Yes a lot easier! make sure your in a warm environment and use a heat gun (not a hair drier) try to avoid the cheap stuff on eBay, it tends to be very thin and the adhesive is weak, I find the hexis vinyl to be one of the best, great value and easy to work with

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These are the stripes down the side,

one 210mm stripe over the top with 8mm stripe either side all in green, i ran out of time today so only managed to get the stripe on the bonnet

Cheers for the info

http://i779.photobucket.com/albums/y...psbaf8597d.jpg

it was a bit dark by the time i'd finished, took a picture anyway,

Have you used the vinyl cutting tape..? Seen it on you tube can't find where it's sold

Edit just found it

I think your talking about knifeless tape, wrapcut pro is pretty good and available from mdp for about £12 (I know as we badgered them into stocking it) great for straight lines or slight curves, I noticed a few eBay sellers were selling it for twice that

what colour vinyl are you after? Only asking as I might be able to cut you a deal on some top quality leftovers.

basically black,white and blue and a little bit of grey to do this

http://media.motoblog.it/a/apr/aprilia_lotus.jpg to my aprilia although it wont be yellow i'm covering i've got a spare bodykit

http://i687.photobucket.com/albums/v...e/ALX_9419.jpg

Looks sweet, are you having those decals as well?

Yep got a full set coming for £25 for all the main ones I'm not going with the fine clock face decals

http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Aprilia-lotus...TFYUx/$_12.JPG

a few pictures of the finished wrap
http://i779.photobucket.com/albums/y...ps491e537e.jpg

http://i779.photobucket.com/albums/y...ps5e327ee9.jpg

http://i779.photobucket.com/albums/y...ps1a6309bf.jpg

Although the car is now my daily drive there is still much more to be done

jobs still to do....

Exhaust system
door seals
front grill
rear grills
bonnet stops (bonnet sits slightly too low at the front)
fit rear speakers
interior mods
wire up heated rear screen

That's looking real nice ..is that a stick on no. Plate?????.

Nice job.

Thanks but no It's a pressed steel one

ha ha was going to say is it a 3d effect didnt quite look right is it staying there?

I may relocate it once the front grill is in

Looks great, and I like the graphics and stripes.

I actually saw a 50 foot gin palace being wrapped last week! Amazing! Going from white to blue. Apparently it's becoming popular because of the restrictions on using two pack paints in the open, more in Europe than here though.
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Gin palace? I'm not familiar with that phrase, is that like a castle full of booze?:-)

Luxury boat/yacht. (me thinks)

Oh That makes more sense!

Very nice car! The striping does it! Also like the meshed headlights! Keep up the good work!

Havnt added an update for a while, mainly because ive been having too much fun driving it!

got my pipes done yesterday, manifold back in stainless with a twin exit single box and a couple of upswept stainless tips, sounds sooooo much better and looks the part now!


http://i779.photobucket.com/albums/y...ps1206a7f9.jpg

http://i779.photobucket.com/albums/y...ps16bb3e2e.jpg

now i just have some interior bits to tidy up before the stoneleigh show

I can see a contender for the Triburte Automotive Owners Club Best in Show competition

Thanks, but it's not quite there yet!
Is there an award for the nicest exhaust note?

Looking forward to seeing you and the car at Stoneleigh soon, I will post you some passes, once they arrive.

Thanks!

Decided to colour match the centre console to the outside of the car, hopefully it will look nice when fitted, otherwise i'll be peeling it back off!

http://i779.photobucket.com/albums/y...psaae25373.jpg

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cup-holder...#ht_713wt_1155

need one of these to prevent spillages!

and one of these to finish it off!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1609503487...#ht_732wt_1155

Think your back lights are spot on!

They really suit the car.

They remind me of retro Ford?

Rear lights
 

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I think they are old BMW 1802 or 2002, I have thought about the same for my Dino

yep they look like bmw 2002 lights pre 1973

they are indeed bmw 2002 lights, skip back a few pages and you'll see we played the "guess where my lights are from" game! a few months back,

I was originally going for the cortina lights as above, but they don't have the reversing light built in like the bmw lights

apparently they are also upside down according to axels picture

No, the BMW ones were upside down, yours are correct!
Hey when we build cars we can do what we want!!

Exactly! That's the whole point!

Nice car! To be honest when I saw you were wrapping it I thought you were maybe one of the many cowboys in the industry. There's a guy in Perth who put his Impreza in to get wrapped and got it back a month later, with a knackered clutch, bald tyres and it was only half wrapped! Looks like you're the real deal though :)



Where did you get these mirrors? Can you also talk to me about how you installed those side repeaters?