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So red has always been my fav color and I always wanted a red V35, but there are hardly any on the market. My previous 250GT was written off by a jerk teenager rear-ending me, so I got this 03 from a mate with a ridiculous low price (and it has many faults so I spent some cash fixing it up too). When I thought of doing a red roof, my missus was like "why don't you just go with the whole car?!" then I was like hell yeah why not!


Roof


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Bonnet


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Panels


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We have no garages so I can only do it on the drive way... 1-2 hours a day after work and dinner.


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Doors. Almost there!


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Rear. Logo to cover cut-off marks and imperfections


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Different color scales coz I ran out of vinyls and was being a cheapass...


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Same principle.


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Last step


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And it's done!


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All work by myself... PMs are welcome if you would like to know more about details/techniques. Plenty of videos on youtube but it does feel different when you are on it yourself.


All vinyls from Avery Denison, got them from a very good supplier in North Rocks - pm for details (or I can post it here if this does not go against forum rules), $55 per meter (1.5m wide).


So I spent less than $800 for the whole car (and I wasted quite some in the beginning), compared to those vinyl shops this is a massive saving (and feels heaps more accomplished)!

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Excellent effort and workmanship... however you had a beautiful pearlescent white to begin with and in my opinion should have kept that... or if you wanted vinyl wrap - chosen with matte \ gloss black (a bit boring, I know).

If it were me and I was sticking with the red, I would go all red (no black lines or other colored red lines) and beware of changing the background colour on the number plate (I don't know about NSW, but in SA that is illegal and you would get done for that immediately).

Edited by Sikahalv

Excellent effort and workmanship... however you had a beautiful pearlescent white to begin with and in my opinion should have kept that... or if you wanted vinyl wrap - chosen with matte \ gloss black (a bit boring, I know).

If it were me and I was sticking with the red, I would go all red (no black lines or other colored red lines) and beware of changing the background colour on the number plate (I don't know about NSW, but in SA that is illegal and you would get done for that immediately).

Lol I have so many queries on the plate everywhere...

In NSW you can arrange those plates with RMS (travel authority), this design is called flaming rose and cost a one-off $295 with $99 annual fees I think.

Many panels on my car had been resprayed (paintwise, the car was pretty shit when I got it) so I just got sick of looking at the imperfections everyday, and I never liked matte finish.

Lol I have so many queries on the plate everywhere...

In NSW you can arrange those plates with RMS (travel authority), this design is called flaming rose and cost a one-off $295 with $99 annual fees I think.

Many panels on my car had been resprayed (paintwise, the car was pretty shit when I got it) so I just got sick of looking at the imperfections everyday, and I never liked matte finish.

Thanks for clearing all of that up :)

Your decision makes sense :yes:

Nice, I actually saw your car in North Sydney parked opposite to the hotel, I just live on the street after that.

Got a question, is it legal to have a different color to the base coat in NSW?

Lets say you have an accident and due to the car is different to original, will the insurance cover?

I was thinking to wrap my car in ultimate black opal (GTR Spec V)

Thanks

Nice, I actually saw your car in North Sydney parked opposite to the hotel, I just live on the street after that.

Got a question, is it legal to have a different color to the base coat in NSW?

Lets say you have an accident and due to the car is different to original, will the insurance cover?

I was thinking to wrap my car in ultimate black opal (GTR Spec V)

Thanks

Lol mate, yeah I work in North Sydney, so need to shuffle the car every 2 hours or so.

Changing the color - be it base or wrapping - is legal as long as your color does not pose a threat or offence to anyone else on the street, in NSW.

You can notify RMS using this form:

http://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/documents/about/forms/45070212-adjustment-of-records.pdf

and it's free.

Insurance wise I'm on Just Car third party and they never even asked about the color - so can't say much about it. Comprehensive should be no issue if you update all details with them, but premium may vary (and you need to check this out with your insurer).

Lol mate, yeah I work in North Sydney, so need to shuffle the car every 2 hours or so.

Changing the color - be it base or wrapping - is legal as long as your color does not pose a threat or offence to anyone else on the street, in NSW.

You can notify RMS using this form:

http://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/documents/about/forms/45070212-adjustment-of-records.pdf

and it's free.

Insurance wise I'm on Just Car third party and they never even asked about the color - so can't say much about it. Comprehensive should be no issue if you update all details with them, but premium may vary (and you need to check this out with your insurer).

Never. Ever. Only Have Third Party on an Import. Comprehensive (double rainbow) all the way man!

Edited by Sikahalv

Nice job with the wrapping. Looks sweet.

As for the insurance comment. I don't see the problem. Insurance is a about managing risk. As mentioned op got the car cheap, so its not worth paying the rip off that is comprehensive insurance to him. How often do you crash ? :)

Awesome work!…Although I do have a question….In person is it really glossy like paint? Don't know if its the pics but its coming off as if a paint job with really bad orange peel?

Haven't got the time to wax it properly yet, but imo the finish looks similar to paint but not as 100% glossy (if you compare it to those premium metallic high gloss paint). The "peel" you mentioned is probably due to poor light/camera or water/dust marks on the car...

Also the color code from Avery is SWF "Red" - but under the sun it has an orange-ish finish (which works even better for me coz I like orange too).

I hate my iphone 5 camera.

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