The 172 that isnt a sheep......

[ElkWorks]

Copied from another forum.

right
you may have seen this thread by M6T X C - we basically part exed motors today
and ive been busy
as it arrived more or less...

sooo
since it has arrived, ive checked it out a bit more, and theres a few niggly bits, hydraulic lifters are well noisy, so i'll be changing those soon. including a full renault oil, filter change.
theres a couple of window rubber seals missing, so i'll be getting them ordered.
im well happy with the stance (although i want to space the front rims out 15mm
the alpine headunit with ipod lead so i can use my phone, in there.
the interior (although i need to clean it) is awesome - alcantara and leather
so today ive
painted the manifold crackle black to offset the cream engine cover - which i will be wrapping in carbon fibre

also APC'd the whole car to get rid of the wax Mat had put on yesterday,, sorry man! lol
ready for a full machne polish.
I spent 45 mins figuring a good combo for pad and polish and eventually settled on Sonus swirl remover with a hard compund pad, 2 passes at level 4.2 till polish brakes down, then 2 final passes with sonus fine show car polish.
i'll then be adding sonus paint sealer - i usually use poorboys, but ive not tried the sonus
then 2 layers of blackhole as it really pushes the depth of any dark paint
then 3 layers of zymol hard wax
so this is where ive got tonight
lots of swirls all over the whole car

50 50 of the rear bumper

a few afters before refinement. no wax, glaze or sealant here, and bad lighting to boot!
some depth been added here

and some pop back in the metallic

this would look amazing with a sun gun, or even daylight!

further plans are to finish the polishing, and detailing.
wrap the cream interior parts in carbon fbre
wrap the rear bumper infill panel in carbon (the thin black one)
ordering a new steering wheel tomorrow as the one in there is damaged - suede deep dish 350mm

oh, forgot to add, gonna be wrapping the whole car in the next few weeks to keep that lovely paint nice - yup, its a complete palmer motosport copy as their cars look amazing
like so

but with more graphics on - not overkill, just a few more
more to come!

did a bit more this morning, and got some sunshine to show it off
50 50 of the bonnet before refinement or LSPs

rear spoiler and third high level brake light looking alot better than it did further up the page!

zatzy.com numberplate surrounds. I'll be making a vinyl front number plate later today due to the smoothed out bumper meaning ive got nowhere to mount it - gonna use euro font rather than uk though

gonna be wrapping the cream interior parts tonight after the littluns gone to bed so expect photos tomorrow
also - ordered the steering wheel and hub adapter now so should have that on by the end of the week

bit more tonight
got rid of the cream interior

even did the steering wheel despite the fact my new one is due in a couple of days...

might wrap the diamonds tonight also, but catching up with todays british superbike racing, which means i may not be doing anymore........

 

[Goodj]

so, you tracking this then?

 

[ElkWorks]

nah, fast road. although got my bike, and thats always faster, but sometimes theres just need for a car!

 

[Goodj]

I getcha, just wondered what the MSV school graphics were about

 

[ElkWorks]

because i can

i do wrapping as a sideline, so its a rolling advert aswell really. it wont have palmer etc on it, just my company name, and some other random shopping lists

 

[Riad]

Looking good!

How much for a full wrap

 

[Goodj]

I see.

fair enough, like you said, keeps your paint safe.

out of interest, how much would it be to wrap a 172 in gleaming white?

 

[ElkWorks]

wraps vary wildly in price really, £1000 seems to be a good starting base for wraps in gloss colours, although some offer them alot cheaper. ive been trained by Grafityp UK and Autostripe Sweden (who did the carbon lambo LP that was at the gumball last year)

 

[Goodj]

so... .CS group buy discount?

 

[Naith]

that rear numberplate surround is rotten.

car looks decent, dont be so quick to put the sheep down mind, people usually copy eachother as it looks good or is beneficial...

 

[Mr Burns]

Looks promising!

 

[ElkWorks]

white and black vinyl being delivered tomorrow for the wrap, already got the red in stock, so will start cutting graphics tonight

 

[withoutabix]

good job on the correction looks proper mint TBF

altho by wrapping the car white your are infact still following the sheep a tad! what 80% of cars out there that get wrapped are either wrapped white or matt black should have gone for something abit more out there if your trying to promote your business etc

 

[Christopher]

Some good bits. Plate surround is the chavviest thing I've seen for ages.

 

[ElkWorks]

plate surround is from the forum i moderate on in sweden.

yeh, i know what you mean about the white, but i am having the other graphics on it to promote my wrapping - it will be a bit hard to miss.

im actually making a new plate tonight for the back as i think the standard size plates are just a bit too big. i'll be making one a little smaller than the standard, but a bit bigger than 3/4

made this up to show the side view graphics.

and this shows the size of the front plate i made last night - the rear will be the same

steering wheel fell through as the supplier (although listing my cars boss on their webiste as in stock) dont have one to fit, and after ringing the company that makes them, realised they dont actually make one at all.......

 

[ElkWorks]

 

[ElkWorks]

got a load more done today
the roofs been done since this was taken also

creating a diffuser in the back.
was gonna do it in carbon, but ran out dong a customer spoiler

gonna start cutting all the race graphics tomorrow
Renault
Michelin
Elf Oil
find us on facebook
ElkworkIndstrs
23
Rockstar Energy Drink
Driver and CoDriver names
gotta wrap the two doors and nearside rear quarter tomorrow aswell, and then apart from the front bumper its finished!

 

[gogsie]

Looking good that, Where did you get the vinyl from for wrapping?

 

[Goodj]

Rockstar!?!
Huge red star on the bonnet?

 

[Riad]

Looks good!

 

[ElkWorks]

bit more subtle than that!

 

[mat-nos]

skills
i look forward to the finished product....

 

[ElkWorks]

mat nos ? as in mat nos from cruisinuk?!

its ant - used to have the calibra, and novas! (not random guy - brummie ant!)

 

[Goodj]

BOOOOO!!!!

bit more subtle than that!

WHAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!

 

[Goodj]

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[Grant89]

Love the look your going for on this and certainly is different in a good way!

Do you do all graphics and vinyl work in general for the public (like the elf stickers your making etc)?

 

[ElkWorks]

Nah, just make them for myself. Got sick of timewasters asking for one offs then moaning at the price or never even returning emails etc

 

[Juude]

No offence but whats the point of putting the numberplate where it was before the front bumper was smoothed off? :/ The smooth front looked cool before it

Mint though, I'd love to be able to wrap a car, at work experience this guy always came with the vinyl and wrapped cars in a day, looked sick aswell! Haha.

 

[Goodj]

I'd love to wrap a VXR8 to look like the HRT's from last year
But, first,I need a VXR8 and the V8 Supercar body kit

 

[ElkWorks]

No offence but whats the point of putting the numberplate where it was before the front bumper was smoothed off? :/ The smooth front looked cool before it

.

i see where your coming from, but it just looked a bit empty at the front, i normally hate to run no. plates on the front, but i felt it needed it.

i went down a size or so because it had the front end smoothed, and the fact it was a vinyl plate showed it was smooth all over.

if you get me lol

 

[ElkWorks]

pretty much finished the back end last night

still not sure about the ring sticker, might rip that back off, also not sure about the rockstar sticker because of the stripe. might re-allocate that around the car

 

[tommys]

Skills. How long does this stuff last for on average? Or can it be a permanent job?

 

[ElkWorks]

that vinyl will last 5-7 years

most wrapping casts will last that sort of time,

 

[ElkWorks]

redid the roof, bonnet and tailgate as i didnt like the black stripe

wingmirrors are red now also
started opening up the opening in the TRS towstrap, and sending the wife off to get some M16 bolts today.
cut open the bumper to fit it also.
considering a rear one with bumper cutout for it, and actually cutting out the diffuser area and getting a new raised exhaust.

 

[Robclio98]

EPIC!!

 

[Goodj]

rockstar badge would look better where that 'ring sticker is, in my book anyway.

Good to see there's plenty of room on the bonnet now for a huge "sponser" graphic.


Maybe something like

 

[mat-nos]

mat nos ? as in mat nos from cruisinuk?!

its ant - used to have the calibra, and novas! (not random guy - brummie ant!)

yep that would be me
i remember you, hows it going fella??
clio's coming along nicley.....

 

[danzel]

redid the roof, bonnet and tailgate as i didnt like the black stripe

Personally, at this point, I wouldn't bother with any more graphics, get rid of the red strip and the one on the bumper and wrap the rubstrips.

 

[Goodj]

booooo!

Marlboro Clio!

 

[daveski]

I want a white Clio so much. Good work on the graphics, should look good when you're done