Don Nguyen

For locals that are looking to get vinyl installed on their cars, I can supply both the materials and do the complete installation at my location. The best way to schedule an appointment with me or reach me is via e-mail at donathon@gmail.com

Here's a link to my Facebook Page - Gallery

I am located in Anaheim Hills / Orange County, California. (Note: I do occasionally make trips to Norcal / Bay Area for vinyl installations/work as well, contact me for more info)

For non-locals (or for someone who just wants or needs some materials) and would like to DIY it, I can supply and sell you just the materials to do the installation as well.

Prices varies for both installation and materials depending on the exact car, vinyl finish, and specific part(s) that you want wrapped, so PM or e-mail me (donathon@gmail.com) directly for price quotes.

- Gloss and matte black roof vinyl (other finishes/colors are available upon request)
- Gloss and matte Carbon fiber vinyl
- Black out chrome/brushed aluminum window trim vinyl
- Interior/exterior trim
- Head/tail light tinting
- Full car wraps
- Graphic/vinyl installations
- And More...

I've done installations on hundreds of cars and have supplied materials to thousands of cars worldwide at this point. Here are just one or two quick pictures of the cars and the work that I have personally done for them, just to give you guys an idea of how it looks like and the quality of my work:

Black vinyl roof install:
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Carbon fiber roof install:
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Tinted / smoked lights install:
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Blacked out chrome/brushed aluminum window trim install:
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For a more concise way of viewing specific examples of my work, I have split the more popular types of installations into specific galleries, which you can view in the links below. Even if you may not see something pictured in one of the links below, feel free to contact me directly, as it is very likely that it is still something that I can do or have done in the past.

Facebook Page - Gallery

Gloss and Matte Black Roofs:
Black Roof Vinyl Wrap Pictures - Q&A/FAQ/etc. - E46Fanatics

3M Dinoc and 1080 Carbon Fiber Roofs:
Don Nguyen - Vinyl Carbon Fiber Roof - Picture Thread - E46Fanatics

Smoked/tinted headlights and tail lights:
Smoked/tinted headlights and tail lights? Opinions? - E46Fanatics

Blacked out chrome/brushed aluminum window trim:
Don Nguyen | Blacked Out Window Trim - Vinyl - E46Fanatics

Let me know if you guys have any questions or if you are interested in getting some work done.

thanks.

-Don Nguyen

donathon@gmail.com

Don Nguyen

The owner of this silver Lexus IS350 sedan had me vinyl wrap the roof of his car with my gloss black vinyl material to give it the panoramic glass look, connecting the front to rear windshield together. Although the car is relatively stock, the gloss black roof still goes well with the car, without making it look too modified or aftermarket. If someone didn’t know, the gloss black roof could have been something that was offered from the factory. The owner of this car drove out to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange County to have the vinyl work done.

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-Don Nguyen

donathon@gmail.com

Don Nguyen

I’ve had a couple of requests from people for pictures of gloss black interiors that I’ve wrapped. The owner of this Lexus SC400 coupe had me wrap the old wood interior trim on his car with my gloss black vinyl finish material to give it that piano black finish. This is a good alternative for those who don’t like the wood in their cars or their interiors trim pieces are starting to show signs of wear and they want a good solution to cleaning up the look of the interior. the owner of this car came out to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange County and was actually local/down the street from me in Yorba Linda.

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donathon@gmail.com

Don Nguyen

Blacking out the chrome window trim surround and front grill surround completely changed the look of this black Lexus IS350 sedan. For this car, we went with the gloss black vinyl finish for both the window trim and grill piece. Blacking out the chrome pieces still gave the car a factory and OEM look, but made the car look sportier and more aggressive at the same time. The owner of this car came out to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange County to have the vinyl work done. Overall, I really liked the way blacking out the chrome on the car turned out, especially on a black car.

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donathon@gmail.com

Don Nguyen

The owner of this Lexus GS350 sedan brought his car by for me to black out the chrome/brushed aluminum around the window trim, the front bumper grill surround, and also the center portion of the bumper. We went with gloss black for the chrome pieces and also center of the bumper, to give it a factory finish and also to match the other gloss black pieces already on the car. The owner of this car was from Orange County as well and came out to me in Anaheim Hills to get the vinyl work done.

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-Don Nguyen

donathon@gmail.com

Don Nguyen

This is a bit different, but I know you guys seeing more pictures of various and different type of wrap jobs than the regular roof, trim, etc wraps. I did a partial car wrap for the top half of this 2013 white Land Rover LR4 HSE. For this car wrap, we did the top half of the car in 3M 1080 gloss black vinyl material. I believe the owner of this car said that it’s suppose to resemble how the new Range Rover Autobiography editions come from the factory. I took two pictures of the during vinyl wrapping process, to show you guys how what it looks like during the transformation. The owner of this car was in Irvine and came out to me in Anaheim hills/Orange county to have the car wrap done for his car.

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don@wannaberacer.com

Don Nguyen

For this red Ferrari 458 I plasti dipped the front, rear, and top engine lid emblems/badges. I also blacked out the amber portion on his front bumper with my gloss black vinyl. For such a simple change, it really changed the look of the car quite a bit. Since there were no other chrome pieces on the car, after blacking out those chrome badges, it gave the car a sportier and more aggressive look, while cleaning up overall look of the car as well. The owner of this car was local to me and brought his car out to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange County to have the plastic dip and vinyl work done.

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-Don Nguyen

don@wannaberacer.com

Don Nguyen

This is a returning customer who had me previous lightly tint the tail lights on his E92 M3. This time he had me come back to do the tail lights on his Audi V10 R8 as well. The film that I use is a fairly light shade, which is dark enough to give it a nice noticeable change and also still maintain a factory/OEM look. The owner of this car was in Irvine/Orange County near where I was so I dropped by his house to do the tail lights for his car.

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don@wannaberacer.com

Don Nguyen

The owner of this brand new white 4th gen Lexus GS350 sedan had me wrap the roof of his car with my gloss black vinyl material to give it the black roof panoramic look. Even though the rest of the car was still stock, the gloss black roof still added a nice look/change to the car, without making it look out of place of aftermarket. My only other suggestion for this car would have been to also black out the chrome window trim and possibly front grill as well in the same gloss black vinyl material to give it a sportier look. The owner of this car came out to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange County to get the car vinyl wrap work done.

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-Don Nguyen

don@wannaberacer.com

Don Nguyen

The owner of this silver/grey Mercedes GTS AMG coupe came by to have me black out the chrome badges and emblems. I plasti dipped the rear emblems, front hood emblem and the star on the front grill. For the chrome horizontal slats on the front grill, I wrapped those in my gloss black vinyl, to match the gloss black grill that they were attached to already. The owner of this car was from Orange County and came out to me in Anaheim Hills to have the plasti dip and vinyl work done. I like the way the hood emblem turned out. The details in the emblem were not lost after being plasti dipped. The matte finish gives it a more interesting look.

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don@wannaberacer.com

Don Nguyen

It’s been several months seen I have had a chance to post some pictures. Been extremely busy, so haven’t had a chance to post some of the work/cars that I have been doing. The owner of this white Lamborghini Hurrican brought his car by to black out the amber reflectors on the front and rear bumpers of the car. In addition to blacking those pieces out, I also plasti dipped the rear Lamborghini badge in matte black to basically get rid of the only chrome piece on the vehicle’s exterior. Overall, the work done was fairly simple, but these small changes still changed the look of the car up and gave everything a nice black and white color scheme. The owner of this car brought his car to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange County to have the vinyl and plasti dip work done.

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don@wannaberacer.com

Don Nguyen

The owner of this car is a member of this forum, as some of you may recognize the car. I know most people say vinyl wrap only really makes a big difference on white or black colored cars (as far as blacking out chrome trim goes). However, that is still the case for even cars of different colors as well. The owner of this red Lexus SC400 brought his car by to have me wrap the chrome window trim on his car with my gloss black vinyl material. If you look at the before/after pictures, it’s almost a night and day difference. Subtle enough to most people, but still quite a chance in the way the car looks. The owner of the car brought his car out to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange County to do the vinyl work.

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don@wannaberacer.com

Duck05

My SC is awaiting your visit to NorCal to black out the chrome like you did for Juan....

Don Nguyen

Usually I am able to make up to norcal at least 2-3 times a year, but this previous year has been so busy down here that I haven't had a chance to make it up there since last March.

I am thinking if I do go up there again, I may simply just have to do a shorter trip than usual to make it happen.



For this black Audi A6 sedan, I actually went out to his location in Newport Beach / Orange County to do some vinyl work on his vehicle. The owner originally requested to simply have the front grill wrapped in gloss black. However, after blacking out he front grill, he also decided if I was able to black out the chrome on top of the door handles and also the chrome window trim. I didn’t take pictures of the window trim, since the car was in the garage. However, I did take pictures of the door handles, showing the before and after.

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don@wannaberacer.com

Tokenblkgy

Don that is some impressive work. ( i am just catching this thread).. I may need your services in the future. I am still trying to figure out what to do with my ISF... But i also have a Saab 9-3 Viggen that i would like the front grill wrapped in the color that looks similar to the OEM grill on the ISF. Is that even possible?

Hell i could probably just mail that to you lol