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Old 07-06-2016, 09:19 AM
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Default Has anyone vinyl wrapped their 928. Pics please !!

I am seriously considering a gloss vinyl wrap on my 928.
If anyone has done this I would like to see pics of the finished job, and any comments or thoughts as to whether it is advisable to do.
Old 07-06-2016, 09:39 AM
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James Morrison did one or two of them. Do a search. He posted a thread about some of it as I recall.
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I want to wrap my '89 as well. I saw a guy post a picture of one in Europe on FB wrapped in chrome. The one area I was most curious about was the rear bumper lettering but he had the letters filled in before wrapping it. I am thinking of painting the letters black then cutting out the vinyl wrap to expose the letters. The only issue I foresee dealing with would be potential shrinkage after the cuts are made as the material ages causing it to lift off or crack at the corners...
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Ladybug wrapped his own car
Old 07-06-2016, 10:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Jerry Feather
James Morrison did one or two of them. Do a search. He posted a thread about some of it as I recall.
Here's one of his thread on this:
https://rennlist.com/forums/928-foru...ge-95-gts.html
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MJ Rocket has a nice wrap on his.
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The only downfall of a wrap is when you open anything on the car you will see the original colour. Unless the wrap job is extremely detailed and expensive, the car is usually only wrapped on the outside and makes the job look half finished.
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Originally Posted by Bertrand Daoust
Thanks Bertrand. That has convinced me to go ahead with it. Will post pics when done.
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Have a local guy here in Sweden who has done his GTS.
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I had mine done almost three years ago by the same company that did James Morrison's in Austin, TX. About 4 -5k cheaper than the high end paint estimates I got.


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Originally Posted by Keith Coe
I had mine done almost three years ago by the same company that did James Morrison's in Austin, TX. About 4 -5k cheaper than the high end paint estimates I got.


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Are all the door jambs done too?
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They wrapped into the door jambs, but the original car color was Guards Red and the wrap is virtually the same color.
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Originally Posted by Keith Coe
I had mine done almost three years ago by the same company that did James Morrison's in Austin, TX. About 4 -5k cheaper than the high end paint estimates I got.


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How much disassembly did they perform?
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Originally Posted by Keith Coe
They wrapped into the door jambs, but the original car color was Guards Red and the wrap is virtually the same color.
That is awesome. From the pic I would've never known it was a wrap.
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Originally Posted by Keith Coe
They wrapped into the door jambs, but the original car color was Guards Red and the wrap is virtually the same color.
Would you happen to know the maker and color of the wrap? We have a Guards Red 924S that really would benefit from a wrap.


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