If I were to Vinyl wrap my car what color should i go for

[Rich01]

I say wrap it, I'm not a fan of the matte red tho. I would do a gloss red (1080-G83 or G203). Plus side of wrapping IMO is you can easily replace it in sections i.e. lip, bumper, hood, if you get chips or scratches versus repainting. We all know Honda's paint is temporary

[CrackerTeg]

The other plus with wrapping is it doesn't "chip" like paint does. It'll tear but like you said, easily replaced.

[olecram39]

Exactly. ^

Gloss red huh? Got me thinking there.... I'm gonna try something tomorrow

[Mike]

What does wrapping the car cost

[B.R.03EX]

What does wrapping the car cost

Exactly what I was wondering.

I've thought about wrapping mine since my paint looks like shit. I'd do gloss white and keep my roof black

[olecram39]

It can run you anywhere from around 2 to 4 grand depending on the kind of material, car etc. Almost like a paint job. But this what i do when Im not in school, so for me it would just the cost of materials.

If any of you guys makes it down to Miami or Gainesville one day, I'll wrap your car if you get the beer

[timot_one]

A wrap won't fix scratches or smooth out dead bugs.

[CrackerTeg]

It doesn't? What the fuck!

[olecram39]

Tim is right, it wont. If the paint has any relief the vinyl will also take the shape of it. However, it will make things significantly less noticeable.


This is my rear driver door. See the three big scratches?


Same scratches covered with vinyl.


This is the biggest one.




This is the front lip.



After the wrap.




If you look closely at it in person (couldnt capture it in the pictures) you can see the craters in the paint through the vinyl, but it still covers a lot of the color differences and such. For something like this it is recommended to sand those imperfections and smooth out the paint as much as possible.

Buggy mirror.(i need to wash the car i know) And this is obviously not how you do it, the car needs to be washed, clayed, buffed and cleaned with alcohol before the vinyl is applied. I did this for informational purposes only.





After i removed the vinyl.

[Rich01]

It's not just custom shops anymore, automakers are getting in on the action.

http://editorial.autos.msn.com/acura-unveils-ilx-rlx-custom-cars

[olecram39]

or instead of red, should i do this color?

[Rich01]

Wow wow wow wow wow! !!! Pump your brakes there buddy.  That's what I'm going to be doing for next season, I was using that exact same car as an example too lol. Stop copying me j/k. Just don't go with the orange accents like this guy eventually did.

Z the part# is 1080-G120, gloss white aluminum is what we were talking about last night.

[timot_one]

I've seen flat pink and flat hot orange vinyl. 

[CrackerTeg]

Wow wow wow wow wow! !!! Pump your brakes there buddy.  That's what I'm going to be doing for next season, I was using that exact same car as an example too lol. Stop copying me j/k. Just don't go with the orange accents like this guy eventually did.

Z the part# is 1080-G120, gloss white aluminum is what we were talking about last night.

Gloss white aluminum. I knew it was some odd name that sort of, in a round about way meant silver.

[olecram39]

Wow wow wow wow wow! !!! Pump your brakes there buddy.  That's what I'm going to be doing for next season, I was using that exact same car as an example too lol. Stop copying me j/k. Just don't go with the orange accents like this guy eventually did.

Hahaha i cant read minds dude.
I might beat you to this, since i will be doing it this month