Well i had this idea to wrap my car for a while now but im confident that i can do it myself. Its real hard to maintain a black car and when ever i see something new on the paint i feel so bad.

So i thought about doing it matte black. It will take me some time cuz im not about to do it all at once. What do u guys think?

 

I don't think this is a job for someone if it's your first time wrapping. Maybe try wrapping the fender to see how difficult the curvature is. I know what you mean about black....sucks, but looks bad azz when clean!

 

yea, true but i do have some experience with vinyl. I installed racing stripes on my friends car, blacked out the taillights on my car myself and also did the eyelids.

Obviously if i do decide to do it ill do the easy areas first then work my self to the harder areas.

 

ill be using this as my reference

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=376442

 

it is a good idea but i dont think this is true "I paid about $120 for all materials"

 

If you have A LOT of patience and buy good quality vinyl, i don't see it being a problem. My uncle wraps cars all the time at his business, sometimes he charges as much as $5-6k a pop but he uses the best quality film and takes his sweet time doing it.

I wanted to do my old car in a flat white color actually - something unique. The advice he gave me was to spend the extra $$$ for good quality film and do the car over a weekend, not in a day.

Personal opinion - i don't like matte black on a luxury car unless you go the "tuner" style with it. That's just my opinion though If your gonna do it, take your time and post pics

 

yea, ill defiantly take my time with it. Stuff like this need time and patience. I just need to know where i can get a good quality vinyl from. I dont know about aerotect but if u guys know some place good i can order form it would be great.

 

If I was to wrap my car, I'd try to get something close to this. Flat/Matte Blue

 

I LOVEEEE flat white

 

That BMW came out nice...just do it. Not a huge loss if you mess up!

 

@foam - that flat blue looks hot!

 

yea im going to give it a shot once the weather warms up lil.


Could u guys recommend me a good quality film

 

thats one heck of a project. i tried doing a gloss vinyl grill wrap project myself and i failed miserably, given it was my first time wrapping anything . it was really hard getting around the curves and bends. it could have been the type of vinyl i used as it didnt conform to the shape so easily (i just went for the cheap stuff found on ebay). i ended up scrapping the project. if there's anything i learned from this experience, it's that reading DIY on the forums makes projects look alot easier than it actually is, and pick a good quality (expensive) vinyl that wont make your life a living hell.

 

Have you tried installing clear bra for front bumper?... that would be the hardest part of wrapping. It took me almost 5 - 6 hours to do that part. Hood took about about an hour or 2. But I'm using the prec-cut pieces... if you are doing the slicing, it would take even longer.

 

do something custom. matte white car with matte black roof hood n trunk.