Would you wrap your car?

[dunksby]

It is cheaper than an actual paint job, I would def go for it if I got a used car although lots of people wrap their brand new ones. Here is a video if you have no clue what I'm talking about:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWN8JDbATLc

[TheReal Kendall]

How is this cheaper?

In the comments it says it's around 500-1000 dollars and that you have to be very skilled to do this yourself.

Maaco's paint job is around $250 a car. So.......:coleman:


The finish product does look nice though.

[bluechox2]

That Car Looked Way Better In Black

[dunksby]

How is this cheaper?

In the comments it says it's around 500-1000 dollars and that you have to be very skilled to do this yourself.

Maaco's paint job is around $250 a car. So.......:coleman:


The finish product does look nice though.
I meant to say have it wrapped, it is not worth the time and resources if you want to do it knowing nothing about it. And $250 for a whole paint job? That's a bargain, cheapest I get is $800.

[TheReal Kendall]

I meant to say have it wrapped, it is not worth the time and resources if you want to do it knowing nothing about it. And $250 for a whole paint job? That's a bargain, cheapest I get is $800.

Oh ok. Yea this the first time I've heard about wrapping your car. Yea at Maaco they charge like 250 for the whole car. It's cheap paint but it looks nice.

I'm in Alabama so I don't know if it's cheap like that because of the location or what.

But I know a lot dudes that got their chevys painted for 250 and up

[dunksby]

Oh ok. Yea this the first time I've heard about wrapping your car. Yea at Maaco they charge like 250 for the whole car. It's cheap paint but it looks nice.

I'm in Alabama so I don't know if it's cheap like that because of the location or what.

But I know a lot dudes that got their chevys painted for 250 and up
Warps are more diverse and convenient than paint, the cost will decrease over time as more people become aware of wrapping advantages.

[dunksby]

That Car Looked Way Better In Black
How to make a Lambo look even crazier, you can FF to the 10th minute mark to see the finished product:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdJ6L2LGPvU

[Bandito]

How is this cheaper?

In the comments it says it's around 500-1000 dollars and that you have to be very skilled to do this yourself.

Maaco's paint job is around $250 a car. So.......:coleman:


The finish product does look nice though.
Maaco is a shitty product. I wouldn't recommend it for the life of me.

[TheReal Kendall]

Maaco is a shitty product. I wouldn't recommend it for the life of me.

Idk I've seen some great work from them. So I wouldn't call them shitty. I guess it depends on which shop you go to.

Like if you go to walmart on the southside for some work done and they screw you over but then you go to the one on northside and they go above and beyond to have you right.:confusedshrug:

[TheReal Kendall]

How to make a Lambo look even crazier, you can FF to the 10th minute mark to see the finished product:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdJ6L2LGPvU

That looks dope but again people in the comments are saying it's over 2.5 to 3 stacks.

I don't really see the advantages to having this done also. Can you take the wrap off if you get tired of the color? Would the original paint be in perfect condition?

Otherwise it would be better and cheaper to just have your car painted.

Not trying to argue or anything but I just don't see the advantages. Like I said this my first time hearing/seeing this.

[dunksby]

That looks dope but again people in the comments are saying it's over 2.5 to 3 stacks.

I don't really see the advantages to having this done also. Can you take the wrap off if you get tired of the color? Would the original paint be in perfect condition?

Otherwise it would be better and cheaper to just have your car painted.

Not trying to argue or anything but I just don't see the advantages. Like I said this my first time hearing/seeing this.
Yes, I was pointing out that this method has a great range of options starting from around $500, and of course you don't use cheap wrap on a Lambo. My point is that if I gotta pay $800 to $1000 for a whole paint job I'd rather have it wrapped at similar price.
ETA: Yes you can remove the wrap which could also be used as a way to protect your car's factory pain in case it's intact.

[gts]

A good quality paint job where they remove everything instead of masking it off and where they fix every little ding, primer and block sand before the paint and clear coat goes on is closer to $5000 and that's still on the low side

Wrapping has some advantages over paint, you can change the color of the car, do something different and at worst take it off if you get tired of it

it does come off without damaging the paint but then it's still a semi new process and we have yet to see what happens if you leave it on for 5 years or more

even a quality wrap, the good stuff from from a company like 3M is not going to last super long and you do have to take care not to damage it...

wraps are actually going up in price because the material has really improved over the years but the price has sky rocketed as has the labor because there's more involved.. the product and finish is hands down better but still, it's not getting cheaper

we wrapped the lower part of a trailer 4 years ago and it cost us $400 for materials and $300 to put it on... peeled it all off last summer to redo it went to buy more and the cost was nearly $1500 for the material alone and $1000 to apply..

[dunksby]

A good quality paint job where they remove everything instead of masking it off and where they fix every little ding, primer and block sand before the paint and clear coat goes on is closer to $5000 and that's still on the low side

Wrapping has some advantages over paint, you can change the color of the car, do something different and at worst take it off if you get tired of it

it does come off without damaging the paint but then it's still a semi new process and we have yet to see what happens if you leave it on for 5 years or more

even a quality wrap, the good stuff from from a company like 3M is not going to last super long and you do have to take care not to damage it...

wraps are actually going up in price because the material has really improved over the years but the price has sky rocketed as has the labor because there's more involved.. the product and finish is hands down better but still, it's not getting cheaper

we wrapped the lower part of a trailer 4 years ago and it cost us $400 for materials and $300 to put it on... peeled it all off last summer to redo it went to buy more and the cost was nearly $1500 for the material alone and $1000 to apply..
That's crazy, you'd think more hands meant more competitive pricing and given it's much less of a hassle than a proper paint job. Wrapping lets you get creative with your car's looks though whether it is a part wrap or a whole one.

[gts]

That's crazy, you'd think more hands meant more competitive pricing and given it's much less of a hassle than a proper paint job. Wrapping lets you get creative with your car's looks though whether it is a part wrap or a whole one.

the biggie is the price of the wrap has gone way up

Its a much better material.. originally they were basically using high quality sign vinyl but now it's a purpose built vinyl that stretches around corners, it has micro channels in it so the air can escape when applying, the uv resitance is better etc etc etc...

it's hands down a better material but it's also 4 times as much

along with that comes a more complicated process of putting it on, because it does stretch because you can do complicated compound areas the guys putting it on will take more time to do a proper job... they'll pop out lights, door handles, and badging whereas before they'd just vinyl up to the edge and trim it with a blade...

with the early stuff because it wasn't meant for cars it wasn't a wide material.. now you can get the stuff so wide it'll span the whole car, now you're working with complicated patterns and more hands involved to lay it out

all in all a wrapped car today can be a work of art, 5 years ago meh.. seams overlapped edges kinda took away form the product... i used to see a nice car like a Porsche wrapped and think wtf? now, you see one done properly and it's like hey that looks good

[dunksby]

the biggie is the price of the wrap has gone way up

Its a much better material.. originally they were basically using high quality sign vinyl but now it's a purpose built vinyl that stretches around corners, it has micro channels in it so the air can escape when applying, the uv resitance is better etc etc etc...

it's hands down a better material but it's also 4 times as much

along with that comes a more complicated process of putting it on, because it does stretch because you can do complicated compound areas the guys putting it on will take more time to do a proper job... they'll pop out lights, door handles, and badging whereas before they'd just vinyl up to the edge and trim it with a blade...

with the early stuff because it wasn't meant for cars it wasn't a wide material.. now you can get the stuff so wide i'll span the whole car, now your working with complicated patterns and more hands involved to lay it out

all in all a wrapped car today can be a work of art, 5 years ago meh.. seams overlapped edges kinda took away form the product... i used to see a nice car like a Porsche wrapped and think wtf? now, you see one done properly and it's like hey that looks good
I've seen the whole dashboard wrapped so nicely you wouldn't even want a wood option :applause: and I second that work of art potential wrapping has opened up a whole new door.

[gts]

I've seen the whole dashboard wrapped so nicely you wouldn't even want a wood option :applause: and I second that work of art potential wrapping has opened up a whole new door.

some of the finishes you can get are awesome... you can really get creative or in some cases overly creative...lol

i saw a pink chrome wrap on the exterior of a new mustang with a hello kitty themed white interior last week... it was horrid, probably spent upwards of 10k tricking the car out, incredibly well done, top notch job but still horrid... my 10 year old daughter loved it:lol

[embersyc]

I wouldn't wrap for a solid color like in the video (the car looked better black anyways), but for a pattern, design, or advertising purposes wrapping is fine.

[gts]

another cool process on a smaller scale is water transfer printing or hydro graphics


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTVgGovTE5Q

[n00bie]

Wrapping is the new rice.