Looks great! I like the idea of putting the checkers in there as well.

-Cody

 

i would do all pw....i think you posted in my joey modd thread you wanted to joey modd your heads with pw....i think if you start pw'ing your car lol then do all the bits and pieces and it will for sure come out good looking...i actually saw on her a thread of a guy they powderwhited out his car and mannnn it looked good btw minjae are you part of DCMM ....im considering joining since in the 3 years ive had now 2 minis i have yet to have one mini friend

 

haha no. i have not yet joined. im too 'busy' to go to the meets and wat not.
im not sayin that you guys arent busy but i've got work everyday from morning till afternoon. and i'd be too tired to wake up early. call me lazy if you will. but that's me.
and little by little i will be chaning everything to pw. it's gonna look nice. mm can't wait.

 

Can you post some close up pics of your handles and gas cap with the black vinyl on them? I've got extra material, and have been thinking about that, but wasn't sure how it would turn out...

And tips, tricks, or horror stories would be appreciated too

 

well. close up of the handles and gas caps are actually not that great. the edges is where it's not good. i stretched it without using a heatgun and then a day after or so it shrunk back a bit so there are gaps.
im going to redo them tho.
and wow you live in columbia. not too far from where i am.

but it'd be a lot easier if i took the door handles off. but seeing that a lot of people said they're a pita to take off. i just did them while they were on the car.

if you DO cover them. take your time. and i found using water makes it hard. (it does come out cleaner tho) but i did it dry so i could have it stick well. they're pretty hard to cover if you're not good with handling with vinyl.

but only horror story that i could think of was. when doing my gas cap. (took it off of course) i covered it about halfway and did a pretty good job.
but while doing it..a car came in to tint. (im a window tinter. ) so while tinting the car my gas cap dropped onto the floor and chipped at the vinyl. started all over. but that's pretty much it.

 

Well, *I* for one would still be interested in seeing it first hand If not by pics, then perhaps a cup of beverage of choice lol

 

you mean me doing it? or how it looks right now?
ill post pics when i get a chance.

 

Well, both I suppose if you documented the process...but now was more of what I had in mind! Thanks!

 

here's some pics. my pics make it look worse than it really is. (close-up pics. wat can ya expect? )
but that's why im gonna redo them.
here's the pics!!






(sorry for the huge and crappy pics. from my phone and didnt resize them. )

 

oh yeah and the last pic. while doin it. i accidentally cut it and just stuck it back on. sloppy yes..hahah

 

wanna tint my ride =) ....got any coupons lol

 

sure thing! since you're a nam member i'll do it for cheap.

 

minjae,
Love your stripes, our pw mini arrives in the next week or two. Where did you get them? What style are they called?

TIA,
Polarwood

 

Hmmmm... I like the PW painted side markers with the chrome/red "S" , but I think they would look much better without the checkers around them. Surrounded by the black checkers, the painted parts stand out more than when they were chromed. They paint doesn't reflect the black of the grills and so the edges and center bar look thicker. Do you still have the checkers on the side panels? I like your bonnet/bumper stripes, btw. They look sharp!

 

thanks thanks!
i still have the checkers on. i like the look. for now that is.
and sent a pm to ya polarwood!

 

Cool!!! Thanks for posting! I wish I had known you were a tinter before I had mine done...

 

aww. oh well. if you have any other cars to tint. feel free to bring it in.