It a Wrap, Paint me into a corner or is it a Warp? Options

[forrestkhaag]

To start a thread on paint verses a wrap here is the quintessential Gambini. If your paint is ok but not spectacular is it better to spend x-thousands on a full and beautiful paint job or is it wise to consider a current day technology wrap in the color or pattern of your choice allowing you the ability the change the "visual" three to five times verses the life of a paint job. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif)

[Chris914n6]

Yes, but maybe no (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif) If paint is good for 10 years then vinyl is good for 3, longer if garage kept as it's sun sensitive. A plus is that it will protect the paint and keep water off so your current paint will look the same later.

A wrap can look really good if surface below it is smooth. The vinyl is only a few hundred for a 914, the rest is $100/hr labor per worker. We did digital prints on taxis for $800, 2 people and 3 a day. I still haven't seen a Penn & Teller show (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)

One person can do it, as I've done taxis, but 2 helps and 3 are needed for shuttles. Plenty of youtube vids that show techniques using a heat gun and stretching to get it to conform to curves.

Key is to get everything super clean including inner fender lips, because that's where it begins to peel, and once that happens it's all down hill.

The matte finish doesn't clean as easy as the gloss, but on some cars it's dam sexy.

[Robnxious]

A wrap can look really good if surface below it is smooth.

This is a DEFINITE!! I thought mine was all good after the body work I did before the wrap. Let's just say, it looks MUCH better 5 feet away than it does up close, but that isn't the wrap or the wrappers fault (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif)