Car wrapping

[tim]

Did they leave the transport blocks in or did you tick the All-Road option? The arch gap is nuts.

[Alex88]

Nice job that colour suits the car really well. Roadsters always suit a bold colour.

Those seats looks awesome.

Now that Tim mentions it, it could do with some lowering springs maybe it's not that noticeable in person.

[Jobbo]

Did they leave the transport blocks in or did you tick the All-Road option? The arch gap is nuts.

I'm not Harry. Looks OK to me - I'm not intending to lower it because it made my old one much less usable. New alloys (if/when) will have a different offset which will push the rims out a bit more in line with the edge of the wings. But as is apparent from the photos, it's about the same gap all round the wheel - slightly less above the tyre than in front/behind if anything. Have you never seen an MX5 before? They've only been sold for 35 years

Might get some 16"s to replace the OE 17"s actually, just because.

[Matty]

I do prefer the Blue to the Grey - cars like this do need a bit of colour

[simon_g]

That's a great colour! Apart from the red, the colours for the current MX5 are dismal.

[Rich B]

That's a great colour! Apart from the red, the colours for the current MX5 are dismal.

they do a lovely grey….

[Jobbo]

That's a great colour! Apart from the red, the colours for the current MX5 are dismal.

they do a lovely grey….

What’s your favourite colour, Rich? Whatever it is, you’re wrong

[Rich B]

That's a great colour! Apart from the red, the colours for the current MX5 are dismal.

they do a lovely grey….

What’s your favourite colour, Rich? Whatever it is, you’re wrong

i'm only playing! (which thankfully you know!)

[MikeHunt]

So is this a Jobbo exterior?

[mik]

I've no idea what it costs to wrap a car

I've mentioned previously that the bodywork between the rear edge of the door, and the rear wheel on the Evora is protected by a large section of clear factory PPF. This yellows slightly over time (actually the adhesive yellows), which is pretty invisible on some colours, but pretty visible on a white car. I've had a few quotes to replace it, but none of them were particularly cheap, and all film options are subject to this phenomena - so I'd find myself back in the same place in a few years.

It still annoys me a little if I look at this area of the car, but my solution is generally to stop looking at it.....

I'd just pull it off and accept that I'm likely to pick up stone chips in the paint, but I'm a little nervous that it might not come off cleanly....

[Rich B]

yeah, i have some ppf ahead of my rear arches. it’s not yellow but it is a bit grubby on the edge. i think you’d just need to heat it up, remove it then refit a new piece if you wanted to sort it? surely they do pre cut kits?

[mik]

surely they do pre cut kits?

They do. But quotes were all £350+ for replacement with decent film.

[Jobbo]

It cost almost exactly £2000 all in to wrap. Bit extravagant but it does give me all-over PPF, effectively. And the car is more personalised being in a colour Mazda don't offer.

I've obviously spent too long playing GTA and changing car colours and alloys in game; I felt like it would be fun to do for real. I don't know if I'd do it again; the door shuts still have the original colour visible (no point getting it wrapped round the door striker, hinges etc and over the weight/tyre pressure stickers - it would be massively fiddly, probably double the cost and for very limited benefit), I had to do without my car for over a week, it doesn't last forever (UV does degrade even this high-quality 3M film) etc. But if Mazda launched a special edition painted in exactly this colour I wouldn't swap to one; it now really feels like my car because I've personalised it. And if I want to go back to grey I can, with the paintwork still virtually as new underneath.

[Mito Man]

surely they do pre cut kits?

They do. But quotes were all £350+ for replacement with decent film.

Single smaller sections of ppf are quite easy to fit. It’s much more forgiving than vinyl as you just spray soapy water on the panel and film, slap the film on and guide it to the correct position, then squeegee out the air bubbles.
They have a precut one which makes it even simpler as you don’t need to make a template and then cut
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/13214544617 ... gIG0_D_BwE

[Rich B]

yeah, can’t be that hard - i’ve done several mountain bikes with the precut kits. They’re FAR more fiddly than flat panels.

[mik]

Single smaller sections of ppf are quite easy to fit. It’s much more forgiving than vinyl as you just spray soapy water on the panel and film, slap the film on and guide it to the correct position, then squeegee out the air bubbles.

It's this section : https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/132441980190

I've fitted lots of window film, and also pre-cut PPF on headlights, so I'm good with the water & squeegee process. I'd probably cut it and not bother doing the section on the sill (as it's covering the "black pack" so looks fine) - just replacing the large section ahead of the rear wheel.

[Rich B]

this is how fiddly the mtb kit parts were, even so - the whole bike only took 3-4 hours and a load of patience. 2x arch/sill would be done in half and hour!

[Jobbo]

Finally had a chance to grab some photos at home. I think the colour is more obviously teal in these:

[Marv]

I like it Jobbo

Quite a unique colour, compared to a fairly generic dark grey

[jamcg]

Lovely car. Looks well in that colour too