Anyone have their Z vinyl wrapped?
 

If you do post some pics! I am thinking about doing it. I had a few places in mind, with quotes from 1200-5500... Very expensive in my opinion. What do you all think? I want to wrap my car because i have a lot of chips and scratches, especially on the hood and front bumper. It bugs the hell out of me everytime i look at it! So i figured this would be cheaper than getting a new paint job. If you have your car wrapped, or pictures of a freinds car (any make/model) please post up pics and approximate cost, as well as pros/cons you have personally run into. Thanks guys!

-Alex

i think hood and bumper repaint + clearbra will be cheaper.

but anyway, we did see a member here a couple of months ago with this olive green color full car wrap. i thought it was matte gray at first looking through my thinkpad. not sure how much he paid.

You can get your whole car wrapped from someone off craigslist for $500-800 bucks. Now, do you trust them? Thats up for you to decide.

I am stubborn and like to do things myself. So if I wanted to vinyl my car, i would buy a roll and do it myself. But thats just me...

Anyways, the vinyl will show all the rock chips and scratches that your hood and front bumper have. For a proper vinyl job, those flaws will need to be touched up, or the vinyl will look funny.

Anyways, vinyl comes in so many colors that if you have a white car and decide to go black, you can get a gloss black and it will cost much less then paint and will look nearly identical.

^^ that's the one!

Nice, yeah i'm wondering if i should just get it painted... I would totally try to vinyl it myself, but i would only have time to do one section at a time, i would look like an idiot rolling around we one part done at a time lol

paint and clear bra

while on the subject of repaint and clear bra for the bumper and hood, what have people typically paid to have those resprayed?

a good wrap job can be gotten from 1850-2800$ depending on the material. you should check real auto dynamics they have some awesome wraps jobs on all different cars


where in maine? i just was up there visiting a buddy in Farmington maine, had a lotta fun in my STI on logging roads

Thinking about it for $2200 with the door jams done... ehhh. There's just so much more to do with the $$$.

Identity Designs?

I will be doing mine myself. Will be done by the end of March, Ill post pics then.

i have a black Z and i have the same problem you have. The front bumper is just so difficult to keep up with. If you really want to wrap the car, you can wrap some easy part by yourself so you can save a little bit of $$. What i was thinking is to repaint the front bumper and wrap the hood with carbon fiber. although it's not a carbon fiber hood, at least i can protect the hood from chips.

Portland area (souther maine)

Have you started it yet? Is this going to be your first time wrapping a car?

Trying to decide if I would like to wrap my car later down the road.

Mine has a few things wrapped, photos in my album : )

It's black, fairly heavy mil vinyl.

Cant wait for the pics!

B@t™

Did anyone here wrap their car yet? If so, how much material do you need. Most rolls come in 5ft length rolls. How many yards or feet of it do i need? Thanks

Mine is wrapped xD
 

https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...14&oe=57D87AFF

heres a picture of mine wrapped. 55x5 is enough

You might want to visit Gatorwraps | Vehicle & Car Wraps | Signs & Banners tho, you can request for a quote plus they have a lot of vinyl wraps with lots of colors to choose from. Professionals there will be able to address all your concerns plus you can request for a quote. They have branches and installers located in just about every large city.

A standard full roll is good enough with some spare material incase of any mistakes or touch ups later down the road without having to buy another roll.

See below

Hey guys, new to the forum here, hope i'm doing this right. I just got done wrapping my Z in Satin Frozen Vanilla by 3M. I ordered 50 feet of material which comes on a roll 60" wide. I used almost all of it and was actually a little nervous towards the end that I might not have enough. If you are wanting to wrap your Z, I would say to order 60 feet of material just to be safe. I have more pics of my vinyl wrap process on my profile if you want to check it out. Feel free to ask questions.......

http://www.the370z.com/members/dobez...re96832-17.jpg

http://www.the370z.com/members/dobez...re96844-29.jpg

I was always wondering what happens after the vinyl is removed?!?

Any negatives for the existing paint and in particular the clear coat?

Any first hand experience?

Yes, vinyl wraps can be removed without hurting the paint. They also help protect the paint while on the vehicle. It is not as thick as a Paint Protection Film, but will help with some of the smaller rocks and debris.

DobeZ your Z looks Dope!!! It really turned out very nice. :tup:

That came out great! Did you have any prior experience going into it? Difficulty on a scale 1-10? How many hours do you have into it?

Very impressive!

liquid wrapped by an authorized installed of DYC products

roof, mirrors, wheels, exhaust tips, doors handles: Autoflex
body etc: Proline

Video:
https://youtu.be/0lGx7r8zeNI

Work done by Dynamic Auto Art in NY
Dynamic Auto Art - Fully Reversible Protective Coatings

I have a few vehicles wrapped and just remember wrapping doesn't hide chips, they don't fill the holes. They will still show or worst case not stick there.

Thanks for the complements, I appreciate it. I'm pretty pleased with the results myself. Now i'm trying to figure out what color to do my wheels. haha


As far as the wrap, I have some experience with vinyl wraps, but mostly just partial wraps like roofs and hoods. This was my first full wrap. It isn't that difficult of a car to wrap, but the cleaning and prep work take forever, especially when doing it all alone. I honestly don't know how many hours I have into it because I did it over multiple days. Hard to say on the difficulty because vinyl takes a lot of practice to figure out. So if you have done vinyl wraps before this car is probably super easy, if you haven't done it before i'm sure it would be a pain.

Anyone have their Z vinyl wrapped?
 

Painted front bumper? (In the middle) or wrapped? I feel like that area would be the hardest without cuts.
Also how was the rear diffuser(if you wrapped that as well).
Currently have some black wrap laying around and was thinking about ripping off some plastidip for the gloss wrap.

Also, any reason why you didnt wrap the handles?

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The front is plastidipped.

The front is just plastidip for now, haven't had the time to wrap it. Planning on doing it carbon fiber to match the roof and rear diffuser. The diffuser wasn't too bad to wrap. Hopefully i'll have time soon to get the front done and will probably do the wheels and handles black as well.

I did this a few years back no chips or dings
Best thing to keep Z looking good also did my F150
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Nissan 370Z Forum - caneman88's Album: clear bra

yikes.. :ugh: