The guys arrived around 11am and we versed them on what we wanted doing, which was to cover as much of the car as possible. They said it would be fine, but the parts which would remain uncovered would be:
Curved and vertical edges of the rear wings as the film kinks and bubbles making for a terrible finish.
Scuttle.
Louvres.
Sides around the wishbones.
The black stripe along the bonnet. We decided for this as the stripe has been painted over the orange paint meaning that it is raised off of the surface, and as it happens this was roughly the same amount as the film, so we have agreed to have the bonnet film up to the stripe to reduce the stripe.
After this in order to make life easier for them and to attain a better finish we remove the bonnet catches and the fuel filler cap so the film would be on behind.
So what would be covered:
The full nose cone.
Full sides, between the rear wings and the rear edge of the wishbones.
Rear wings, front to back.
Full rear, bottom to just under the popper bases.
All of the orange parts of the bonnet except a rectangle cut out for the two sets of louvres either side.
Nose cone covering.
Sides.
Rear of the car.
Cutting done on the car.
Film below poppers and under aero filler cap.
Film edge surrounding the louvre groups are barely visible.
Even in this one.
Car complete, looks shinier than before.
Overall they did a fantastic job and we are very pleased with their work. Then it came to receiving the bill, which we received over the phone by one of the office guys, which ended up being more than the quoted price. However we were expecting as much so weren't surprised, especially as they had never covered an entire Caterham before.
Material Cost: £300
Labour Cost: £250
All excluding VAT: +£110
Grand Total: £660 (-£60 as they felt bad that it cost double the quote)
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