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Old 01-18-2015, 03:50 PM
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Originally Posted by lhoboy
I'm guessing many on this forum agree with you. In the past quarter century, there have not been any auto designs adequate to cause me to desire a new car until Ian designed the Vanquish that was well beyond my (spousally limited) budget. What he did extremely well with the Vanquish, he did perfectly with the F-Type. Adding the 6sp. made it a no-brainer for me (which is fortunate given my grey matter reserves).
Oh, that is so true!

The Vanquish was my "now I can die happy" car until I laid eyes on the F Type.

When I heard it start up, it was all over ... "just take my money"!
 
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Old 01-18-2015, 05:31 PM
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Originally Posted by shift
Not a fan. As you guys may have seen I've been trying to do some kind of stripe myself to give it a different look. But it feels like stripes on the F-Type is hard to get right whereas some cars feel right with stripes. This was take 1, checkered flag twin stripes. Barely visible, more subtle. Today I decided to try an all white thicker stripe.
I am not into stripes at all but the horizontal black stripe between the headlights of the white Project 7 looks OK. Have you considered trying that?
 
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Old 01-18-2015, 07:17 PM
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dislike... but odd they did this to a new car on the lot(?)

Black and Firesand Coupe
Ack. Too Mopar 1970. Not a good look for this bodystyle.
 
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Old 01-21-2015, 11:33 PM
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must be a Tampa Florida thing...apparently that dealer has done several wraps like this for F-Types base on the installer's instagram page: Instagram
 
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Old 01-22-2015, 03:33 AM
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Oh god the wrap is actually fake carbon fiber. That makes it a 100x worse IMO.
 
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Old 01-22-2015, 06:41 AM
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Old 01-22-2015, 07:36 AM
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What is that?! Mr. T's white F-Type???
 
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Old 01-22-2015, 02:51 PM
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There is little thought to these wraps. With the Coupe R you can do some very creative wraps if you use the correct lines and colour combinations.

Then again you can just go bling

 
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Old 01-22-2015, 03:44 PM
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I just have never been a fan of matte wraps or paint jobs, especially in black. It always looks like an unpainted car to me. Like a car that's been in an accident and they could only afford to put the primer on after salvaging some body parts from the junkyard. Also heard they are a pain to keep clean but that might only be for the more satin finishes. Not sure.
 
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Old 01-22-2015, 03:54 PM
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Originally Posted by LynxFX
I just have never been a fan of matte wraps or paint jobs, especially in black. It always looks like an unpainted car to me. Like a car that's been in an accident and they could only afford to put the primer on after salvaging some body parts from the junkyard. Also heard they are a pain to keep clean but that might only be for the more satin finishes. Not sure.
As a rule, I agree with you. However, this is the Audi RS7 I came very close to buying before I opted for the F Type. It was one of the very rare occasions that I've seen a matte finish really work.





 
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Old 01-22-2015, 04:28 PM
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That looks better but lighting definitely affects it. The top picture looks good, the bottom picture is back to that 'unfinished' look.

I do like that Audi usually has a more satin look to their matte finishes. I saw a nice daytona grey matte R8 the last time I was in the dealership.
 
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Old 01-22-2015, 06:51 PM
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Originally Posted by LynxFX
I do like that Audi usually has a more satin look to their matte finishes.
Yes, I think they're getting the balance just about right.
 
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Old 01-22-2015, 09:03 PM
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not a fan of matte black, but matte white is very nice if properly done.
 
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You can have matte finished vehicles. I am not paying big money for any vehicle that looks like it was painted with a Krylon can.
 
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I'm not into matte in any color. I do like shiny things.
 
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