Car Bodywraps

[Puntopimp]

Hey all where can I look into getting a Good Body wrap? for the motor and how much on average are they????

[Loz]

Your looking at least £500 to £700 min, generally I think it's about half the cost of a full respray.

[turbonutter69]

All depends on the car.
RobBentley had his R36 Passat done.
See here.

[Puntopimp]

Aye looking at that website! Their main garage is in kent Result! lol i shall get quotes from them As dumb as it sounds I would love to have a sort of WRC feel to the car lol

[Loz]

Old skool Abarth colours would be neat too.

[Puntopimp]

you know i never thought of The Abarth Colours that would look mint the old White Green Red XD I shall tinker in photoshop see what I can come up with


I'm Thinking This Loz

[Loz]

I was thinking more of the Yellow & Red scheme, but that works too. I think the trick would be to avoid making it look like a wannabee SS but still keep the Arbarth feel.

[Puntopimp]

Yellow and red? how do you mean???

[Loz]

This is the car that sprung to mind, but there were a lot of different schemes but mostly they were a mix of the Arbarth badge colours.

[Puntopimp]

Really??????? Thats god aweful!

[Loz]

Originally Posted by Puntopimp

Really??????? Thats god aweful!

How about the modern design in your pic in those colours?

[claymore]

Originally Posted by Puntopimp

Really??????? Thats god aweful!

I see your car is going to have a fine future on barryboys..., That 124 is absolutely beautifully.

[claymore]

Originally Posted by Puntopimp

you know i never thought of The Abarth Colours that would look mint the old White Green Red XD I shall tinker in photoshop see what I can come up with


I'm Thinking This Loz

That looks great, but unless you can make your 1.2 look, go and handle like that, I would leave yours alone.

[Puntopimp]

To make it go like a abarth is easy enough claymore i'm planing on smaller tyres 15 inch wheels to be exact, new suspension also with that i am looking at a ECU Remap and Supercharging the motor this is my 6 month plan with money slowly trickling in atm

If i get a new job then its my 3 month plan

[claymore]

Originally Posted by Puntopimp

To make it go like a abarth is easy enough claymore i'm playing on smaller tyres 15 inch wheels to be exact, new suspension also with that i am looking at a ECU Remap and Supercharging the motor this is my 6 month plan with money slowly trickling in atm

If i get a new job then its my 3 month plan

Sorry, I can't see fitting a supercharger onto your 1.2 giving you 150bhp.
but I will be happy to revisit this thread in 6 months to see how well you are doing, but tbh you really need a reality check.

[Puntopimp]

Tbh not really if you do your research on the Punto 1.8 HGT and its performance not hard to replicate with the right parts so by all means be snide thats your choice IMHO if i were to strip the car completely to its bones inc seats e.t.c. the punto has a 200 - 270 bhp potential with the right amount of cash and effort but i am aiming for between 100 - 190 bhp and to me thats success enough

[Loz]

Many moons ago when I had my smart mapped at Reddot Racing I met a Belgian ( I think he was Belgian anyway) called Peter from GSR engineering? The guy was a proper boffin, if you can track him down you'll get some great info on tuning your car.

[Puntopimp]

Hmm Intriguing Reddot Racing? I may google them also i'm starting a Motorsport Engineering course in June hopefully I can use my car as my assessment to use it to learn the in's and outs of tuning XD

If you could PM us some info about Reddot I shall start looking into it

[Loz]

Red Dot Racing,

http://www.reddotracing.co.uk/

I did a search for GSR Engineering & it seems the company has ceased trading, sorry.

[T9 man]

I quite like the look of the Abarth that you posted up PP

I do admire your ambition for the project PP and I really hope you can pull it off.
Claymore was not making a "snide" comment to you earlier but merely trying to point out the huge difficulties in which you face, not least of which strapping a supercharger to it and gaining the horsepower that you have in mind

Sometimes here on the forum it is very easy to misunderstand someone's meaning or interpretations - trust me I know!

Claymore is well versed in the use and installation of superchargers, he has read the book and worn the tee-shirt so any advice that he may give should be taken onboard

If you are still considering the car body wrap idea: Totally Dynamics based in Enfield Herts http://www.totally-dynamic.co.uk/go/...ranchisee.html have a marvellous reputation with this type of modification, also they can take care of all the artwork for you, they can then send you the proof of how it will look before you give the go-ahead.

I wish you the very best of luck with your project and I shall follow this one with great interest

[Puntopimp]

Your a gent Yeah i understand what claymore was saying now but at the time i never thats the problem with typing you struggle to add a 'tone' to it! lol I am hoping come goodwood to have this juice in the motor the Supercharger is one of many many options to do to my car xD

[Prince]

You really want to research supercharging properly before you do it. My supercharger will take power from 140bhp to 230bhp before I start mapping and playing around with it. That's already £3000! now add in the BBK, the uprated clutch as mine won't handle the power and all the little add ons most people forget and it's soon £6000. For the price of my build I could have just bought an M3 (not insure or afford to run though!). In the end I am aiming for 250bhp+. Something I believe is useable with a great chassis, suspension and brakes, but affordable and maintainable.

If you really want to supercharge your engine then stop thinking about pointless vinyl wraps and spend the money where it counts! Tbh I've gotta agree with Claymore, but of course I will offer advise and wisdom where I can and wish you the best of luck.

Have you got a 'shopping list'? What's on it?