OT - For Car Lovers: Some Recent Exotic Spottings

Ozzie_Isaac

Oh, and it is a bit of a rabbit hole with proper process, material, installer, etc.  You have to make sure you get a good installer, a hack can do more damage to your paint than a week spent in a haboob.

Dobie

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Oh, and it is a bit of a rabbit hole with proper process, material, installer, etc.  You have to make sure you get a good installer, a hack can do more damage to your paint than a week spent in a haboob.

Yeah watched them cut the film that was on the car and wondered how they managed not to nick the paint. I find myself watching all kinds of auto shows of things I will never do but somehow enjoy and appreciate the skills of the fabricators on the projects. 

Ozzie_Isaac

Dobie said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Oh, and it is a bit of a rabbit hole with proper process, material, installer, etc.  You have to make sure you get a good installer, a hack can do more damage to your paint than a week spent in a haboob.

Yeah watched them cut the film that was on the car and wondered how they managed not to nick the paint. I find myself watching all kinds of auto shows of things I will never do but somehow enjoy and appreciate the skills of the fabricators on the projects. 

My film they used was pre-cut.  The shop has a giant CNC cutter and they buy the patterns from a vendor then cut the film out before applying.

I talked to one of the guys about cutting on the car and he says you can “feel” and “hear” when you have the pressure just right.  He said they practice by putting film on their arm and cutting it.  That is how he gets the feel for the film.

Ozzie_Isaac

JohnInCarolina

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Who are these people who park their luxury cars in their living rooms?

GrateEggspectations

Dobie said:

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alaskanassasin said:

lol. I don’t know what it cost to wrap a truck but it would be fun to change it up every now and then

My car was about $6k for a full wrap.

Just PPF on front half (hood, fenders, bumper, mirrors, windshield) was $3500.

What’s maintenance like for it and does it need replaced at some point for wear? 

PPF (paint protective film) is great.  No maintenance required. Replace between 5-10 years depending on condition.  Vinyl wraps are supposed to be replaced around 3 years or so.

For the $3500, I also had ceramic coat and full paint correction prior to install.

Was watching one of the car shows the other day they were applying PPF on a Lanbo or something and the film just made the color of the paint have a different sheen to it, not quite flat but something in between. Looked great and interesting watching them apply it to all the curves and angles. Doubt I will ever own anything that I would put it on but you never know. 

Buddy has his Porsche wrapped in PPF and personally, I thought it dulled the sheen. Were it mine, I think I’d apply a good coat of wax over top. 

dbCooper

Doing a windshield seems beneficial.  Will be looking into this for a newer used vehicle Mrs. Cooper recently bought.  Thanks @Ozzie_Isaac

PPF probably makes good sense, more so for exotics.  For our vehicles it would be like putting plastic on the interior seats.  We just buff out the road blemishes and the rest is "patina".  🙂

*edit to ask, are the windshield coating suitable if snow/ice is common in winter?  Do they hold up to ice scrapers?

Foghorn

When I first started reading about wraps on this thread I thought "Hmm.  Maybe I'll get a wrap for my 2010 Ford Taurus.  I will be like getting a new car for a much lower price."

Then I realized I only paid $6000 for the car in 2019 (with only 38k miles) - so the wrap actually is about the price of a "new" car when you buy used cars like I do...

zaphod

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Dobie said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

alaskanassasin said:

lol. I don’t know what it cost to wrap a truck but it would be fun to change it up every now and then

My car was about $6k for a full wrap.

Just PPF on front half (hood, fenders, bumper, mirrors, windshield) was $3500.

What’s maintenance like for it and does it need replaced at some point for wear? 

PPF (paint protective film) is great.  No maintenance required. Replace between 5-10 years depending on condition.  Vinyl wraps are supposed to be replaced around 3 years or so.

For the $3500, I also had ceramic coat and full paint correction prior to install.

I've PPF'd three of my last four cars (not the XC40 which I hated so much I sold it with only 174km on it).  PPF on the the front facing surfaces and ceramic on the rest.  Stek puts out PPF in different colours with a 10 year warranty. next car will be black paint and I'll put BRG in Stek PPF leaving a few details in black. 

Corv

I looked at vinyl a while back and the sheen varied substantially, brand to brand. So did the installation procedures. Do your homework if you're adding vinyl.

Ozzie_Isaac

JohnInCarolina said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Who are these people who park their luxury cars in their living rooms?

Where do you park yours?

JohnInCarolina

Ozzie_Isaac said:

JohnInCarolina said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Who are these people who park their luxury cars in their living rooms?

Where do you park yours?

On the street, right in front of my next door neighbor’s house, like a proper ****.

MasterC

At the lake last weekend. I wonder what his occupation is.

MasterC

Mark_B_Good

JohnInCarolina said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Who are these people who park their luxury cars in their living rooms?

Full transparency ... if I could park my car beside my bed, without my wife complaining, I absolutely would.

dbCooper

Mark_B_Good said:

JohnInCarolina said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Who are these people who park their luxury cars in their living rooms?

Full transparency ... if I could park my car beside my bed, without my wife complaining, I absolutely would.

 @Mark_B_Good -  Given your rides you'd need a two-stall bedroom.

Ozzie_Isaac

dldawes1a

Here’s one from the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville a couple of months ago…

Ozzie_Isaac

In person, this thing is huge!  Pretty sure that is what the 3X stands for.

Ozzie_Isaac

Kind of a unique yellow on this Ferrari.  I don’t know the model.

JohnInCarolina

@Ozzie_Isaac - is it actually yellow?  It looks more off-white to me.  Almost like an eggshell color.

DoubleEgger

JohnInCarolina said:

@Ozzie_Isaac - is it actually yellow?  It looks more off-white to me.  Almost like an eggshell color.

It looks like Bianco Avorio

WeberWho

Maybach 

Ozzie_Isaac

DoubleEgger said:

JohnInCarolina said:

@Ozzie_Isaac - is it actually yellow?  It looks more off-white to me.  Almost like an eggshell color.

It looks like Bianco Avorio

It is more cream (could definitely be Bianco Avorio)  than off-white.  To my eye there is a yellow undertone.  It has mega old-lady vibes to the color.

GrateEggspectations

Ozzie_Isaac said:

DoubleEgger said:

JohnInCarolina said:

@Ozzie_Isaac - is it actually yellow?  It looks more off-white to me.  Almost like an eggshell color.

It looks like Bianco Avorio

It is more cream (could definitely be Bianco Avorio)  than off-white.  To my eye there is a yellow undertone.  It has mega old-lady vibes to the color.

Almost makes the first photo look like sepia. 

Ozzie_Isaac

GrateEggspectations said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

DoubleEgger said:

JohnInCarolina said:

@Ozzie_Isaac - is it actually yellow?  It looks more off-white to me.  Almost like an eggshell color.

It looks like Bianco Avorio

It is more cream (could definitely be Bianco Avorio)  than off-white.  To my eye there is a yellow undertone.  It has mega old-lady vibes to the color.

Almost makes the first photo look like sepia. 

I looked back, it does!!

WeberWho

I haven't seen these new electric Hummers until a week or so ago. I've seen 4-5 now in the last week. I can't believe how big it was. I don't know if he lifted his or the others maybe didn't have their lift up. I'm guessing they might be on airbags?

GrateEggspectations

WeberWho said:

I haven't seen these new electric Hummers until a week or so ago. I've seen 4-5 now in the last week. I can't believe how big it was. I don't know if he lifted his or the others maybe didn't have their lift up. I'm guessing they might be on airbags?

Just my opinion, but a lot of vehicles are simply getting way too big for our infrastructure (i.e., roads, parking spaces, etc.). They also pose a very real and significant hazard to other, smaller vehicles on the road. Even a lot of modern pickups can’t seem to stay in their lanes - 99.9% with empty beds. 

Now get off my lawn!

Corv

Very clearly, if that vehicle hits an adult pedestrian, the pedestrian is going to have upper body injuries. It also appears as if the driver's sightline just barely has the pedestrian visible. And it might be worse backing up.

Botch

Not to mention the momentum that thing must have, with big enough batteries...  when a driver loses control of a car or truck now, they often go thru a cafe's dining room or a showroom; that thing'll go thru a building.