on the chrome pieces really gives the car a sportier look, but without making the car look too overly modified or look as if the pieces were aftermarket. Blacking out the chrome is a good look for those who want something subtle that’ll set their cars off from a regular GS.

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Overview:
- Tinted / Smoked vinyl wrapped head lights
- Plasti dip matte black front grill
- 3M 1080 gloss carbon fiber lower center bumper lip

For this black Audi S5 coupe, I lightly smoked / tinted the head lights, wrapped the lower center bumper lip in the 3M 1080 gloss carbon fiber, and I plasti dipped the entire grill in a matte black finish. We did keep the chrome rings on the front and also the S5 badge in the grill their original finish/colors. The owner of this car came out to me in Anaheim Hils / Orange County from San Diego to get the vinyl and plasti dip work done. People are sometimes worried that the tint on head lights will reduce light out put, but the shade is fairly light, so that the light output is essentially unaffected. The additional benefit of wrapping the head lights is the protection they provide from rock chips and also helps prevent it from fading/oxidizing.

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Overview:
- Gloss black front grill
- Gloss black window trim and rear trunk bar
- Tinted / smoked rear tail lights

For this black Mercedes Benz C63 AMG coupe, I blacked out the chrome trim pieces around the window, front grill, and rear trunk bar in my gloss black vinyl material, to give it a factory finish/look, similar to the black optics package that is available for these cars now. I also lightly tinted / smoked his rear tail lights as well. The chrome pieces were not all completely blacked out, which still gave the car some contrast. The work done gives the car a nice subtle change without making anything look after market. Most people would think that the car came this way from the factory. The owner of the car drove out to me in Anaheim Hills / Orange County from Pasadena to get the vinyl work done.

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slickster9

Don,

i love your work. i am looking to get my roof done in gloss carbon fiber as my new trunk lid, rear window visor, and diffuser are cf. I understand this probably a very busy time for you, but I'm hoping we can get something scheduled. do you ever make it to the sac area?
thank you

Don Nguyen

Overview:
- Gloss black vinyl roof wrap
- Gloss black window trim wrap
- Plasti dip rear badges

There have been quite a few Lexus RC-Fs coming by lately. One day, I had two RC-Fs back to back. On this particular car, I vinyl wrapped the roof and blacked out the chrome side window trim in my gloss black vinyl material. In addition to wrapping those pieces, I plasti dipped the rear badges on the trunk of the car. Plasti dip can be easy enough to use, but for those who have tried it, it can still take some skill to get it to come out perfect. I took some up close pictures of the plasti dipped pieces from various angles, to show how the pieces that I plasti dip look like. The owner of this particular car was from Oceanside / San Diego and came out to me in Anaheim Hills / Orange County to have the vinyl work done.

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Overview:
- Gloss black window trim
- Gloss black rear trunk bar
- Tinted / smoked rear tail lights

For this black Mercedes Benz S550, I blacked out the chrome window trim, rear trunk bar, and also lightly tinted the rear tail lights. The changes to the car cleaned up the lines of the car greatly and really worked well with the tinted windows and black wheels. It was almost a must needed to do thing for this car. The car still maintained some of the factory chrome pieces, so that it still provided a good balance and contrast to the car. The owner of this car was from Los Angeles / Beverly Hills and came out to me in Anaheim Hills / Orange County to have the vinyl work done.













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Don@WannabeRacer.com