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Old Jul 11, 2013 | 04:17 AM
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Why not paint it?
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Old Jul 11, 2013 | 04:21 AM
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I dont get that either
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Old Jul 11, 2013 | 05:03 AM
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The quotes I've had for painting have been crazy. Maybe I've not looked hard enough hmmmm. How much would it roughly be costing? Few hundred??

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Old Jul 11, 2013 | 10:11 AM
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Originally Posted by obriener2054
i don't understand why anyone would wrap a car ... it looks terrible..... wrap is crap....

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Why wrap a car?
Well you can change the look of the car for much less money than a full respray. It also protects the original paint, plus you can always go back if you hate the new colour.
Having seen what Daytona Dave did to his S I'd definitely consider it now.
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Old Jul 11, 2013 | 10:51 AM
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yes you can change the look af the car for less money, but the wrap looks crap IMO..... and yes you can go back but then effectifly wasted the £££ it cost to do it...
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Old Jul 11, 2013 | 10:55 AM
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Best wrap is bubble.
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Old Jul 13, 2013 | 09:44 AM
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Originally Posted by obriener2054
i don't understand why anyone would wrap a car ... it looks terrible..... wrap is crap....

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Have I missed something here, didn't he just want to wrap his hard top Why anyone would want to wrap an entire S2000 is beyond me, seems a right daft idea , but if the roof is done correctly with good vinyl it would look very good and hard to tell the difference, plus it would only cost £20 to £40 and as the OP can't decide on the colour it also makes sense, Even the early S had some vinyl wrap from the factory as do most cars, and Eddie Stobart trucks look great, 90% of all vans and race cars are wrapped, and once they have perfected the wrap further even cars will come out of the factory fully wrapped,,,did you spray you hard top yet
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Old Jul 13, 2013 | 11:45 AM
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match the rest of the car. My GT looks great with its hard top on.
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Old Jul 13, 2013 | 12:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Daytona-Dave

Have I missed something here, didn't he just want to wrap his hard top Why anyone would want to wrap an entire S2000 is beyond me, seems a right daft idea , but if the roof is done correctly with good vinyl it would look very good and hard to tell the difference, plus it would only cost £20 to £40 and as the OP can't decide on the colour it also makes sense, Even the early S had some vinyl wrap from the factory as do most cars, and Eddie Stobart trucks look great, 90% of all vans and race cars are wrapped, and once they have perfected the wrap further even cars will come out of the factory fully wrapped,,,did you spray you hard top yet
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I havnt done anything with it yet. It's still moon rock. It won't be going on the car until last quarter of the year I'm guessing so plenty of time to shop around for quotes for vinyl and spray. There's a garage that quoted £100 per door. So I think the roof will be around the same amount. I hope lol.
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Old Jul 31, 2013 | 06:20 AM
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150 to paint the roof. Not bad price at all. Will be getting painted instead :-)
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