Car was keyed to hell, Time for a Wrap!

**vlangs** · 03-06-2016 03:32 PM

First and foremost, I want to thank fourings for being so gracious and letting me use his garage and showing me the ropes when it comes to vinyl wrapping...seriously would never have been able to do it without him

so my car was parked in my parking building for a month while I was away and I came back to someone keying the entire side of the car and the hood. Crestfallen, I figured it was probably time I started looking into a cheap lease on something new. The car's been in my family since new and it's approaching 190k so it wasn't premature.

Enter Fourrings

I had been wanting to wrap or dip my car for years, the paint was shot and it needed a boost. but without any obvious scratches the car didn't need it so much as I wanted it. And besides livin in an apartment in chicago? where was I even supposed to do it?!

The results are staggering, what was once a tired old car is now vibrant, fresh and looking new again. So many head turns, I couldn't even believe it! I won't bore you with the before pics, presenting the ALL NEW Vlangs Audi C5 :)

Next step is to refinish the wheels. I will do that sometime this week or next. but once again thanks to Fourrings for making it happen the results speak for themselves!

**JDillon15** · 03-06-2016 03:37 PM

Came out great.

Makes me especially nervous, I'm looking to move to Chicago here soon.

**vlangs** · 03-06-2016 05:47 PM

Thanks! Yeah chicago is a great place to live but as with every city there's bound to be an ass or two.here and there

**4rings2turbos** · 03-06-2016 06:25 PM

Yay! Such a transformation. Love it! And super happy to help :)

**Grizz** · 03-06-2016 10:21 PM

Love the color! Congrats on the new look. I've been debating which to do as well- wrap or dip.

**Arsenal2012** · 03-07-2016 01:48 AM

Great color! Did you wrap the mirrors too? I want to wrap mine.

**Chris_s1** · 03-07-2016 04:58 AM

Dope man! Looking to start my wrap sometime this month as well. Nervous but confident that after a few screw ups I'll be fine. Looks great!

**vlangs** · 03-07-2016 11:30 AM

Originally Posted by 4rings2turbos

Yay! Such a transformation. Love it! And super happy to help :)

Couldn't do it without you!

Originally Posted by Grizz

Love the color! Congrats on the new look. I've been debating which to do as well- wrap or dip.

Thanks man! Everyone was a bit nervous about the color when it wasn't on, but man does it look sweet on the ride

Originally Posted by Arsenal2012

Great color! Did you wrap the mirrors too? I want to wrap mine.

I did not! That's actually plasti-dip super easy, take off mirrors. 3 coats of black dip and 2 coats of aluminum p-dip and as many gloss coats as you'd like. I wanted the more brushed aluminum look of Audi RS so I didn't gloss them as much.

Originally Posted by Chris_s1

Dope man! Looking to start my wrap sometime this month as well. Nervous but confident that after a few screw ups I'll be fine. Looks great!

Having seen 4rings do his magic, I think I could do a few panels slowly, but I dunno about the bumper, I was pretty much in awe watching him wrap the bumper :)

**JTown77** · 03-07-2016 01:15 PM

More Pictures!

**vlangs** · 03-07-2016 01:21 PM

once the wheels are refurb'd I will be taking it to some more spots and getting some photos made

**Arsenal2012** · 03-07-2016 02:16 PM

Is the driver side door wrinkled some on the bottom?

**vlangs** · 03-07-2016 02:23 PM

no there's a tiny bit of rust on one panel on one portion of the entire car...thanks for pointing it out!

**Arsenal2012** · 03-07-2016 05:44 PM

Originally Posted by vlangs

no there's a tiny bit of rust on one panel on one portion of the entire car...thanks for pointing it out!

Sorry, wasn't trying to be a turd i was just looking at it real hard for some reason and noticed it, had to make sure I wasnt going crazy.

**vlangs** · 03-07-2016 05:51 PM

haha i'm just messing about! The car has lived in upstate new york for much of it's life...I'm pretty lucky that's the only little bit!

**vlangs** · 03-08-2016 01:35 PM

Wheels refurb'd

**vlangs** · 03-08-2016 09:59 PM

did the interior bits

**vlangs** · 03-08-2016 10:01 PM

Try that again

**Arsenal2012** · 03-08-2016 10:43 PM

Originally Posted by vlangs

Try that again

Interior looks good, whats the stethoscope for, girls love it? ;-)

**vlangs** · 03-08-2016 10:45 PM

oh haha, i'm a doctor! I never leave it there, I was just cleaning and had to put it out the way. it looks so dopey up there

**A Stupid Turtle** · 03-09-2016 03:54 AM

Should do a time lapse next time someone wraps a car.

**JTown77** · 03-09-2016 09:57 PM

nice!

**vlangs** · 03-10-2016 10:23 AM

Thanks! hopefully I can get some cool shots down by the chicago river when it's green this weekend!

**4rings2turbos** · 03-10-2016 11:25 AM

They stopped dying the river a couple years ago, did they start doing it again?

**vlangs** · 03-10-2016 11:32 AM

Yup they still do it!

http://www.chicagostpatsparade.com/p...er-dyeing.html

**vlangs** · 03-22-2016 07:11 PM

Just for funsies today

**4rings2turbos** · 03-22-2016 07:44 PM

You should consider PUTTING YOUR COILS ON.

**HearMeSpool** · 03-22-2016 07:48 PM

I love the color. Awesome job. Just put some coils on and call it a day.

**vlangs** · 03-22-2016 07:55 PM

hahahaha 4rings bro, I spent SIX MONTHS just rolling around chicago with them sitting in the BOX in my trunk!

Once the car was keyed and I drove to my parents in NY I left them there. I'm driving back home in june for a few days I'll definitely install them when I'm back there and have really garage space to work with (which was why it never happened in the first place!)

If only we were friends back last summer! :(

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Originally Posted by HearMeSpool

I love the color. Awesome job. Just put some coils on and call it a day.

thanks! yeah can't sing the praises of the outcome enough to be honest. It's like driving a totally different car. Audizine friends are the best friends :)

**vlangs** · 03-23-2016 09:26 AM

Today in pointless mods that make me happy. Puddle projection!

**JTown77** · 03-23-2016 06:04 PM

How was the wrap over the keyed parts?

**vlangs** · 03-23-2016 06:14 PM

Actually perfectly fine! The only places had issues were where i stupidly tried and use scratch filler and didn't use compound to smooth it out.

But you can't see those now because the metallic matte absorbs light very well ask the uneven line on that panel is not reflected.

So if your car is keyed and you wanna wrap it, just leave the scratch as is and cover it up. Save yourself the hassle. If you have any deep plastic scrapes (like on your bumper) and you're wrapping as a permanent solution then you can smooth those out with sandpaper

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**vlangs** · 03-29-2016 05:49 PM

LED fogs installed

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I guess this is going to be a build thread of sorts haha

**Chris_s1** · 03-29-2016 05:55 PM

Looks badass. When I do my wrap the only difference is I'm looking at wrapping all the chrome trim. What's in store for future mods?

**vlangs** · 03-29-2016 07:58 PM

I'm debating blacking out the trim. If I wanna do the mirror caps black then I have to

I'll probably suck it up and black them out in the coming month.

future mods are going to be mild, it's a daily cruiser it isn't a bruiser. But I have ST coils that I eventually need to get around to installing, probably tint the windows and maybe rear sline spoiler

wishlist:
Euro tub
rotiform BLQs in bronze
rns-e clone + back up camera (I have the camera, but without a video display why bother drilling the hole to mount it? I was looking into rear view mirrors but that fell apart)
pillow style rear monitors

**MrWalker** · 03-30-2016 02:16 AM

Awesome job on the car. Looks great!!!!!!

**vlangs** · 03-30-2016 07:11 AM

Thanks man! Appreciate the love.

**vlangs** · 06-19-2016 12:50 PM

haven't updated this in a while, this is kind of a no update post but i found some photos i took of the process with 4rings and was being nostalgic at work (stuck at work is basically my life)

come july I can focus more on getting the thing lowered and modded. I think I have a bead on an RS6 spoiler so that's good news
cheers!