anybody ever vinyl wrap their car?

[MBH]

Hi guys,


long time no see. :o Hope everybody is doing well :awsome:

Anywho... I was wondering if anybody on here had any experience with vinyl wrapping a car? Thinking of wrapping my car, but one of the big concerns I have is what happens to the paint after the removal of the wrap. Everybody always says that it keeps the paint mint underneith, but I feel like that's just everybody repeating an internet legend rather than having any experience with it. I don't want to wrap my car and damage my paint.

With that said, if I wrap it, I'm going to do it myself so I know it's my own work and what's underneath the wrap and that I'm not going to get knife cuts into my paint or that any adhesive promotor will be used, etc.

Thoughts? Advice?

[NateSVT]

Hey Bo, sorry no info or advice but I found the vinyl you should get:biglaugh:

http://www.carnewschina.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/porsche-911-gold-china-4.jpg
http://www.carnewschina.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/porsche-911-gold-china-2.jpg
http://www.carnewschina.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/porsche-911-gold-china-5.jpg
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3547/3812289475_614d7c9d4e_z.jpg?zz=1

[cLockWise]

Okay thats hands down just plain awesome haha

[jaa55]

Well this is on a vehicle that no one cares about....but we work on wind streams vans and they were all wrapped, the wraps were taken off and minus the places that were rusty the paint was like new

[MBH]

lol Nate!!! You should look up "matte azure blue metallic," I have a feeling you'll like it

Jim - I always care - but I probably care a little bit extra here, so I want to make sure nothing adverse will happen to the paint when I take it off. That's good to know that nothing happened with those vans though, because I know that everybody says that they'll be like new underneath but people typically take the wrap off and sell/trade the car (or never take it off at all). Do you have any idea what type of material they used on the vans?

[yeahloh95]

my friend that has 814wraps.com did his chevy pickup all over and then removed it and it looked like new underneith, but he uses very good vinyl that is uv protected and is to last 7 years or so

[95V6]

Bust out the plasti dip! lol

[NateSVT]

Yeah Bo that color is badass. When I was looking at wraps that was my top pick by far!

http://www.m5board.com/vbulletin/attachments/e60-m5-e61-m5-touring-discussion/164207d1347907591t-republic-wraps-x-member-acg-matte-blue-metallic-pics-inside-acg6.jpg

[Stangman701]

Yeah Bo that color is badass. When I was looking at wraps that was my top pick by far!


+1

This car has really got me thinking about wrapping my vert...

http://www.exoticvehiclewraps.com/images/cobrawrap/cobramatteblueside.jpg

Few more pics here: http://www.exoticvehiclewraps.com/03-mustang-cobra-matte-blue-metallic/

[Terminated]

Turned out really good!

[MBH]

my friend that has 814wraps.com did his chevy pickup all over and then removed it and it looked like new underneith, but he uses very good vinyl that is uv protected and is to last 7 years or so
That's awesome, really good to hear. This is exactly what I'm hoping to hear

Bust out the plasti dip! lol
aww hell no haha I've done it before on the grills of 2 of my past cars, but I wouldn't want to do it on a big flat surface. Might look OK in pictures, but there will be minor differences in the thickness. Plus I don't care what the internet says, that stuff can be a PITA to get out of tight cracks with any overspray (since it won't be very thick, you can't peel it at all)

Yeah Bo that color is badass. When I was looking at wraps that was my top pick by far!

What made you decide against wrapping your car?

Definitely a bad ass color. I know you love jet stream blue! Doesn't look so good on a porsche though, too much of a bubble I guess. Maybe it's the pictures, or maybe it's because this particular 996 would be boring no matter what color paint it had lol but it makes me think that's not a good idea on a 996
http://oi47.tinypic.com/35aw6s6.jpg
http://www.6speedonline.com/forums/996/286693-c2-1999-blue-metallic-matte-wrap.html


+1

This car has really got me thinking about wrapping my vert...

Looks like bright atlantic blue with a matte finish on it. If/when I go through with this, I'll let you know how much I hated wrapping it :rofl:


I'm between doing a dark grey gloss (similar to a GT3 RS in "grey black" or "grigio medio" or "grigio telesto") and a matte grey metallic FWIW

http://www.madwhips.com/upload/images/2010_grey_black_gt3_rs_at_beverly_hills_porsche_5-800-600.jpg

http://www.madwhips.com/upload/images/matte_grey_porsche_911_gt3_rs_3-800-600.jpg

[sutyak]

I like the dark grey gloss you picked out. I'm not a fan of Cornflower Blue, I mean Azure Blue or Grabber Blue.

[jaa55]

i love the matte blue.

The vinyl they used was probably the cheapest stuff the got quoted for and it didnt hurt the paint a bit.

[cwh19]

+1

This car has really got me thinking about wrapping my vert...



Few more pics here: http://www.exoticvehiclewraps.com/03-mustang-cobra-matte-blue-metallic/

I hear that. Ever since he made these threads, the wheel in my head has been spinning lol.

[cLockWise]

I hear that. Ever since he made these threads, the wheel in my head has been spinning lol.

I know I've saw a ton of cool colors. It gives you a 2 for 1 really. A cool color you'll like and paint protection!

[Stangman701]

Looks like bright atlantic blue with a matte finish on it. If/when I go through with this, I'll let you know how much I hated wrapping it :rofl:

I'm between doing a dark grey gloss (similar to a GT3 RS in "grey black" or "grigio medio" or "grigio telesto") and a matte grey metallic FWIW


Yeah, a BAB terminator would be awesome and this seems like an easy way to accomplish that. Definitely let us know how it works out. I'd probably do it myself as well cause I'm too cheap to pay someone to do it.

I think both of those look pretty good. I'd probably go with the matte grey personally. I know you're kind of looking to be subtle though so the gloss grey would probably be the better choice for that.


I hear that. Ever since he made these threads, the wheel in my head has been spinning lol.

For sure. I had never really thought about it before now. Seems like a pretty cool option. I wouldn't do it if I liked the color of my car, but I'm not a big fan of silver. Just happened to get a good deal on a silver car so that's what I'm stuck with unless I decide to go this route. I guess the job would be a little easier on a vert since I wouldn't have to worry about the roof or sail panels.

[John4cam]

When "the tint guy" did my car I asked him about the car wraps. He actually does them as well if you ran into any issues with it.

There was a chrome vette on you tube that was wrapped....thing looked amazing imo. Think it was a c6.

[02torchgtslp]

I wrap cars for my job, I work at Endagraph if you want to look up the stuff we do. Wrapping a car with vinyl will pretect the paint for the most part if good vinyl is used, I prefer 180C with Laminate. This material is usually around 5-9 dollars a square foot depending on design, but also when a car is wrapped we use an adhesive around some of the edges that would most likely peel up, it's called primer and this won't hurt the vehicle either it's just a glue that wipes off with alcohol. Good vinyl is warrantied for 7 years by most companies but after 4 years it will become hard to remove and the longer you have on the more risk you take of the sun cracking the decal up, mainly on hoods and roofs.

[02torchgtslp]

If the paint isn't original or isn't a good paint job then you do run the risk of the decal pulling the paint up. To remove decal you have to heat it up but not to hot and not to cold and it will pull off real easy.

[02torchgtslp]

this is a partial wrap of my car, the red is the actual car. I'm taking this off in the spring and doing a Harley Davidson full wrap.

[NateSVT]

I was just looking at ideas for friends that were going to wrap their cars. I'd love to switch up my car but never felt like spending the money on a wrap, plus I'm kind of a fan of the Comp Orange vert haha.


I agree that car looks boring, but I think it would look awesome on yours. That color is so sick.

[jaa55]

I was just looking at ideas for friends that were going to wrap their cars. I'd love to switch up my car but never felt like spending the money on a wrap, plus I'm kind of a fan of the Comp Orange vert haha.


I agree that car looks boring, but I think it would look awesome on yours. That color is so sick.

pretty sure theres a law that says you aren't allowed to cover comp orange:eek:

[street591]

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3590/3501256259_bc6b02bb52_z.jpg?zz=1

[cwh19]

^^That is nasty.

[95V6]

I'm not feeling the blue at all.

[mr4teth]

intriguing, what's it typically cost to do this?

[Mitternacht]

intriguing, what's it typically cost to do this?

About tree fiddy.


There's a few people I know that had their exotics wrapped, it cost in between $2-4K.

[mr4teth]

it cost in between $2-4K.

baaaa baaaa what? :jaw-dropping:

I see that though ... labor intensive!

[03 OW SVT]

When "the tint guy" did my car I asked him about the car wraps. He actually does them as well if you ran into any issues with it.

There was a chrome vette on you tube that was wrapped....thing looked amazing imo. Think it was a c6.

I've been thinkin bout having him wrap my roof black on my Cali.

[John4cam]

I've been thinkin bout having him wrap my roof black on my Cali.

Yeah Kevin, he said that seems to be the most popular thing to do with it. Would be something different but nice i think.:goodidea:

[MBH]

Got a bunch of samples in last week, can't decide what I like the most, but narrowed it down to two (although, they forgot to put in one of the colors I ordered). a bright metallic silver and a very dark grey metallic.


Oracal looked the "best" to me & held up to me rubbing my finger nail over it without having too much of a change in texture. Speaking of texture, these vinyls are all a lot more satin/dull-gloss than I had expected. At least the metallic samples were, the non-metallics looked pretty matte (only ordered a 3M dark grey, very bland & showed finger nail marks really easily)


I wrap cars for my job, I work at Endagraph if you want to look up the stuff we do. Wrapping a car with vinyl will pretect the paint for the most part if good vinyl is used, I prefer 180C with Laminate. This material is usually around 5-9 dollars a square foot depending on design, but also when a car is wrapped we use an adhesive around some of the edges that would most likely peel up, it's called primer and this won't hurt the vehicle either it's just a glue that wipes off with alcohol. Good vinyl is warrantied for 7 years by most companies but after 4 years it will become hard to remove and the longer you have on the more risk you take of the sun cracking the decal up, mainly on hoods and roofs.

Thank you so much for getting back to me, I really appreciate it!! Your car looks wild!! I doubt I will keep the vinyl on for more than a year, as it'll probably get marred up from driving and bug me lol :rotflol: