Help me design a vinyl skirt and bumper wrap for my TL

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kharnal

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Yo TW,

I just bought myself a 2005 Acura TL. I got a good price partially because there are scuffs and scratches on all 4 corners of the car's bumpers.

Here's a reference pic of another TL with the same color.

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Luckily I work at a printing company that does vehicle wraps, so I can do a vinyl wrap for pretty cheap to clean it up. I'm thinking that I'll wrap the front and back bumpers and have it continue on the side skirts below the doors all the way around the car.

I have all the choices in the world for what color/finish/graphic to use.

Matte black or a carbon fiber pattern are the obvious choices. There isn't a lot that won't look cheesy other than that. I think there are a few other looks that could make sense.

A few ideas...
Water rippling - http://farm1.static.flickr.com/152/340042024_60a694edd2_m.jpg

Tire tread - http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1229/620299415_3d3f565ffd_m.jpg

Brushed Aluminum - http://tasty420.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/high-contrast-brushed-aluminum-thumb653873.jpg

Metal Grating - http://www.kirillm.com/com_textures/metal_pattern_metals_001.jpg
 
I'm going to photoshop pics of my car with the different pattern choices before I decide.

Boomerman, where is that matrix style pic you deleted... and sauce plz.
 
Yeah, but I have scuff marks all over both bumpers and the paint shade of the car is impossible to match... I'd have to repaint the whole car. A well done vinyl wrap looks just as good as paint.
 
Yo dudes I work at a place that makes car wraps here are some examples of clip art I found on the internet to show you how it looks.
 
i think a hologram of everything behind the body would be cool, like the seat and you and the engine etc... so it would look like you are seeing an x-ray of what's inside the vehicle in 3 dimensions. should be simple and cost effective.
 
Three different options of how to color the pattern and where the vinyl wrap will cover.



Fade from pattern to grey color of car



Pattern with grey/blue tint



Pattern as dark grey
 
personally i wouldn't stick to the shape of the panels like that...bleed it onto the surrounding panels (hood, doors, trunklid etc) and fade it it will look much better IMO.
 
I can't match the metallic paint with Vinyl. The vinyl will have a decidedly matte finish so I can't fade it in, wherever it goes from vinyl to paint, there will be a break. All the scratch damage on the car is restricted to the panels covered above.
 
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