Niickm93 Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Hi I'm pretty clueless when it comes to this! So what I'm wanting is the bit I have circled in the picture and i was wondering is this done with a vinyl wrap As I said probably a stupid question but I'm clueless with this thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 50 minutes ago, Niickm93 said: Hi I'm pretty clueless when it comes to this! So what I'm wanting is the bit I have circled in the picture and i was wondering is this done with a vinyl wrap As I said probably a stupid question but I'm clueless with this thanks Hi, you could paint it but From my own personal experience having fitted a Gloss black front splitter which was painted numerous times to cover stone chips; your much better to wrap it because the stones don't impact on the wrap as much as they do in paint. I used to spray mine every six months 😅 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TangoDaz Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Hi painting is only any good if you can bake the paint in a oven in a body repair shop I painted my bonnet lip with a can but soon lost all its shine and looked as if I had sand blasted it lol 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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isetta Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 additionally with paint, if you nudge the bumper against something and it flexes, the paint can crack. Also, in many cases when people spray things, they do not prepare the surface properly which means the paint can flake easily, particularly if the plastic flexes. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outdoor_funguy Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 In my opinion, a vinyl wrap is much more practical and gives awesome look to your car. My vinyl wrap project was installed by Gatorwraps and I am very satisfied! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Lanc Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 To behonest the blacked out lower section is so cheesy in my mind, I'm starting to see loads of Fords done this way and even on Vauxhall's as well as Citroen's Was it the Toyota Aygo which first had this done by the manufacturer ? Then every modder jumped on the band wagon Just my opinion but if the Fiesta you have is an S1600 I'd not mess about wrapping or painting the lower pumper but that's just me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarksST Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 It gets done on fiestas and focus to mimic the front grill of a Mk2 focus RS 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Lanc Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 3 hours ago, MarksST said: It gets done on fiestas and focus to mimic the front grill of a Mk2 focus RS But why ? it shouldn't be mimicking it's older brother It's like when I see 3 door Titanium X's and the chrome is removed & blacked out and ZetecS badges & alloys fitted! Why buy a Titanium X in the first place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagger Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 23 minutes ago, Ian Lanc said: But why ? it shouldn't be mimicking it's older brother It's like when I see 3 door Titanium X's and the chrome is removed & blacked out and ZetecS badges & alloys fitted! Why buy a Titanium X in the first place Because that's what people do ... We like to make our cars personal and different 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Lanc Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 2 hours ago, Dagger said: Because that's what people do ... We like to make our cars personal and different I'm not telling not to do such mods, just trying to understand that bit more why some would paint in the black section! Not like I've not altered things on our Fiesta.... I have Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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