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Old Mar 24, 2010 | 12:44 AM
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Originally Posted by MB,Mar 24 2010, 08:37 AM
when are you going to get one of those?



not the gtr,the pink girly bike in the background.
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Old Mar 24, 2010 | 02:53 AM
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Originally Posted by S2000 RMO,Mar 24 2010, 09:37 AM
On my old MY04 S2000 the previous owner had installed a paint shield for stone chip protection. It covered the whole front of the car including wing mirrors, bumper, bonnett and wings.

The shield is a thin laminate film which you can wash, polish etc just the same as your paint.

Cost was £700 fully installed and came with a 4 year warranty incase the film came unstuck. The front of the car was in superb condition and this product was well worth the money.

See the link: http://www.paintshield.co.uk/

I would recommend this for the amount of miles you are doing!

If at any stage you did not want it anymore they could do a simple removal which did not cost too much.
I had this put on the front of my S it's almost invisible, you treat it like the rest of the bodywork when it comes to wash/wax etc and it is pretty easy to remove. If you live in not too far from Portsmouth there is a guy at Waterlooville I can recommend. He's friendly and good at his job. He took around 6hrs to do the whole of my bonnet, the whole bumper inc lip, the front of the wings, wingmirrors and headlights. Cost £500.

It's supposed to 'self heal' if it is slightly damaged, doesn't fade or yellow, and will protect the paintwork from slight scuffs, ie; nudging walls etc.

Our neighbour has had his GTR3 matt black wrapped and personally it looks fecking awful. His father has had his Bentley Coupe wrapped in chrome and not only is that awful it's particularly chavvy too. I suppose it takes allsorts though.
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Old Mar 24, 2010 | 03:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Bramblecat,Mar 24 2010, 10:53 AM
If you live in not too far from Portsmouth there is a guy at Waterlooville I can recommend.
Linky?
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Old Mar 24, 2010 | 03:42 AM
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Originally Posted by loftust,Mar 24 2010, 12:13 PM
Linky?
Here you are

http://www.paintgard.co.uk/

The guys name is Steve. My car is on the website gallery.

Martin
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Old Mar 24, 2010 | 04:27 AM
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Originally Posted by MB,Mar 24 2010, 12:37 AM
There's occasionally a Matt black GTR at my work........and we do sponsor JB's racing team....
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Old Mar 24, 2010 | 04:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Bramblecat,Mar 24 2010, 11:42 AM
Here you are

http://www.paintgard.co.uk/

The guys name is Steve. My car is on the website gallery.

Martin
Thank you
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Old Mar 24, 2010 | 08:30 AM
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Ventureshield is a little different to vinyl wrap in that it is designed for paint protection. Oh and if you change the colour of your car with a bodywrap you MUST inform the DVLA
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Old Mar 24, 2010 | 08:42 AM
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i like the matt/satin black wrap, i believe you have to buy special polish etc to keep it looking good, seen the matt gtr in the flesh and it would be my choice every time
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Old Mar 24, 2010 | 08:59 AM
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i want my notebook done in this. its gloss and always covered in my paw prints

pita
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Old Mar 24, 2010 | 11:34 AM
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i cant see the point in shelling out either £700 for the front to be done, or even several thohusand if you only want it for the protection. You may aswell get a respray for that money
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