[xTiny]

ETEK PM'ed

Joey - I would rather pay someone to do it =( its a lot of work!

[SLOWER]

Whats the material cost on this?

[stashtrey]

Gonna do the mirrors? The black kinda sticks out a little too much.

Also....get that ride height fixed! Xi?

[xTiny]

Slower - It depends on color =/

Will be doing mirror cover and roof =) Won't tell you guys the color yet =) Stay tuned!

Not going to change the height haha, not trying to plow snow during the winters >=(

[xTiny]

Look who i found working on another car!

[zero2sixtyZ]

Looks good OP. The wheels would look better in gloss or a brighter color. Right now, they kinda just disappear.

I'm too OCD with finish to ever wrap a car.

[Joey911]

How much would it cost at a shop to wrap the whole car?

[Torgus]

Originally Posted by Joey911

How much would it cost at a shop to wrap the whole car?

2k.

[Joey911]

Originally Posted by Torgus

2k.

I would rather get Pure turbo lol

[Torgus]

Originally Posted by Joey911

I would rather get Pure turbo lol

exactly. I still think it is massively overpriced by shops. Ok so it takes 40 hrs to do lets say. You are paying a guy $20 an hour. $800. $200 worth of vinyl.

Still cheaper than a respray. mayeb once I'm done with performance stuff and some cosmetic stuff I might consider changing to a 'fun' color to stand out more. Like leguna seca blue or something.

http://www.1addicts.com/forums/attac...1&d=1211783314

[Joey911]

Originally Posted by Torgus

exactly. I still think it is massively overpriced by shops. Ok so it takes 40 hrs to do lets say. You are paying a guy $20 an hour. $800. $200 worth of vinyl.

Still cheaper than a respray. mayeb once I'm done with performance stuff and some cosmetic stuff I might consider changing to a 'fun' color to stand out more. Like leguna seca blue or something.

http://www.1addicts.com/forums/attac...1&d=1211783314

Haha true. Maybe because they use like a group of people to do it as seen in the video?

I would prefer the BMW frozen color series, or the Ferrari satin(??) thing

[xTiny]

That's why you have friends that vinyl wrap haha you save a bit! I was quoted 2.5k at a local shop around here. But here's an update!

[xTiny]

😁😀😁

[Joey911]

Originally Posted by xTiny

😁😀😁

That is so nice!! I want it!

[SLOWER]

Looks great

[Torgus]

Ok so now you have to explain why you have 50 Poland Springs 5 gallon water bottles. Prepping for the apocalypse?

[Hadley]

Originally Posted by Torgus

Ok so now you have to explain why you have 50 Poland Springs 5 gallon water bottles. Prepping for the apocalypse?

Could be worse, could be Chapstick

[xTiny]

Originally Posted by Torgus

Ok so now you have to explain why you have 50 Poland Springs 5 gallon water bottles. Prepping for the apocalypse?

HAHAHA! I get thristy when I wrap =) its a tough job you know

[Down_Shift]

Originally Posted by Torgus

exactly. I still think it is massively overpriced by shops. Ok so it takes 40 hrs to do lets say. You are paying a guy $20 an hour. $800. $200 worth of vinyl.

Still cheaper than a respray. mayeb once I'm done with performance stuff and some cosmetic stuff I might consider changing to a 'fun' color to stand out more. Like leguna seca blue or something.

http://www.1addicts.com/forums/attac...1&d=1211783314

200 is NOT the price of vinyl. Especially for certain finishes. I get it straight from a distributor also no middle man. You might luck out on the color you want on clearance vinyl. But the colors are limited and it's probably old vinyl (vinyl has a shelf life)


Include in a clean lit garage/real estate, primer/seal, claybar/prepping, and removing and uninstalling door handles/side skirts/bumpers/badging/lights (and paying to replace all the plastic clips that you break).

Salary of a certified vinyl specialist ranges from 50-108k depending on what they're doing for work. Unforunately most are trained to do half assed jobs bc they wrap graphic vinyl. They don't need to come out perfect because it's for a business ad vehicle that may change wraps annually or the graphics that are screens on the wrap hide imperfections. Look closely at the company vans next time, you'll see shit you don't want on your car. On a clean wrap for a car enthusiast it needs to be 99.9% perfect. It's one of the reasons most "company wrap" businesses either reject car enthusiast wraps or charge nearly triple.

It isn't suppose to be a cheaper solution to paint. It's actually a pita to wrap something that has messed up paint. It's another option for people that have nicer cars that need to keep the original paint for resale purposes in the future. Dip on the other hand...

[Down_Shift]

Just started wrapping again myself. Did my trunk and high kick spoiler. And wrapped my carbon roof w matching carbon from the trunk. Will avoid using a torch from now on. Seems like the vinyl I was using is thinner than what I usually wrap with. Burnt a slight line into the roof vinyl.

Will do the mirror. Then need to get my beater on the road before I do the whole color change. Stick with what color to do.

Pic of my old e90 my buddy bought. Black vinyl roof, rear bumper, mirrors. 3 years going strong.


Going to take my air box and engine cover out next weekend and sand them smooth. See if they can handle the heat when wrapped.

[Down_Shift]

Make sure you seal the shark fin real good. It leaks water down to the trunk through the headliner. You won't find out its leaking until it's too late.

[xTiny]

Please do tell where you get vinyl for 200$. I haven't seen that price anywhere, maybe a brand made in china" but even with that price you could only get enough to wrap 1/3 of your car.