Satin Dark Grey 3M 1080 Vinyl Wrap

TommyC33

Haha thanks for the feedback everyone.

I'm not looking for a "professional" quality job. I'm looking to learn something new and have some fun on a project. Total investment is less than $500 so if it is a COMPLETE failure it isn't the end of the world.

I'm thinking of leaving the mirrors, and possibly the lower strips of the bumpers red, maybe the mud flaps as highlights and even the spoiler. If it looks too "ricey" I'll just wrap them too.

I will say, I usually ALWAYS do everything I can myself. I'm type A and usually feel I can do it better than the 'professionals' in the industry. I found myself cleaning up sloppy work that I just started doing everything myself. I've finished off garages, built screened in porches, installed full in-wall home theater systems, installed gas fireplaces etc.

If you don't hear from me again in this thread it's because **** hit the fan and I somehow wrapped myself in vinyl and am stuck under a tree.

A66auto

I'd do it. The OP is right, it's only $500. People drop that on parts that they end up taking if off after a few months. Post pics!

Abntroop

Good luck man! Looking forward to seeing the outcome.

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Kzonts

Wrapping an entire car is not a do it yourself project :-) Just my opinion. Good luck!

Bonzo

My nephew is a professional car wrap guy and I've watched him in action. There is no way I'd do it myself. 2 of the main necessary tools required are not things I want to be using anywhere near my car. A razor blade, and a torch.

Second, unless you go crazy with costs, the best paint color to wrap is black. Otherwise where ever you stop the wrap you see the old paint color. Imagine wrapping a red car with blue wrap, or vice versa. Open the doors and see red door jams. I've considered having him wrap my white Z for years but always balk because I don't want green wrap / white paint / black interior. Wrapping black isn't so bad since it's wrap color then black paint then black interior.

Once my car is back from the shop I'm now considering having him wrap my pearl white paint with Avery pearl white gloss wrap. Will be like getting clear bra all over the car. Still debating it.

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kbc749

This was my exact situation. Except I have grown to love my black cherry. Its unique and special and rare and isn't that what we all want in our car? for it to be like no one else's and make it our own. It suits the uniqueness of our car well.

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fierro

*grabs popcorn*

TommyC33

Vinyl arrived. Going to start this weekend when I've got some time. My goal is to complete one body panel a day. I'll start with the roof, which is the fastest, most square piece.

High Octane

Are you going to do anything about the engine bay, door jams, etc. ? Might look weird unless you do leave a few pieces red on the exterior like you mentioned.

mag_black

I paid $2500 for my wrap job and it wasn't what I expected. I'm thinking of ripping it all off. There's defects in the wrap, probably from stretching. Also, there is bubbling. It's not worth the headache for me to keep on.

Doesn't look like anything is wrong, but when you go up close, you see everything. It was bubbling on the rear license plate area since day 1 and it was stretched too much that it ripped. I just don't understand how you let it go out the door that way.

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Over_ReV

Nice color choice! My wrap is the same color except matte finish instead of satin. I think you will find doing it yourself extremely challenging... I guess it depends on how much time you put into it and how much of a perfectionist you are. I paid for mine and it's definitely not perfect but close enough. Best of luck though

Nick M

Any of you guys consider AutoFlex yet?

I had my roof and wheels done in a matching custom Obsidian black flake in AutoFlex with gloss, and the quality is amazing - with no worries about ruining clear coat, bubbles, or anything else like that.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BJIrKezB0rE/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BI0Kw0lgYH7/

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JC-Nismo

Never understood this fad or trend so to say. So you hate red so much that you would rather ride around with a flawed wrap instead??? I've seen hack job after hack job and people still dump money into this shiit. Well at least the American economy is better with all this money being wasted..................SMFH.

James10694

In all honesty I seriously thought a wrap would hold up for a few years when I had mine done. The problem is the high demand for wrap jobs, shops are popping up all over the place with bad employees and little experience. My wrap peeled and bubbled in a handful of places and faded very quickly. It looked like $hit, im sure there are professionals that are very good at wrapping cars, however all this stuff is a fad it wont last forever. Paint isn't dead.

Good look to the OP on the wrap tho, maybe you can make it look good.

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Bonzo

My nephew just got done doing this red car, and you will see my reasoning why the only good color to wrap over is black. Door, trunk and hood jams.

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