Vinyle wrap

hi thinking of vinyle wrapping my typhoon plastics know its been done on cars but never heard of it being done on a scooter anyone got any ideas? or if it even possible

 

Yes it is possible, Ive been thinking of doing the same using the carbon effect wrap, I'm going to do the panels that run forward from the seat of my X-Max

 

yeah gave it ago wasnt as easy as ya might think complete dog of a job to do good so gonna let a pro do it

 

Oh I wasn't going to do it myself there's a guy in my town who does it, I first saw it on a yellow T-Max on youtube and it looked kinda sweet, it wasn't done by my guy but its what he does, I'm thinking of changing the mirrors too, I'm trying to find some that will fit and also give it a more aggressive, sporty look

 

My brother has a sign company and yes anything can be wrapped BUT AT A COST!!!!!!!!!!!!
Its time consuming and specialist work.
There is proper materials for doing this work stretch vinyls that dont stretch the design print as its applied!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The material is very expensive but the overall job will be half the price of airbrush........................although its only my o pinon airbrush is hard to beat..........My brother wraps mid size vans price for them is around 1k. just to give you a ball park.

 

My guy says he can do my two panels and front mud guard using the 3M wrap for 140.00, I can live with that

 

It either looks really good or epically shite; there's no middle ground and the wrong choice of wrap colours can ruin an otherwise excellent wrap job. Just don't tell me you're going for a black and beige Burberry colour scheme... Carbon Fibre has been done to death as well, it's a cliché these days, about as much as wearing onesies and shell suits.

 

Ha! I aint never wearing a onesie and no, the color scheme will not be burberry, it'll be black carbon effect and it'll be tastefully done

 

That sounds like a good deal as long as its a good job.........good luck i hope it turns out well.

 

I miss the days of the shell suit. It was all about looking epically shite in style. Wheras nowadays its just about looking shit.

 

Ahhhh yes!...those days eh?

 

mullets were great too..........

 

I've put the Carbon Vinyl on my Battery Cover, the sides of the Mudguard and the small Filter Cover, comes out really good, just annoying with tricky areas!!

 

Hey mayb you could post a few pics? be nice to see what the finished job looks like, ive not gotten around to doing mine yet, my guy has a lot of work on at the mo but i'll check him in a few weeks to get it done. I'm also toying with idea of getting a different handle bar but not sure how it will feel to ride with the handle bars lower and further in front than norm

 

the thing with having a bike like mine is its so hard to find aftermarket styling parts so you're pretty much stuck with what the bike comes with which is a shame becuz id really like to see how far I can go in changing the appearance without being to drastic

 

Same with mine, hardly any styling parts, I had to get Aerox Brake Master Cylinders on my Bike just to be able to get nice looking Cylinder Caps and Levers!

Got the black Carbon Vinyl, can see the 4 parts in this pic, the door for the storage, the sides of the wheel, filter cap, floor plates and battery cover.... gotta redo them all though, winter is ruining them!

 

Bike look pretty fly bro, to this point ive pit new Puig grips/levers on mine, I'm looking for some ' aggressive' looking mirrors and maybe doing something with the handlebars, so whats the winter weather doing to it? are you referring to the rain we've been havin or snow/frost?

 

I've got different grips and mirror on mine now...

can see on the bottom of my thread:
http://www.scootershack.co.uk/threads/aprila-sportcity-cube-125.30958/page-4

and the cold and frost etc, seems to be pealing the vinyl off abit,
want to redo it all abit neater anyway when I put my Mesh on.

 

Had a look at your 'photo essay', sweet looking bike, love what you've done, about the lights; I had the Hi Intensity lights fitted last year, the only thing that bugs me is that the don't come on at the same time! the guy at Yamaha Blade in Swindon, tells me that its impossible to fix to so they work simultaneously, I didn't want to spend all day arguing with him but do you know of a way around that? I'm almost certain it can be done, its mechanical after all so there's gotta be a way.

 

My 2 big front lights were either 1 or the other, my stepdad connected them so they both go on or off at the same time, the small middle light always stays on along with the blue led strip, but in the day you cant really see them, but yeah.. the 2 main big ones were 1 or the other which I hated as it looked like 1 was broken, so I had the stepdad connect them so now its both on or both off