ZCP Jerez Black Coupe

Alex@ONEighty · 03-19-2014, 04:07 PM

After owning my m3 for a couple of months I realized that a dark color in NY is a headache. Every time I get a car wash I just see more and more swirl marks and scratches. If this was a daily driver and garaged during bad weather I wouldn't have an issue but considering it's my daily driver whether rain or snow it's very difficult to keep clean. So this was a perfect excuse to wrap my car. I wanted a light color but nothing obnoxious, just something simple but exclusive with a classy and sporty touch. At first I was considering a light matte gunmetal but we have done a few of them in the past couple of months so I wanted to get something different that we haven't done yet. Finally made up my mind and decided to go with a matte silver. Arlon offers a Matte Aluminium color that I haven't seen yet and it looked great in the swatch book so I pulled the trigger and ordered the roll.

Just to quickly go over the process... We first clay bar the full vehicle to get rid of any dirt, grease or anything that can prevent from the vinyl sticking without any additional adhesive. Next step is we remove as many items around the car as possible in order to tuck the vinyl without it having a chance to lift. Depending on where you get a car wash certain places have high pressure water and it can get everywhere so to prevent anything lifting in the future we push the vinyl back as far into the cracks as we can. After we remove all the panels, trims, lights...etc we get into all the cracks that that didn't get touched during the clay process and clean it with alcohol and a few other products. After that's done we start the wrapping procedure which takes a couple of days.

I have a few pictures that I took during the process, let me know what you guys think. Better pictures of the finished process to come.

ZCP M3 Matte Aluminium by ONEighty_NYC, on Flickr

Prestigefrzn · 03-19-2014, 04:09 PM

looks good. Just needs to be dropped now

Denk · 03-19-2014, 04:48 PM

Nice job, looks really good! I would be tempted to do the same thing in your shoes. For a garage kept fun car Jerez works for me. Do you have more pics?

Blindside_137 · 03-19-2014, 04:51 PM

Gorgeous. Wrap looks fantastic

beats · 03-19-2014, 09:56 PM

that colour looks great.. nice work

lgndracer · 03-20-2014, 08:44 AM

What does a full wrap like that cost?

LightWerkz · 03-20-2014, 09:02 AM

well done

fitchesbass · 03-20-2014, 10:29 PM

Looks great! Really nice job!

I'm wrapping my 80s 911 and its helluva headache. For cars with perfect paint / bodywork vinyl wrapping is a good idea. For an older car with less than perfect paint it comes a huge battle (ask me how I know

)

Amirsm3 · 03-21-2014, 12:01 PM

Infuzion · 03-22-2014, 06:15 PM

I'm really digging that dark silver beside yours. But both look so clean! How much does this run? I'm only a few hours from NY and that shop looks like they do fantastic work.

BLU_GTR · 03-22-2014, 06:44 PM

Turned out real nice

foam · 03-22-2014, 07:29 PM

Instead of washing your car, you should just wrap it a new color every time.

SilentAttack · 03-22-2014, 08:46 PM

Job well done

Hujan · 03-23-2014, 01:17 AM

Obligatory:

M3-S65 · 03-23-2014, 11:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lgndracer

What does a full wrap like that cost?

Agreed...how much

Alex@ONEighty · 03-27-2014, 06:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lgndracer

What does a full wrap like that cost?

Quote:

Originally Posted by M3-S65

Agreed...how much

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ki__ · 03-27-2014, 06:50 PM

Wow it looks nice actually. Great choice

03-19-2014, 04:07 PM	#1
Alex@ONEighty Captain 164 Rep 623 Posts Drives: 2011 E90 M3 CZP 6MT Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Brooklyn, NY iTrader: (3)	ZCP Jerez Black Coupe - Wrapped in Matte Alumium After owning my m3 for a couple of months I realized that a dark color in NY is a headache. Every time I get a car wash I just see more and more swirl marks and scratches. If this was a daily driver and garaged during bad weather I wouldn't have an issue but considering it's my daily driver whether rain or snow it's very difficult to keep clean. So this was a perfect excuse to wrap my car. I wanted a light color but nothing obnoxious, just something simple but exclusive with a classy and sporty touch. At first I was considering a light matte gunmetal but we have done a few of them in the past couple of months so I wanted to get something different that we haven't done yet. Finally made up my mind and decided to go with a matte silver. Arlon offers a Matte Aluminium color that I haven't seen yet and it looked great in the swatch book so I pulled the trigger and ordered the roll. Just to quickly go over the process... We first clay bar the full vehicle to get rid of any dirt, grease or anything that can prevent from the vinyl sticking without any additional adhesive. Next step is we remove as many items around the car as possible in order to tuck the vinyl without it having a chance to lift. Depending on where you get a car wash certain places have high pressure water and it can get everywhere so to prevent anything lifting in the future we push the vinyl back as far into the cracks as we can. After we remove all the panels, trims, lights...etc we get into all the cracks that that didn't get touched during the clay process and clean it with alcohol and a few other products. After that's done we start the wrapping procedure which takes a couple of days. I have a few pictures that I took during the process, let me know what you guys think. Better pictures of the finished process to come. ZCP M3 Matte Aluminium by ONEighty_NYC, on Flickr ZCP M3 Matte Aluminium by ONEighty_NYC, on Flickr ZCP M3 Matte Aluminium by ONEighty_NYC, on Flickr ZCP M3 Matte Aluminium by ONEighty_NYC, on Flickr ZCP M3 Matte Aluminium by ONEighty_NYC, on Flickr ZCP M3 Matte Aluminium by ONEighty_NYC, on Flickr ZCP M3 Matte Aluminium by ONEighty_NYC, on Flickr ZCP M3 Matte Aluminium by ONEighty_NYC, on Flickr ZCP M3 Matte Aluminium by ONEighty_NYC, on Flickr ZCP M3 Matte Aluminium by ONEighty_NYC, on Flickr ZCP M3 Matte Aluminium by ONEighty_NYC, on Flickr ZCP M3 Matte Aluminium by ONEighty_NYC, on Flickr ZCP M3 Matte Aluminium by ONEighty_NYC, on Flickr ZCP M3 Matte Aluminium by ONEighty_NYC, on Flickr ZCP M3 Matte Aluminium by ONEighty_NYC, on Flickr ZCP M3 Matte Aluminium by ONEighty_NYC, on Flickr ZCP M3 Matte Aluminium by ONEighty_NYC, on Flickr ZCP M3 Matte Aluminium by ONEighty_NYC, on Flickr ZCP M3 Matte Aluminium by ONEighty_NYC, on Flickr ZCP M3 Matte Aluminium by ONEighty_NYC, on Flickr ZCP M3 Matte Aluminium by ONEighty_NYC, on Flickr
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03-19-2014, 04:09 PM	#2
Prestigefrzn Second Lieutenant 64 Rep 247 Posts Drives: 11' M3 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Miami iTrader: (0)	looks good. Just needs to be dropped now
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03-19-2014, 04:48 PM	#3
Denk Brigadier General 1006 Rep 3,341 Posts Drives: 2021 X5M Join Date: May 2011 Location: PNW iTrader: (2)	Nice job, looks really good! I would be tempted to do the same thing in your shoes. For a garage kept fun car Jerez works for me. Do you have more pics?
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03-19-2014, 04:51 PM	#4
Blindside_137 Lieutenant General 6708 Rep 10,598 Posts Drives: 2011.75 SSII E90 M3 ZCP Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Raleigh, NC iTrader: (2)	Gorgeous. Wrap looks fantastic
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03-19-2014, 09:56 PM	#5
beats Lieutenant 225 Rep 599 Posts Drives: 2015 911 GTS Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Toronto iTrader: (0)	that colour looks great.. nice work
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03-20-2014, 08:44 AM	#6
lgndracer Enlisted Member 2 Rep 46 Posts Drives: E93 M3 Jerez Black Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Lake Tapps, WA iTrader: (1)	What does a full wrap like that cost?
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03-20-2014, 09:02 AM	#7
LightWerkz Banned 56 Rep 530 Posts Drives: E90 M3 Join Date: May 2007 Location: Oakland, NJ iTrader: (1)	well done
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03-20-2014, 10:29 PM	#8
fitchesbass Captain 40 Rep 969 Posts Drives: BMW Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Fairfax, VA iTrader: (2)	Looks great! Really nice job! I'm wrapping my 80s 911 and its helluva headache. For cars with perfect paint / bodywork vinyl wrapping is a good idea. For an older car with less than perfect paint it comes a huge battle (ask me how I know ) __________________ 911 Carrera project car Previous: E92 M3 ZHP - Sold E86 Z4M - Sold E36 M3 - Sold
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03-21-2014, 12:01 PM	#9
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03-22-2014, 06:15 PM	#10
Infuzion ///M Car Pusher 15 Rep 46 Posts Drives: 2008 E92 M3 6MT Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: East Coast iTrader: (0)	I'm really digging that dark silver beside yours. But both look so clean! How much does this run? I'm only a few hours from NY and that shop looks like they do fantastic work.
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03-22-2014, 06:44 PM	#11
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03-22-2014, 07:29 PM	#12
foam Second Lieutenant 7 Rep 206 Posts Drives: E92 M3 AW Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: WA iTrader: (1)	Instead of washing your car, you should just wrap it a new color every time.
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03-22-2014, 08:46 PM	#13
SilentAttack Lieutenant Colonel 163 Rep 1,790 Posts Drives: 08 E90 Jerez Black 6MT Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Nashville, TN iTrader: (0)	Job well done __________________ Stupid Photobucket
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03-23-2014, 01:17 AM	#14
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03-27-2014, 06:50 PM	#17
ki__ Brigadier General 409 Rep 3,479 Posts Drives: 19 M2C 6MT Join Date: May 2008 Location: Los Angeles, CA iTrader: (6) Garage List 2019 BMW F87 M2C [0.00]	Wow it looks nice actually. Great choice
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