Got bored of my carbon wrapped mirrors and thought I'd try gloss black
Yer, only way to keep the edges from pulling back on a hot day, well unless you have a heat gun or hairdryer which can heat to 80/90c in order to make the vinyl loose its "memory" when then wrap is completed. Taking the cap off is also the only way to neatly wrap inside the top channel also.you take the cover off to do that?
is it easy to take off?Yer, only way to keep the edges from pulling back on a hot day, well unless you have a heat gun or hairdryer which can heat to 80/90c in order to make the vinyl loose its "memory" when then wrap is completed. Taking the cap off is also the only way to neatly wrap inside the top channel also.
is it easy to take off?
Today I picked my car up after being repaired! Dropped the grey loaner off too. I missed it!!
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Looking good !!! The grey loaner being the S3 next to yours ? - that's some courtesy car !
Washed it but something doesn't look right
Haha it looks like I've just emptied a 4 litre bottle of milk over it. Didn't have much snow foam left so that's the result.
Fitted a rear camera to it.
I didn't want to spend a fortune as I've got one in the front with GPS/Speed warnings etc. so I went for a Transcend DrivePro 200 for £76. The reason I decided to cover my **** was down to a woman the other week, we were in slow moving traffic and each time we moved forward she would also move, but rather than watching to see when I stopped she was looking down texting!!! I was waiting for her to hit me, luckily she didn't
Anyway rather than fit it on the glass and have the hassle of which way to run the wires, the camera fits nice and snug between the headrest and roof liner which is handy, the wire drops down behind the parcel shelf and into the boot. I also covered all the silver and white bits on the camera with black matt sticky tape to hide it better:
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Video quality is OK @ 1.35 you see number plates are nice and sharp. I know it's not the normal angle for a camera, but it captures what you would need if anyone were to run up your rear.
Pic taken from the software provided:
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It does the job and is easily removed if needed.
Yeah, between the passenger side (rear) headrest and the roof liner...no worrying about wires getting trapped in the boot then. 99.9% of the time there is nobody in the back, so it should be OK!!!I've got the same camera at the front and have been impressed. Where did you mount this one in the rear?
Yeah just lowered the headrest, put it on top and then raised the headrest again...nice and secure Power comes from the 12v in the boot on the left side behind the net...tell me you know there is one there!!!
I went over a few speed ramps to see if it moved and it didn't!
Over the net, along the side and then up between the plastic ledge that holds the rear shelf and the back of the seat. It was the only way I could see past the hassle of risking jamming the power cable in the boot each time it is closed. Worst case there will be a slight indent in the headrest when I remove the camera...but when I remove it will be when I sell the car back to Audi! Over time the shape will come back into the headrest anyway.
Fast exterior wash / clean. Tested a bit of IronX for the first time... amazing stuff! Then changed the wrap on my spoiler from gloss carbon to gloss black in order to match mirrors and roof. Think I am gonna stick with this combo now.
Noticed that when I was searching around for pictures of cars with the decals applied. Liked the look of decals on the doors for the 3dr and the SB models but think the decals look better on the skirts for the saloon. Easier to line up / get straight also. Decals were £5 from eBayNice quattro decals, I was going to put some there but on the HB the side skirts curve down at the end.
Noticed that when I was searching around for pictures of cars with the decals applied. Liked the look of decals on the doors for the 3dr and the SB models but think the decals look better on the skirts for the saloon. Easier to line up / get straight also. Decals were £5 from eBay