Car is Prepped for a Wrap

After a full week of disassembly and sanding, the WRX is now prepped for a wrap.  Why sand down the whole car you may ask?  Well about 6 years ago I painted the car with a textured paint.  Which was cool and unique, but left a finish on the car of about 80 grit sandpaper.

This created a great effect for the car and lots of people couldn’t believe it when they touched it, but it won’t work well for wrapping.  Essentially the car needed to get down to a smoothness for paint prep.  So now the entire machine has been sanded down to a smoothness with 320 grit final blocking.

3M 1080 Satin Apple Green

Well, I think I just might have found my new color. This is Satin Apple Green from the 3M 1080 series of wraps.  It’s always hard to tell what a color would look like on a car from a sample book.  So I found these picture that would help me see it on an actual car 🙂

How About Porsche Acid Green

My daughter and nephews were telling me that I shouldn’t make the car boring, and that I should do a crazy color.  I’m now also considering doing a really nice wrap on the car so that I can change up the color every few years 🙂

So here’s a photoshop of what the car would look like with Black wheels, tinted side markers, dry carbon: roof, mirrors, wing and a Porsche Acid Green wrap.  This is looking pretty damn sweet and it might just be the winner for the next few years!!