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Old 04-14-2014, 06:01 AM
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Default 3M Matte Gray Aluminum wrap

New to the board, but have lurked in the past. Thought I would break my post cherry posting up the new changes to my 06' base.

Recently the car was backed into in a parking lot scratching the fender and warping the front bumper so I decided to replace the bumper and wrap the car.

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Car has a long way to go, the modding process is 3 weeks in. Wheels are next just to get the outside looking right and then we'll see what direction I take the car in then.

Any feedback/comments good or bad welcomed, cheers!
Old 04-14-2014, 07:38 AM
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looks good so far man
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Looks good! I am not really a fan of silver but the matte finish makes it look cool. I am sure it looks a lot better in person.

Just as you already said, you need wheels. That matte color draws a lot of attention and the wheels stick out like a sore thumb.

What spoiler is that by the way? Looks similar to my blitz replica but I like the way it swoops up more.
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That looks so much better than the 3M Dark metallic grey I did. In fact.... I just bought another $400 worth of vinyl in a new color.....3M satin white aluminum.

Did you wrap it yourself? If so you did good young man
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That looks very cool.
What kind of wheels?
Old 04-14-2014, 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by ap2_S2Kyle
looks good so far man
Thanks!

Originally Posted by SQuaLZ
Looks good! I am not really a fan of silver but the matte finish makes it look cool. I am sure it looks a lot better in person.

Just as you already said, you need wheels. That matte color draws a lot of attention and the wheels stick out like a sore thumb.

What spoiler is that by the way? Looks similar to my blitz replica but I like the way it swoops up more.
I wrap cars for a living and with this car I really wanted to keep a "stock" or "oem" look when it came to the exterior color. I'm sure it's going to change a few more times before the years end. The spoiler is the Motorsport Lemans wing.

Originally Posted by eZg
That looks so much better than the 3M Dark metallic grey I did. In fact.... I just bought another $400 worth of vinyl in a new color.....3M satin white aluminum.

Did you wrap it yourself? If so you did good young man
Yes sir, & thanks! This particular wrap was done in 8 hours with zero disassembly other than the rear antenna removal. Also keep in mind when using satin white pearl, the material is directional so piecing the car together must be done right or you might have some color shifting issues, goodluck!

Here is a 370 I did a while back for nessen forged in satin white pearl:

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Old 04-14-2014, 02:10 PM
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Originally Posted by RedScytheZ
That looks very cool.
What kind of wheels?
Looking for something motorsports related, have my eyes on a set of HRE/Adv1/Forgelines in 18x11 square fitment.
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Very nice. I tried to wrap my side view mirror with a couple of 1'x1' samples and it was not as easy as YouTube videos would have you believe.
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Originally Posted by AdvanZ33
Very nice. I tried to wrap my side view mirror with a couple of 1'x1' samples and it was not as easy as YouTube videos would have you believe.
Oh yeah, been in the vinyl business for 17 years & I've trained and seen many people start off motivated and quickly give up or end up with bad results. The concept is simple, execution is another story.

Since you mentioned doing a mirror, here is a seamless mirror done on a is250. If done right you'd have a hard time believing it wasn't paint.





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Car looks fantastic, can't believe it only took you EIGHT hours!!

I recently got the idea in my head that it'd be cool to wrap my car, and to start I wrapped the center console piece in CF.... Quickly decided there's no way I'd be able to do the entire car... haha

And gosh... that 370...!
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I wrapped my roof and that took a few hours and it didn't come out perfect, appreciate the skills it takes to do a good job
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Originally Posted by SQuaLZ
Looks good! I am not really a fan of silver but the matte finish makes it look cool. I am sure it looks a lot better in person.

Just as you already said, you need wheels. That matte color draws a lot of attention and the wheels stick out like a sore thumb.

What spoiler is that by the way? Looks similar to my blitz replica but I like the way it swoops up more.
Not sure why everyone is shts on the factory wheels... I think those wheels are great looking. I have the worst wheels that came on the 350Z, which are the Touring wheels from 2005, which is why I have a set of Track V1 wheels at a repair shop now, but the Touring V2's are sweet in my opinion, and were my second choice when trying to get away from the OE wheels...
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BTW, what is the body kit? It's not crazy aggressive, but subtle and sophisticated...

Sorry I am a 350Z noob, but ask me anything about the MK2 Toyota MR2, and I'm your man...

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Old 04-14-2014, 06:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Caidrac
BTW, what is the body kit? It's not crazy aggressive, but subtle and sophisticated...
Front Bumper - Nismo V2
Sides - I'm unsure
Rear - Stock bumper with a Top Secret Rear Diffuser
Wing - Motorsport Lemans

BTW OP, this color is amazing
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sick op!

here's my car wrapped mint blue

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Looks good. I like the matte look.
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the sides are strosek addons to stock sideskirts
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Looks good. I really like this color.
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Wow I think that colour looks great. I would go as far to say I like it over the OEM silver paint.

And the aero mods you've done flow very nicely. Now time for a nice set of wheels! Those wheels looks good but a really nice set of wheels would complete this setup for sure.
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Nice work, z looks great. I love that satin white pearl, wrapped my evo the same color.


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