Laying vinyl on my 86 GT

[jwrape]

Well, I have started laying the vinyl on my GT. It's going really well.

Here are the beginning pics as I go along.

Here is the Fender before I started. Removed the bolts to vinyl around them.

Here is the Fender covered

Door half done

Door and Fender


Drivers Door half done

Door Done




Now I know the pattern of the vinyl is not everyones cup of tea. Not necessarily mine either, BUT it was between this and matte white. I like this cause from 5' away it looks silver and up close it's surprising.
Actually a very cool covering. It's working good.
I actually did the drivers side rear quarter last night. I don't have pics of that yet.

[Donster]

What do you estimate the total price for the entire car is going to be or have you already gotten enough to do the whole car?
Once you're done and it looks good we need to talk

EDIT to admit I'm a dork, didn't see the percentage reference in the other thread. Still want to know the cost though.

\D

[jwrape]

What do you estimate the total price for the entire car is going to be or have you already gotten enough to do the whole car?
Once you're done and it looks good we need to talk

EDIT to admit I'm a dork, didn't see the percentage reference in the other thread. Still want to know the cost though.

\D

Well so far, I have bought this particular color (the cheapest vinyl I could find) for $148 for a roll of 60"x20ft from Amazon of all places. So far I am about half into the roll. I think I might need more to finish the hoods because of the amount of square footage it takes for the hoods. They take a 60"x60" piece each. I plan to buy some dark gray to trim the mirrors, roof and all the round trim down the sides to offset it. That will cost a little more as well. I figure I can come close to about $400-$500 range total. MAYBE less but I won't know until I get it done. But it's a lot of manual labor but yet a lot of fun to do because it's almost instant gratification.  The front fender took about a hour and the doors take about that much. The rear quarter panel took about 2 hours. It was a b*tch cause it is so big and curvy. The Fiero is one of the more easier cars to vinyl because most of the car is not that curvy and crazy angles so the vinyl lays nice and there is very little stretching needed. With this pattern, stretching is not really the best because it destorts the pattern. So I did as little streching as I could get away with.

The vinyl gives a old car, true defined lines again. Cleans up the sloppy look of the car from being a 25 yr old car.

OH and SO MUCH CHEAPER and instant than painting.

[Donster]

Let me know when she's done, I want to come over and look at her and then most likely ask you for help getting me started on one of our Fieros, but don't know which one yet.

\D

[jwrape]

Let me know when she's done, I want to come over and look at her and then most likely ask you for help getting me started on one of our Fieros, but don't know which one yet.

\D

LOL, I figured you would like it. I will.
I hope for it to be done soon. I work on it whenever I have a moment of free time.
The bumpers are gonna be to trick,

[jwrape]

I got the rear bumper done last night. I ended up having to seam it on each side but it turned out really nice.

[jwrape]

Don,
So far I have almost used all the 20' roll and still have not done either of the hoods or the lower quarters or lower fenders as well as the ground affects below the doors. So I will need to get a little more Silver.
I did just order some regular gray carbon Fiber on Amazone for $43 for another 20' That was the cheapest yet.
http://www.amazon.com/Black-Metro-Flexible-Carbon-Fiber/dp/B005E21LHA

[Donster]

Noted, thnx

\D

[jwrape]

I got some more pics.

I finally replaced the driverside fender and wrapped it and put the mirrors back on cause I have to drive it since my G is up on blocks. Swapping wheels








Here is a pic of where I laid a piece of the black Carbon Fiber on the round trim to see what it looks like. I like it.

EDIT: I just noticed I need to re-heat and stick the corner of vinyl in this pic. How embarrassing. LOL
And the G on Blocks. LOL

[redraif]

That's awesome!  I can't wait to see it in person.  Looks amazing in pictures.  I joked about doing a white version on the fiero.  Any of your scrap pieces I would love to buy from u.  The civic and delsol could use a few smaller pieces for trim accents I wanted to do.  I was going to have to buy small pieces of silver and grey/black for it.  This would help us both out!   The previous owner scraped the bottom of the delsols nose and the black/grey was what I was considering for coverage

[redraif]

So how hard was it to get it to lay right?  I'm really considering white!  The time to strip the new pieces might even out with doing it this way.  Lord knows I do not have a compressor to paint anything yet.  And the paint I want will probably be VERY expensive.  With this it can be done and be trendy.  And I can experiment with colors easier... with less permanence

[jwrape]

It's not very hard to lay on flat surfaces. The worst of it is molding across and around corners. Once you get the hang of it, it gets easier. I get better at it every time I do it.