My Twingo GT - Phwoar, what a rack on her.- 18/09/2014

[lgonzalez]

That looks great well done.

I do like a bit of carbon wrap myself ;-

 

[Dubz]

It looks brilliant! That's the way it should have been made!

 

[Sw4ns]

Thank you Dubz. I'm aware there's a similar looking 'Silverstone' edition of the RS model, however, didn't know about it till i'd booked the work to be done.

That looks great well done.
I do like a bit of carbon wrap myself ;-

Thanks Igonzalez! I like carbon wrap, but it's been done to death on the local car scene, so thought i'd keep to the tried and true gloss black.

Give it a try mate if it goes wrong or just looks ***** then you can just peel it off! Its far safer and cheaper than painting that's for sure! Lol

I'm tempted to try it myself, but hear that the remaining parts i'd like done - the wing mirrors - are a bit of a pain, especially for a newbie. I'll likely give it a try, though. Oddly, my mam has previously done some vinyl wrapping on my dad's VW EOS, so she may help me out.

 

[mikehealy5]

Wing mirrors are not that bad to take off, pull the glass out and with a couple flat head screw drivers prise the plastic tabs and pull the mirror cap off. Not everyone likes the idea of taking things off their car but you will be surprised how flexible these plastic parts are, they shouldn't break unless your doing something very wrong lol

 

[JE_GT]

Looks good with the vinyl You defo need to change the standard alloys though...

 

[waitey]

Looks good with the vinyl You defo need to change the standard alloys though...

I quite like the standard alloys, spray them black and space them out with a drop and they look quite good.

My GT was dropped 30/40 with spacers and I thought looked spot on! I have a picture I can upload to show how it looked spaced out

 

[JE_GT]

Looks good with the vinyl You defo need to change the standard alloys though...

I quite like the standard alloys, spray them black and space them out with a drop and they look quite good.

My GT was dropped 30/40 with spacers and I thought looked spot on! I have a picture I can upload to show how it looked spaced out

What is there to like about them? They look like they're from Halfords lol, putting different wheels on mine made so much difference.

 

[waitey]

Looks good with the vinyl You defo need to change the standard alloys though...

I quite like the standard alloys, spray them black and space them out with a drop and they look quite good.

My GT was dropped 30/40 with spacers and I thought looked spot on! I have a picture I can upload to show how it looked spaced out

What is there to like about them? They look like they're from Halfords lol, putting different wheels on mine made so much difference.

Keeps the OEM look and can cost less

 

[JE_GT]

Turini's or 182 Wheels don't look out of place though, quite the opposite.

 

[Sw4ns]

Thanks for the feedback! I wasn't a fan of the standard alloys until the car got wrapped, as i think it's broken up the bulk of silver.

Ideally, I'd like to purchase some gloss black Team Dynamic Pro Race 3s, however, as that's quite a significant expense, i'm sticking with the OEM style look until i have the money for them.

 

[Sw4ns]

Time for an update. I hadn't planned on purchasing these when I originally laid out the project thread, but, thanks to BlackTwingo-i offering them at a discounted price, I couldn't say no;

 

[BlackTwingo-i]

Looking good mate

 

[Sw4ns]

Thanks fella. Cheers for sending them through so quickly, too.

 

[Sw4ns]

Took the car over to my parents last night and made the most of the weather by washing the car;

 

[Jjay]

Good lad, she's looking hot

 

[Sw4ns]

Thanks Jjay! She certainly cleans up well. I've been using some dry-wash stuff called 'Showroom Shine', which really works very well!

 

[XNicolalaX]

Looking good Sw4ns! Those pedals are awesome.

 

[Sw4ns]

Thanks Nicola, it's getting there!

 

[poweller23]

Looking good there

 

[Sw4ns]

Thanks Poweller!

More photos post-clean, just before the weekend where something fairly significant is due to happen;