Car Wraps?

[brad98rs]

Does anyone have any info on them or anyone else has seen or tried them. Just got a couple of ideas runnin through my head.

 

[Defiant]

I like the Twisters from KFC, and the Fajita Wraps at Taco Bell are pretty good, but the Car Wraps might be just a smidge too crunchy. And I fear the grease would lead to some pretty grevious gassing problems.

Pray tell, what is a car wrap? The advertising banners?

 

[9D9 MITSU RS]

do you mean covering the entire car in vinyl? I've only seen that for advertising purposes on company cars. It's called a Vinyl Wrap. Explain a little more what you mean by "wrap."

 

[BOOstGhost]

are you talking about car covers?

 

[HighPsi92GST]

this is the second thread i saw on this board this morning that no one had a clue what the poster was talking about.

more info?

 

[brad98rs]

do you mean covering the entire car in vinyl? I've only seen that for advertising purposes on company cars. It's called a Vinyl Wrap. Explain a little more what you mean by "wrap."

thats exactly what i was talking about but its not just for advertisment. i was thinking about doing a couple different color schemes, but dont have enough money to get it painted right now so i would just do the vinyl wrap until i got enough money.

 

[9D9 MITSU RS]

It'd be expensive. I have never seen anyone do it on their personal car.

 

[xpr626]

1st its not THAT expensive....but the installation would be.

2nd I dont think I have ever seen one that covered the WHOLE car, usualy just a BIG BIG decal that covers the whole sides etc.

 

[brad98rs]

I've seen a couple around here they cover the windows and everything, but the part on the windows is a different material because you can still see out from the inside.

 

[miteclgst]

If you have any idea how hard it is to tint a window without getting any air bubbles then you probably won't consider doing an entire car. If you live in a climate in which it gets pretty cold I would worry about longevity.
Aside - The upholstry guy that does all of the work for our restoration shop was once paid to wrap an entire el-camino in black vinyl. Not black sticker vinyl as many would think, no actual uphostry vinyl. Yes the entire car, fenders, doors body and all. He even made a tonneu cover for the customer with two holes for the owners dogs. Now that is custom j/k but it would be the perfect advertisement car for armor all.

 

[9D9 MITSU RS]

Most vinyl shops, as well as tint shops say that the sun will bake out the bubbles. They usually guarantee that. If you can't afford paint now though, it's going to set you even farther away from it if you do this. Vinyl isn't durable. Rock chips will make it peel. Sadly enough, I had vinyl graphics b4. I know. I'd say you're going to spend atleast $500 to cover an entire car with any decent material. Lots of people say you can have a car painted for $2,000. You'd be 1/4 of the way there. Just something to think about.

 

[turbo1307]

I work at a sign shop and we do vehicle wraps there. I'd say depending on where you live adjust the price. At our shop just to apply a wrap to a van like this one we charge about $1,000 if you want us to take measurements and design and do all the layouts it can run you $2,000 or much more. There are different vinyls that can be used to print the wrap on, some better than others and more expensive. It takes a lot to mess up the vinyl, yes some rocks can mess it up, just like a car running into you. Rock will also mess you your paint and crack your windshields. (depending on the rock size and speed of it hitting your car) There are different ways you can look at this. I'd say if you have a company and you want to do some good advertising it would work, if you want to just have something different and stand out, get it painted. Paint can be fixed quicker and easyer sometimes. Thats just my .02 cents on everything.

 

[miteclgst]

Most vinyl shops, as well as tint shops say that the sun will bake out the bubbles. They usually guarantee that. If you can't afford paint now though, it's going to set you even farther away from it if you do this. Vinyl isn't durable. Rock chips will make it peel. Sadly enough, I had vinyl graphics b4. I know. I'd say you're going to spend atleast $500 to cover an entire car with any decent material. Lots of people say you can have a car painted for $2,000. You'd be 1/4 of the way there. Just something to think about.

I agree that wrapping a car will set you back. But something that no one mentioned is how much a paint shop is going to charge later on down the road to remove all of the vinyl. Think of how much of a pain it is to remove the stuff once it has been on for a while, that plus the risidual glue left over is going to take a bit of time to remove. It can be done but you will be paying by the hour and if the stock paint gets scarred up in the process you are going to have to pay to fix it.

 

[9D9 MITSU RS]

I agree that wrapping a car will set you back. But something that no one mentioned is how much a paint shop is going to charge later on down the road to remove all of the vinyl. Think of how much of a pain it is to remove the stuff once it has been on for a while, that plus the risidual glue left over is going to take a bit of time to remove. It can be done but you will be paying by the hour and if the stock paint gets scarred up in the process you are going to have to pay to fix it.

They have stuff that will get rid of it in seconds. It's not a pain if you are painting the car anyway. The shop I go to had this "eraser" that went onto a sander and it just took my old vinyl crap right off. :laugh:

 

[tunerkid]

thats exactly what i was talking about but its not just for advertisment. i was thinking about doing a couple different color schemes, but dont have enough money to get it painted right now so i would just do the vinyl wrap until i got enough money.

dont 1/2 ass it. why WASTE money on something you know you are going to get rid of later on? dont waste your money, save some more money and get what you reallly want.