Don Nguyen

This is a bit different, but I know you guys seeing more pictures of various and different type of wrap jobs than the regular roof, trim, etc wraps. I did a partial car wrap for the top half of this 2013 white Land Rover LR4 HSE. For this car wrap, we did the top half of the car in 3M 1080 gloss black vinyl material. I believe the owner of this car said that it’s suppose to resemble how the new Range Rover Autobiography editions come from the factory. I took two pictures of the during vinyl wrapping process, to show you guys how what it looks like during the transformation. The owner of this car was in Irvine and came out to me in Anaheim hills/Orange county to have the car wrap done for his car.

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-Don Nguyen

don@wannaberacer.com

Don Nguyen

I did this Audi TT back in my trip to norcal in December. The owner of this car drove out to me in San Jose to have the grey portion of his rear diffuser and lower front bumper splitter in the 3M 1080 gloss carbon fiber. The pictures of the rear diffuser did not come out as good, since the car was facing towards the sun. However, in the pictures of the front splitter, you can really see the weave and pattern of the carbon fiber vinyl in the sunlight fairly well. These small changes to the car still changes the look of the car quite a bit and is nothing something that is noticeable right away, but still gives it a sportier look.

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-Don Nguyen

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Don Nguyen

For this red Ferrari 458 I plasti dipped the front, rear, and top engine lid emblems/badges. I also blacked out the amber portion on his front bumper with my gloss black vinyl. For such a simple change, it really changed the look of the car quite a bit. Since there were no other chrome pieces on the car, after blacking out those chrome badges, it gave the car a sportier and more aggressive look, while cleaning up overall look of the car as well. The owner of this car was local to me and brought his car out to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange County to have the plastic dip and vinyl work done.

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-Don Nguyen

don@wannaberacer.com

Don Nguyen

This is a returning customer who had me previous lightly tint the tail lights on his E92 M3. This time he had me come back to do the tail lights on his Audi V10 R8 as well. The film that I use is a fairly light shade, which is dark enough to give it a nice noticeable change and also still maintain a factory/OEM look. The owner of this car was in Irvine/Orange County near where I was so I dropped by his house to do the tail lights for his car.

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-Don Nguyen

don@wannaberacer.com

Don Nguyen

The owner of this silver/grey Mercedes GTS AMG coupe came by to have me black out the chrome badges and emblems. I plasti dipped the rear emblems, front hood emblem and the star on the front grill. For the chrome horizontal slats on the front grill, I wrapped those in my gloss black vinyl, to match the gloss black grill that they were attached to already. The owner of this car was from Orange County and came out to me in Anaheim Hills to have the plasti dip and vinyl work done. I like the way the hood emblem turned out. The details in the emblem were not lost after being plasti dipped. The matte finish gives it a more interesting look.

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-Don Nguyen

don@wannaberacer.com

Don Nguyen

It’s been several months seen I have had a chance to post some pictures. Been extremely busy, so haven’t had a chance to post some of the work/cars that I have been doing. The owner of this white Lamborghini Hurrican brought his car by to black out the amber reflectors on the front and rear bumpers of the car. In addition to blacking those pieces out, I also plasti dipped the rear Lamborghini badge in matte black to basically get rid of the only chrome piece on the vehicle’s exterior. Overall, the work done was fairly simple, but these small changes still changed the look of the car up and gave everything a nice black and white color scheme. The owner of this car brought his car to me in Anaheim Hills/Orange County to have the vinyl and plasti dip work done.

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-Don Nguyen

don@wannaberacer.com

Don Nguyen

This is a longer post than usual, but it’s because the owner of this white Audi B8 A4 sedan had me vinyl wrap the roof of his car in the 3M 1080 gloss carbon fiber material, lightly tint his tail lights, and had the lower diffuser portion of his rear bumper wrapped in the same 3M 1080 gloss carbon fiber material.

I included a in progress picture of the rear tail lights in one of the pictures with one side being tinted and the other side not tinted, to give you guys a better idea of how the differences are actually like side by side to each other.

It was a bit difficult to get a good picture of the lower rear bumper diffuser with the 1080 3M carbon fiber wrap, but I did what I could to capture the carbon fiber pattern in the material. This is a really nice subtle touch to the rear end of the car, to give it a slightly more aggressive look, while still having it blend in and flow with the rest of the car’s factory lines fairly well.

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-Don Nguyen

don@wannaberacer.com

Don Nguyen

The owner of this white Audi A7 sedan brought his car in to black out the chrome window trim pieces that were on the car. We went with the gloss black finish to give it a factory look, which I think turned out fairly nice. The gloss black went well with the already lightly tinted windows and also the gloss black roof wrap as well. The owner of this car was from around Orange County as well and came out to me in Anaheim Hills to have the vinyl work done.

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-Don Nguyen

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Don Nguyen

For this black Audi A6 sedan, I actually went out to his location in Newport Beach / Orange County to do some vinyl work on his vehicle. The owner originally requested to simply have the front grill wrapped in gloss black. However, after blacking out he front grill, he also decided if I was able to black out the chrome on top of the door handles and also the chrome window trim. I didn’t take pictures of the window trim, since the car was in the garage. However, I did take pictures of the door handles, showing the before and after.

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-Don Nguyen

don@wannaberacer.com

Don Nguyen

Even though the majority of the cars that I work are newer or brand new, it doesn’t mean that I don’t have some older ones come in to get similar vinyl work done on their cars as well. The owner of this black Audi S8 sedan, which I believe is called the D2 chassis, had me black out the chrome window trim, mid section chrome trim, black out the front upper and lower chrome grills, and lightly tint the head lights. Most of the work done doesn’t really detract away from the factory look of the vehicle to the point where it looks aftermarket. The blacked out trim and lightly tinted lights are subtle enough that I think most people would not think twice that it was added or after market. The owner of this car drove from San Diego to me up in Anaheim Hills / Orange County to have the vinyl car wrap done.











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-Don Nguyen

don@wannaberacer.com