Don Nguyen

Lately, more and more SUV or bigger bodied car guys have been bringing their cars by to have vinyl work done. The owner of this black Audi Q7 SUV had me vinyl wrap the chrome window trim on his car with my matte black vinyl material. In addition to wrapping the roof, I plasti dipped the grill in a matte black finish as well to match. It was a night and day difference for this car, especially with his already tinted windows and since there was no other chrome on the car other than the pieces I wrapped and dipped. The owner of this car was from south Orange County and came up to me in Anaheim Hills to get the vinyl work done.

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-Don Nguyen

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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

reyoasian

Would love to see pics of work in progress for a S3 getting all the chrome wrapped in black...

hsuboy

He did my car a few months ago but he never posted the pics. Hopefully he'll do it sometime.

It was Glacier White and I had him remove the chrome on the windows and he plasti dipped the front.

Don Nguyen

The pictures of hsuboy's car are still on my camera. I will try to get them on my computer and find them to post up for you when I get a chance.

Thanks!

-Don

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

don@wannaberacer.com

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@wannaberacer.com

Va_TTer

1. Any update on an East Coast trip?

2. Have you ever blacked out the silver A pillars and the door trim / trunk top body trim (behind rear seats) on an Audi A3 or A5 cabrio? I'd love to see how that looks; bonus points if it's on a black car.

Don Nguyen

I was hoping to come out during this summertime, but I may be too busy with work around here to make that trip right now.

I have not done the A pillars on an A3 or A5 before unfortunately.