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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: gtiballs61 on 15 June 2012, 21:10
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Ok so i have decided to wrap the mk3.
I am going to go for a matt sky blue,something like this:
(http://i791.photobucket.com/albums/yy200/skippybigballs/Sky-Blue-100micron-Matt-Flex-Vinyl-CCB1014-.jpg)
(http://i791.photobucket.com/albums/yy200/skippybigballs/vw%20golf%20mk3/5476899073_aeea1b5fa3_b.jpg)
Im in two minds as to whether or not to put the trim back on :undecided: also should i leave the rims silver or go black?
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I was thinking of doing the exact same thing :laugh: so it would be cool to see how it comes out, I was thinking of putting the trim back on and also I think keep the wheels silver. Looks cleaner in my opinion
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are you doing the wrapping yourself? white wheels would look sick with that colour :wink:
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are you doing the wrapping yourself? white wheels would look sick with that colour :wink:
yes mate,me and a mate are gonna have a shot at it :lipsrsealed:
I believe you did your bonnet? any tips for us stainsey?
We got 2 heat guns,alcohol rub and a few other bits.
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A lot of patience lol
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(http://i1044.photobucket.com/albums/b447/saxoboi08/1f4bc311.jpg)
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i have done loads of vinyl work as used to work for a sign company and was mainly using vinyl.
ok the serface needs to be very clean and totaly smooth mate. rub it over with a good degreaser and dont let a single bit of dust or anything on it. if you are doing a big bit like a bonnet lay it on the bonnet where you want it and fold it in half right down the middle from windscreen to tip of bonnet. so its all folded over on one side of bonnet. then peed the backing off and cut. then slownly work your way from the middle out doing one side at a time. if you get a bad crease lift it back off stick your hund under it and lightely use the heat gun on it and the memory in the vinyl will take the crease out. then once one side is done to the edge fold back the other side and do the same. then work your way round rubbing over the edges and cut around leaving about 15mm over hang. slit the corners outwards then use the heat gun gradually round to fold it under.
the places where you will have problems is once you get to the wheel arches. hard to explain hoe to do them but just remember you can alway bull it back up and use the heat gun plus your hand under it to get the creases out.
hope this helps mate. :wink:
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the ones before look good but this one on ebay i dont like.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/110897009553?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649#ht_500wt_1202
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the ones before look good but this one on ebay i dont like.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/110897009553?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649#ht_500wt_1202
Too much blue,the bumper strips need to be black,a little black will help break up the blue.
@ stainsey,nice one bud :kiss:
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how come you are choosing blue mate? something i have alway wanted to do is matt white.
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i wan't Gloss brown!!! but will not try it myself.
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how come you are choosing blue mate? something i have alway wanted to do is matt white.
I have always liked the colour,was contemplating doing it carbon fibre white :undecided:
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how come you are choosing blue mate? something i have alway wanted to do is matt white.
I have always liked the colour,was contemplating doing it carbon fibre white :undecided:
nooooooooooo dont do it mate. i have to admit the carbon vinyl wrap stuff is sooooooooo easy to wrap with but you will constantly have people criticizing it all the time slagging it off. the amount of crap i got from people for carbon wrapping my bonnet on my black golf was nuts. wish i had just painted it after a wile.
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the ones before look good but this one on ebay i dont like.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/110897009553?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649#ht_500wt_1202
Is that not a member on here ?? Sort of remember that Vento front for sale on here at one point.
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Decisions decisions :undecided:
I have been given a chart of available colours in gloss or matt :rolleyes:
(http://i791.photobucket.com/albums/yy200/skippybigballs/COLOURCHART.jpg)
Now im not sure what colour to go for............
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Matt orange or Matt dark silver
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i really like red mk3s like the on your drving. :-/
matt brown could be good.
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Matt orange would be very different :smiley:
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Matt orange would be very different :smiley:
Totaly agree. Iv never seen it done and would look the mutts nuts.
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not on a 3, done on a mk5 a few years ago
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took me a while, had to go to my older photobucket account
(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b142/chuff69/DSCF2368.jpg)
:smiley:
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^^^Gets my vote :smiley:
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+1 :cool:
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orange is vile, its like a focus ST gone wrong :grin:
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orange is vile, its like a focus ST gone wrong :grin:
+1 not an orange fan unless its on a 70's bug
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I have chosen me colour,will post up some pics when done.
Gotta find a wing first.
Oh and its not orange. :wink:
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seen your car in stockport a lot mate and it looks spot ob as it is i think.
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I think that matt orange would look better on a mk2/3 with a more square shouldered look but would have to be silver or white wheels for me.
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Looking forward to seeing the finished result of this.
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yeah cant wait to see the end result and can you give us a guide on tools needed price the vinyl came up to and what was the most tricky part ETC ETC! id love to give it ago for sure but scared id do it so so wrong!
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Eww, that mk5 looks nasty.
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saw a mk3 cabrio on ebay recently that was white vinyl wrapped but only half done, still had some green panels. looked like a wreck.
i dont get it personally but its different. :undecided:
still excited to see the updated pics tho!
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saw a mk3 cabrio on ebay recently that was white vinyl wrapped but only half done, still had some green panels. looked like a wreck.
i dont get it personally but its different. :undecided:
still excited to see the updated pics tho!
Because it could look like this:
(http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac26/LazyLunatic/IMAG1041.jpg)
(http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac26/LazyLunatic/IMAG1043.jpg)
:cool:
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the door mouldings look all over the place in that first pic. car looks good tho :cool: