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Old Oct 17, 2019 | 10:35 AM
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I was looking at my car the other day and I texted my nephew and said: how have I never nicknamed my car Scorpion, its black and yellow. He replied: sounds like you just did. Fair enough.

Week later, here it is.

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Old Oct 17, 2019 | 01:59 PM
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Mortal Combat?

What did you use to place the image on the C5 bodywork?
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Old Oct 17, 2019 | 03:27 PM
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Aint gonna miss that one comin! Helluva wrap.
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Old Oct 17, 2019 | 03:34 PM
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Originally Posted by smitty2919
Mortal Combat?

What did you use to place the image on the C5 bodywork?
Its printed on a clear wrap.
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Old Oct 17, 2019 | 05:43 PM
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Look NICE!
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Old Oct 17, 2019 | 05:48 PM
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Old Oct 17, 2019 | 07:01 PM
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Very impressive!
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Old Oct 17, 2019 | 08:37 PM
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Now you just need the license plate: GTOVRHR (Or something like that. LOL)
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Old Oct 17, 2019 | 08:39 PM
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What wheels are those?
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That is the coolest wrap I've ever seen!
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what's the hood look like?
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I bet I could pick your car out in a very crowded parking lot. Very cool design.
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Old Oct 18, 2019 | 01:08 PM
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I like it.
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Originally Posted by Ed Ramberger
What wheels are those?
Those look like TSW Nurburgrings. Very popular Corvette wheel.

Wrap looks cool. How does it look up close? Any shots? I've been looking at the idea of printed wraps but I've seen a lot that are pixelated.
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Old Oct 18, 2019 | 06:50 PM
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Looks great up close. Not pixelated at all. This is all I have right now though.
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Old Oct 20, 2019 | 03:56 PM
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How was it wrapping the side pannels?
I'm going to wrap my whole car from black to high metallic white pearl?
kinda nervous but not.
gonna leave the jambs black.

Originally Posted by 2_hotty
Looks great up close. Not pixelated at all. This is all I have right now though.
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That's a cool graphic/wrap!
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Old Oct 20, 2019 | 07:38 PM
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I didn’t wrap it. Had a company do it.
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Originally Posted by 2_hotty
I didn’t wrap it. Had a company do it.
so from the looks of the car and what I see in our avatar, you have a yellow car with a black halo/targa roof and black wheels. The entire graphic including all the colors was printed on clear and then applied to the car? Were they printed in sections, and are both sides symmetrical? Is the rear wrapped in what looks like gloss black separately? How much further does the clear area go beyond he design? Looks like it goes beyond the door onto the front fenders. Does the clear allow the base color to show thru?
I ask because I dabble with wrapping and think I might try the whole car someday and like to understand the design and application process.
it’s a masterful design and application.!!!
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