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posted on 12/4/15 at 01:39 PM Reply With Quote
Winter mods finished

At last, got the car out the garage and took her for a run out. Clutch perfect now after fitting a new fork pivot pin and release bearing. Also finished the body work. I got fed up with polishing the bare ali so decided to have a bash at vinyl wrapping.

Before the upgrades.....

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Im really please with the outcome and look.

Cheers

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posted on 12/4/15 at 01:55 PM Reply With Quote
Personally I think it also looks much better now than before! Nice work

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posted on 12/4/15 at 02:27 PM Reply With Quote
Looking great.

How did the wrapping go - tempted to have a go at wrapping mine. Any tips?




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posted on 12/4/15 at 02:44 PM Reply With Quote
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Personally I think it also looks much better now than before! Nice work

[Edited on 12/4/15 by daniel mason]


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posted on 12/4/15 at 03:26 PM Reply With Quote
That does look nice
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posted on 12/4/15 at 03:30 PM Reply With Quote
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Looking great.

How did the wrapping go - tempted to have a go at wrapping mine. Any tips?


Buy vinyl that has air release and get a good squeegee, a hair dryer provides enough heat and take your time. I did one panel at a time and as they were ali, I wet and dryed them first to get a good finish. Its not perfect, by I like it...

I didn't wrap the nose as that was orange anyway so not sure how tricky that would be.
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posted on 12/4/15 at 04:57 PM Reply With Quote
We've just done a complete car including scuttle and nosecone. Not the easiest job in the world but doable.
Buy good quality vinyl, take your time and have a helper to hold and stretch whilst you warm and smooth it on.
The nosecone took two of us three hours or more. It's by no means perfect but more than acceptable for our first effort.
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posted on 12/4/15 at 06:21 PM Reply With Quote
Looks much better! Not a fan of bare alloy I'm afraid

Had mine wrapped in 3M Matte yellow
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posted on 12/4/15 at 07:07 PM Reply With Quote
That looks likea different car.

A million times better.




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posted on 12/4/15 at 07:43 PM Reply With Quote
Very nice! I hope to be doing this soon, is the black stripe stick on as well?




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posted on 12/4/15 at 07:44 PM Reply With Quote
Look good with the wrapping done.

Lets face it, if John Barnes can do it then why not have a go yourself..........




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posted on 12/4/15 at 09:16 PM Reply With Quote
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Very nice! I hope to be doing this soon, is the black stripe stick on as well?


Yes the black stripe is stick on too. Probably the hardest part making it run down the middle !!!
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