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| ellebarto Member Since: 05 Oct 2012 Location: Manchester Posts: 334   
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A fellow laner had mentioned to me that he had seen Vinyl wrapped wings on a few laning Land Rovers. Theory is it should protect your paint form the worst of the brambles, especially if you’re driving something a bit newer.
My Landy is going to be part of a display at a festival event soon so when someone suggested they wrap my Defender 110 I thought I’d give it a go so the old girl was looking her best. Turned out great and I love the look of it. Jury is out as to whether it will protect it or she’ll shed her skin like a big black snake on the first thorny bush!! Check out my YouTube channel for green laning and Land Rover "how to" videos. Last edited by ellebarto on 23rd Aug 2013 9:15pm. Edited 1 time in total |
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17th Aug 2013 12:04am |
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| mk1collector Member Since: 17 Sep 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 6769  
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I like the look of that! How much did it cost?
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17th Aug 2013 12:31am |
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| Cracka Member Since: 08 Dec 2012 Location: New South Wales, Australia Posts: 129 
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Mate, that looks damn good. It looks like they have done a great job on the wrapping.
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17th Aug 2013 2:49am |
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| rustandoil Member Since: 08 Sep 2012 Location: Cotswolds Posts: 738 
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I like that
Did you paint the door hinges? |
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17th Aug 2013 4:49am |
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| couplands Member Since: 31 Aug 2011 Location: Peak District & Cornwall Posts: 1826 
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They were very good, it looks like a real head turner.
Cheers Simon |
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17th Aug 2013 5:04am |
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| ellebarto Member Since: 05 Oct 2012 Location: Manchester Posts: 334
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I must admit it turned out much better than I expected. Little bit concerned about how it will handle thorny bushes but time will tell.
Very interesting process to watch. When the stuff first goes on it wrinkles like and elephants ear and then when they gently heat it all the wrinkles come out. Rivets - They superheated the vinyl in those areas so it virtually melted to the rivet in like a liquid form. Very clever but quite a fine art. The odd one isn't quite as good as it could be but generally they look like they have been sprayed. Cost - They did it to promote themselves as my car is going to a festival event in the local town. Not sure on the price. It did take them a full weekend. Hinges - They tell me they could of taken off the hinges and wrapped them but I decided against it in the end. It would take them so much longer and I wanted the car back. Check out my YouTube channel for green laning and Land Rover "how to" videos. |
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17th Aug 2013 8:48am |
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| Paul55 Member Since: 03 Feb 2009 Location: Somewhere in my head! Posts: 511 
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That looks the
 b's  Cogito ergo sum |
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17th Aug 2013 9:27am |
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| jimbob7 Member Since: 06 Jul 2013 Location: uk Posts: 2055 |
Nice
, way to good for off-roading now,could it be you really want it to be a road queen  |
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17th Aug 2013 10:33am |
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| ellebarto Member Since: 05 Oct 2012 Location: Manchester Posts: 334
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Haha! No not a chance. I'll be a but gutted if it does just shred off straight away because I love the new look but apparently it can be patched or re-applied panel by panel quite easily. The old girl will be back out on the lanes the moment its done its trick pony stuff in the local show! Check out my YouTube channel for green laning and Land Rover "how to" videos. |
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17th Aug 2013 1:25pm |
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| grafty99 Member Since: 15 Aug 2012 Location: North Devon Posts: 4785 
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although that is a nice job done, I think that nothing ages a defender more than matte paint finish 2002 90 Td5 Station Wagon
1990 Vogue SE Triumph Tiger Explorer 1200 Td5 90 Thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic50767.html Tdi 110 Thread https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic69562.html RRC Thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic54492.html Instagram http://www.instagram.com/george_grafton |
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20th Aug 2013 5:17pm |
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| captain slow Member Since: 22 Jun 2011 Location: Herts Posts: 355 
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interesting - do you have to inform the DVLA of a change of colour? not sure myself as it's not a 'permanent' change as in a repaint?
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20th Aug 2013 6:15pm |
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| Hock Member Since: 12 Sep 2011 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 131 
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nice, very stealth!
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21st Aug 2013 9:47am |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20380
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If your driving in areas where brambles may well be an issue I think you'd have a lot more to worry about than bramble rash / a few scratches. Only take a sharp fallen tree branch or some debris hidden from sight and even at a very very low speed one hit and you've got permanent panel damage. $W33T $0U7H3RN $UG4R 🇬🇧ðŸ´ó §ó ¢ó ¥ó ®ó §ó ¿ðŸ´ó §ó ¢ó ·ó ¬ó ³ó ¿ðŸ´ó §ó ¢ó ³ó £ó ´ó ¿ðŸ‡®ðŸ‡ªðŸ‡ºðŸ‡¸â›½ï¸ðŸ›¢ï¸âš™ï¸ðŸ§°ðŸ’ª |
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21st Aug 2013 10:30am |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17387 
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That looks very cool!
I seem to spend a lot of time driving into a low sun at the moment and was thinking of getting a matt black wrap on the bonnet to cut down on the glare. I reckon that a Stornoway grey Defender with black accessories including black Patriot rack would look OK with a black bonnet. |
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21st Aug 2013 10:43am |
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