wrapping the ‘Cuda ???

[Shane Drew]

” i know the vinyls are usually special films, but what is the life expectancy and durability against everyday road traffic film etc ??? (not that my car sees much more than a few race meetings and about 500 miles a year !! “

Drag on, any cast material (oracal 751c) would be suitable to wrap if you just want to change the colour. It should last a fair while too if done properly

TNT couriers are known to wrap some of their vans here, and they last for the life of the vehicle in the fleet, usually 4 years or so.

Cheers
Shane

[Hugh Potter]

thank you Shane,

anyone else ??

how long would it take a numpty -possibly paying someone who knew what they were doing to help… offers on a post card !! – to do a wrap ? i cant post a piccy here in this forum, but if ya wana know what it looks like then just do a google for 1971 440 ‘Cuda, car is about 16ft long,

any advice / offers of help (small fee could be paid) would be cool !!

if i were to attempt this myself, what do i have to ensure, regards the car body, before i apply, is it just the usual cleaning or nything special ?

fanks in advance

[Simon Clayton]

Not that I’ve done much wrapping, Looks like it should be quite easy? the car looks fairly flat.
You need to give it a good clean, in all the hard to reach places, and away you go,
Best to get someone to help, by holding the vinyl away from the body work as you rub it down.. Oracal do an on line demo video ( i thought was very good), gives a good idea of what needs doing… The vinyl used when i help another member, was very good and easy to use, with the help of a heat gun, this takes out the wrinkels and stuff.

I would say about two days work, just try and see how you get on

Simon

[Shane Drew]

Drag On,

Imagine the car per panel and not the whole deal. If you break it down to panels in your mind, it is not as daunting.

I’d give it a go if I were you. Certainly you’d get the gist after a few doors. It is not that hard really.

Take one panel at a time, and you’ll have it done in no time. First time round, 2 days should kill it.

[Hugh Potter]

quote :

I’d give it a go if I were you. Certainly you’d get the gist after a few doors. It is not that hard really.

Shane, it’s only got two doors, will i need to fit more to get used to dong them, LOL !!!! i know what ya mean tho ! thanks,

Simon, thanks for mentioning the link, i’ll download the vid when i get over to the lasses tonight, stuck on dial up here 🙁

ps, here’s a link that should show the actual car, she’s been known as ‘pinkie’ for about 10 years, just getting a bit bored and fancy changing the colour, guess i’ll also have to make sure the 11 yr old paint is sound on all the bottom edges etc !! http://www.mopartalk.co.uk/mopartalk/viewtopic.php?t=3597

[Shane Drew]

quote Drag-On:

quote :

I’d give it a go if I were you. Certainly you’d get the gist after a few doors. It is not that hard really.

Shane, it’s only got two doors, will i need to fit more to get used to dong them, LOL !!!! 🙁

😳 Just think yourself lucky it is not an old beetle. It has only got 2 doors too, but would be a darn site harder to cover 😮

[Hugh Potter]

i feel i could probably tackle the doors, trunk lid and front wings but its the roof/rear qtrs that are givin me the jitters !

[Hugh Potter]

hey Simon, i’ve been looking for the oracle demo, not had any luck, could you give me a clue to which site you’re looking on ?

cheers !

[Simon Clayton]

Here you go drag on.. took a while to find it, or its avalible from dealers on Cd rom.. http://www.oracal.com/global/CF_video.jsp , its a big down load of 35 meg..
look under Orafol on the net to find dealers

[Hugh Potter]

hmmm, seems to keep coming up as ‘cannot find server’, i’ll try in the morning, and if no luck i’ll search out the cd !

thanks dude.

[David Rowland]

sounds like a cache or DNS servers have squit.. i can see the link(s)

[Peter Normington]

Works fine for me guys

[Hugh Potter]

nope ! even set my browser security to nowt ! altered a load of settings too, still comes up as above, cant ‘save target as’ either ! hmmm, you on mac or pc ? whats a .jsp ?

[Nicola McIntosh]

javaserver pages technology 😀

you might have to update your pc 😛

nik

[Hugh Potter]

jave settings seem to be all ok, hmmm, dont think the lappy needs updating !!

[Nicola McIntosh]

sorry did not mean your laptop is out of date…. 😳

run & dowload updates on your pc, you probably knew that anyway 😕

heres an update http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/download.jsp

nik

[Hugh Potter]

thanks Nik, i’ll try that,

i realised after i went offline that you meant the software ! i do have a java prog that i downloaded when i bought the lappy, the xp software didnt have it built in like 98se etc, has microsoft not actually sorted this out yet ? !!

thanks again !

edit…. thats a big download ! 1/2hr later it’s installed and i still cant open the page ! checked pc updates, does it auto every day so nowt required there, will just have to look further ! now trng to uninstall the download as it’s clashing with my other java software ! where’s bill gates when ya need him !

[Hugh Potter]

hey Nik, you’re a mod yeah ? just wondering what was mod’d on my original post in this thread ! can’t remember what i would have written that may contravene any mb laws !!!

[Hugh Potter]

can anyone think why i can’t view the site ? i’ve uninstalled the stuf i downloaded yesterday, and have subsequently found that my java prog work fine (on victory site) but still wont open the vid !!

[David Rowland]

ok Drag-on lets get technical… if you are still failing to get a response from oracle.com then your ISP must be out of range of that site, which ISP you on?

can you get to “command prompt”? .. Press Start, then “Run..” and type “command” into the requester. Press Ok

type
Ping http://www.oracle.com
It should reply with:-
Reply from 141.146.8.66: bytes 32 time=149ms TTL=246

A reply like that means the site is reachable from your computer.

Next try:
tracert http://www.oracle.com
this will show you the route from your computer to Oracle in the states. Mycase is Wanadoo/Freeserve to Austin/Dallas via Level3 networks.

1 4 ms 5 ms 4 ms 192.168.0.1
2 43 ms 44 ms 45 ms hyena.lns.watford.access.planet.net.uk
3 44 ms 43 ms 45 ms ge7-0.3.lettuce.as5388.net
4 46 ms 47 ms 46 ms pos0-0.ber-1.r18.telc.as5388.net
5 46 ms 43 ms 43 ms 195.50.91.9
6 46 ms 44 ms 47 ms ge-0-3-0-0.bbr1.London1.Level3.net
7 152 ms 247 ms 168 ms ae-0-0.bbr1.Dallas1.Level3.net [64.159.1.109]
8 147 ms 147 ms 147 ms ge-8-2.hsa1.Dallas1.Level3.net [4.68.122.138]
9 153 ms 153 ms 153 ms unknown.Level3.net [64.158.168.6]
10 170 ms 267 ms 244 ms austin1q7-swi-7-rtr-1-v10.oracle.com [141.146.1.1]
11 155 ms 153 ms 156 ms 141.146.3.31
12 157 ms 158 ms 158 ms bigip-otn-portal.oracle.com [141.146.8.66]

[Simon Clayton]

Have you tried just getting on the site, http://www.oracal.com/ and then using their menu to find the vid??

Simon

[Hugh Potter]

dave, i’ve done that, all works as you say, not that i understand a thing about it all !!!!!

simon, i trid that from the lasses place and it didnt work, have just done it from here (home) and it works,

i’m wondering if its something to do with servers, i’m on btinternet dial-up, the lass is on wanadoo boradband, but when there i just wi-fi into her set up and log into bt, maybe there lies a problem ?

i’m gonna see if it’ll download from here, though it will take too long ! if it will, i’ll try her pc at her place and see if i can download it to disc !!

ok, just tried it here now, it opens up no problem, i’ll see f i can save it at the lasses over the weekend !

thanks all !

[Nicola McIntosh]

hi have you tried repairing your internet explorer? and also run an updated spyware programme 😀 worth a go 😛

nik

[Simon Kay]

Alternatively, ring up the local Oracle rep / company and ask them to post you out a copy. 😎

[Shane Drew]

quote scozzie:

Alternatively, ring up the local Oracle rep / company and ask them to post you out a copy. 😎

That is what I would do too, got mine before the last sign show. Just made a call, and had it in the mail next day.

[Hugh Potter]

thanks guys n gals, thats what i’ll do ! even on the wanadoo server it’s not letting me open it (not that i’ve tried on the mrs’s pc !),

re the puter, norton system works takes care of the virus, firewalls, repairs etc, twice weekly i do them, and i have spybot for the spyware junk and all that ! to date, touch wood, i think it’s ok, but i’ll have a good go with it over the weekend !

thanks again !

[Shane Drew]

quote Drag-On:

thanks guys n gals, thats what i’ll do ! even on the wanadoo server it’s not letting me open it (not that i’ve tried on the mrs’s pc !),

re the puter, norton system works takes care of the virus, firewalls, repairs etc, twice weekly i do them, and i have spybot for the spyware junk and all that ! to date, touch wood, i think it’s ok, but i’ll have a good go with it over the weekend !

thanks again !

Drag On, Spybot is excellent, but I know of some clients running Nortons that have issues with the firewall when it comes to downloading videos etc, May be worth looking at 😕

[David Rowland]

ah… so you wifi into the Wanadoo and you have a BT. Think you maybe either got some spyware or your pc is looking for certain links in the wrong direction.
The Ping and Tracert tests was to see if you was blocked. You are not so it is IE related.