Trophy Dimension Needed

rich i used the wifes hair dryer and a spray bottle of water with just a drop of washing up liquid in it, this helps when you spray the surface and the sticky part of the vinyl so you can adjust it ,then use the squidge to get any water or bubbles out . i think theres a you tube video that shows this method and it worked for me . :woohoo:

With the film I used the supplier sent an instruction sheet that expressly said to not use any water. On something the size of the spoiler where you are trying to wrap around the edges having the film moving while you do it would be a pain.
Repositioning wasn't too bad, it was just shrinking it around concave curves that was difficult.
But hey! get this...Today UPS delivered a second order of film identical to the first. It seems that the shipper at the supplier made a mistake as they only charged me once. I gave them a call and they said "Our mistake, just keep it."
Now I'll have enough material to do the "V"pattern on the spoiler as I intended all along (If I can get up the motivation!)

That is a result :woohoo: will you take the other off or just go over the top?? i can see another "how to" coming. i like the idea of the "V" pattern. :thumbsup:

Nice job Rich :broon:

If I do the V pattern I will remove one side of the film before reapplying.
I've also got the mirrors to do, and have been considering applying film to the windshield frame as well
as it has a few bad stone chips that kook awful. This is a toss up though as I would have to repair the stone chips before applying the film so why not just repaint the frame in black? I'll see how the mirrors look first. I don't want to overdo the carbon fibre look.

EDIT: 30 Oct 2011
It's been a couple of weeks and I have finally made some time to do some more vinyl on the car. We have been busy with renovations
I applied vinyl to the mirrors using pretty much the same procedure as the spoiler, but using a small blow dryer this time. The blow dryer is definately a lot easier to control. I did find that working in adequate light is essential. The first mirror I covered was the passenger side, which was on the darker side of the carport which made it difficult to see creases in the material. It would have been really nice to have the car on a hoist so that I could raise it to do the underside. In the end the driver's side worked out well and is a keeper but I will be doing the passenger side over.
Not a big deal as you only need a 10" square of vinyl so I might get it done next weekend.
Here's a pic of the better side. :yesnod:

Rich in Vancouver wrote: .......I don't want to overdo the carbon fibre look.

+1 on that Rich, too many carbon fibre bits will look cheap and tacky. Less is more. :thumbsup:

As one of the few MGF owners in Canada I believe you have a moral responsibility to maintain your car in as original condition as possible whilst putting one or two of your own little personal mods here and there.

.....Oh heck, then again it's your play thing, sod everyone else, do what makes you feel good.

:dry: I used to be indecisive but I'm not so sure these days

Yup, the burden is on you Rich to have the pristine MGF in Canada. Mine already has too many modes compared to how it rolled off the factory floor in Oct, 1995.

:lol: :lol: :lol: Even the mods on mine are being modded!
I've never been a concours guy.
Sometimes I think that I get more fun out of working on and modding my MGs than I do driving them.
When I run out of mods to do the car usually gets sold in favour of a new project.

Rich

Rich in Vancouver wrote: :lol: :lol: :lol: Even the mods on mine are being modded!
I've never been a concours guy.
Sometimes I think that I get more fun out of working on and modding my MGs than I do driving them.
When I run out of mods to do the car usually gets sold in favour of a new project.

Rich

You just cant sell it :rant: i thought it was the only one in Canada :shrug: you can never stop modding :woohoo:

There are a dozen or so MGFs in Canada right now. There are also 3 TFs as far as I know, with at least two of those belonging to people working on temporary visas. There is now one other MK1 MGF in British Columbia with Mowog73's Amaranth car being the closest, 3000km away in Ontario and the rest are farther east. Oddly both of the British Columbia cars are Charcoal in colour.

There's 3 TF's in Canada, really? Cool. Do you know where they are Rich?

Aside from the 4 or 5 cars that mgfcars.ca has for sale, there are two other MGFs that I know of in Ontario, both near Toronto, one of which is the car John sold to his brother in law I believe.

In my local club one of the guys would be interested in buying a F but it would have to be LHD.

Mark

There are two TFs in Montreal, apparently owned by professors at one of the universities, and there has been one photographed in Vancouver a couple of times in the past few months. I have no idea who owns it and haven't seen it myself.
Another Mk1 MGF, this one a VVC, has arrived in Victoria BC from Japan. It was imported by a long time MG guy who had a good look around my car at the All British Field Meet in May.