Spent a few hours at their Leeds franchise today, after seeing that the recaro's can be succesfully wrapped i had to go and investigate.
my thoughts on carbon on a GTI are mixed. Unless you are like Jonny C and want carbon for the weight saving then i dont feel right about seeing it on a GTI. Saying that every time i see it i think wow that is beautiful. I think carbon has been around long enough now to have been stolen by the stylees amongst us , and it is acceptable to have it on the car because its cool and look's the shizzle
So i have arrived at the decision that if the carbon vinyl wrap can look just as beautiful then whats the difference between having this and having a carbon replacement part. as mentioned earlier, the carbon in our instance are not on the car for weight saving, and a lot of the carbon is a direct cover adding to the weight.
Ok so i went to Racoon today to get my R 32 zorst insert wrapped in this new type they have which doesn't get marred when heated and is less brittle so reacts better to stone chips.
Well they tried really hard but the insert was not having any of it, because of the textured finish the adhesive wouldn't stick properly
Gave up after a few attempt's but i think it would still be possible if the piece was sanded flat and some primer applied.
So we decided to do the front mask and badge to see how it looked, and so he could get a good idea on how much to charge us lot as they had not done this for any one yet. and i think it will be the most popular part to get wrapped by us lot.
Turned out really well so hopefully tomorrow he will have a forum discounted price for all the parts that we might want wrapping like the interior door inserts, mirror covers roof spoiler.
I think i can say without getting shot by him that the prices will be a whole lot cheaper than the darn sarf prices, especially if we take the parts off first and then just get them wrapped and re- fit ourselves. and may be even cheaper if you guy's fancy a group buy of more than ten.
Oh and i forgot to add, their is a offer of one car getting a bonnet wrapped in this material for cost price, so any one wanting this done and lives in the North then give me a PM and i can give you details should cost somewhere between 20 an d 40 squid for a whole bonnet wrap.
Couple more photo's of the mask.
