JAG RAWR build
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I got a few things done along with the wrap, in addition to the blue you see wrapped there, all the black pieces are covered in paint protection film, headlights and tail lights tinted, they painted the rear emblems, windows tinted. All in with tax was close to $6k
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Looks great. Super color choice!
suggestions:
- gotta black out the wheels to match the black-pack everywhere else (i've got those same wheels on stratus grey)
- have to get a sto-n-sho to remove/drop that front plate
- not a fan of the fob, but was kinda clever for them to do that
it's going to look mean lowered
suggestions:
- gotta black out the wheels to match the black-pack everywhere else (i've got those same wheels on stratus grey)
- have to get a sto-n-sho to remove/drop that front plate
- not a fan of the fob, but was kinda clever for them to do that
it's going to look mean lowered
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Burt Gummer (01-15-2018)
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yup i agree, lowering springs just came in so will get them installed along with spacers over next couple weeks when i have some time. looking into aftermarket wheels for next summer, these i'll use as winter time wheels with winter tires.
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Did you get the springs installed? pics?
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Maybe the same thing would happen on wrap, maybe not, I dunno!
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I might have missed it, but unless you own Coventry North, work there, or some other affiliation with them, ditch their dealer tacky plate frames for thin black plate frames.
Agree with other poster - ShowNSto.
New wheels -- solid gloss black, black lugs; definitely. Personally I'd have the Gyrodynes powdercoated gloss black even for winter tires, for <$500 might as well have them looking sharp.
Again, agree with another poster - everything on the exterior black or blue.
(Funny - I tried my hand at Plasti-Dip on my leaper - fail - came right off a week later. Only thing I have on my car that isn't red or black)
Other than minor personal-taste nitpicking - a stunner.
Agree with other poster - ShowNSto.
New wheels -- solid gloss black, black lugs; definitely. Personally I'd have the Gyrodynes powdercoated gloss black even for winter tires, for <$500 might as well have them looking sharp.
Again, agree with another poster - everything on the exterior black or blue.
(Funny - I tried my hand at Plasti-Dip on my leaper - fail - came right off a week later. Only thing I have on my car that isn't red or black)
Other than minor personal-taste nitpicking - a stunner.
Last edited by Burt Gummer; 01-15-2018 at 12:58 AM.
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I've read that bird crap is not all that acidic, and what causes the paint damage is the crap getting hot in the sun then the underlying paint expands and contracts at different rates to the surrounding paint which damages the clear coat.
Maybe the same thing would happen on wrap, maybe not, I dunno!
Maybe the same thing would happen on wrap, maybe not, I dunno!
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I might have missed it, but unless you own Coventry North, work there, or some other affiliation with them, ditch their dealer tacky plate frames for thin black plate frames.
Agree with other poster - ShowNSto.
New wheels -- solid gloss black, black lugs; definitely. Personally I'd have the Gyrodynes powdercoated gloss black even for winter tires, for <$500 might as well have them looking sharp.
Again, agree with another poster - everything on the exterior black or blue.
(Funny - I tried my hand at Plasti-Dip on my leaper - fail - came right off a week later. Only thing I have on my car that isn't red or black)
Other than minor personal-taste nitpicking - a stunner.
Agree with other poster - ShowNSto.
New wheels -- solid gloss black, black lugs; definitely. Personally I'd have the Gyrodynes powdercoated gloss black even for winter tires, for <$500 might as well have them looking sharp.
Again, agree with another poster - everything on the exterior black or blue.
(Funny - I tried my hand at Plasti-Dip on my leaper - fail - came right off a week later. Only thing I have on my car that isn't red or black)
Other than minor personal-taste nitpicking - a stunner.
I took mine off and spray painted it with gloss black caliper paint in a can (3 coats), and it came out looking waaaay better than I ever thought it would.
I also cut the mounting prongs off it and stuck it back on about 4 mm lower than stock (after having removed the JAGUAR letters a couple of months earlier) so that it was much more central on the spoiler. Still not quite perfectly central, just a tad high, but you can't go any lower than that and still cover the mounting holes in the spoiler.
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Burt Gummer (01-15-2018)
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Those who argue paint protection, I just don't buy it. A clear bra is 3-4 times as thick as a wrap, so it's really not the same thing.
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Don1954 (01-15-2018)