Will_H#24
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With prices for a paint job approaching 20k have any of you wrapped your Dart.?
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The high cost of paint jobs is not entirely due to paint.
A wrap that is done over imperfect bodywork will look just as bad as fresh paint over bad bodywork.
A wrap that is done over imperfect bodywork will look just as bad as fresh paint over bad bodywork.
Reminds me of being 14/15 years old, working at the BP station and owner Johnny also sold "fresh" used cars. He'd chop the rust out of lowers of a Mustang, paint the car White and then send us on our bikes down to Canadian Tire to by the 12" wide black vinyl strip rolls to do the rockers! LOL.
MobileCustoms
You can twist perceptions, reality won't budge
I do vehicle wraps for a living, since about 1999. Before that, I was a professional body/paint guy. So I can do both. Having said that, I still believe that classic cars should be painted and not wrapped. Wraps are not a permanent thing, especially if it sees a lot of sun and weather. Our old cars with roofs that blend into the quarter panels don't have anywhere to break the wrap without doing a seam in it. Wrap materials are only 60 inches wide so there are limitations. A good high quality full wrap is not cheap at all. A full car can easily go to $4k and that's without doing the jambs. A very cheap wrap is gonna cost at least $2k unless you're having it done by someone who is just learning and doing it for the cost of materials and experience. But that is probably not the person you want experimenting on your classic car.
That's my opinion!
When I wrapped my '78 Street Van, I first did a high quality black paint job on it, so when the wrap reaches it's life expectancy, it can be removed cleanly to reveal the nice paint underneath. Cheaper wrap materials leave all the glue behind when you go to remove them or very often, they even eat into the paint.
MobileCustoms
You can twist perceptions, reality won't budge
PS... I want to add that a vinyl wrap won't hide any bad body work or chips and scratches, etc. Many people think they will but they just don't. So, if you want a wrap to look great, you first have to do all the prep work to make the car straight and very smooth with no orange peel. A wrap won't stick to chalky paint or areas where the paint wants to peel from poor adhesion. At the point you have a car ready for a great looking wrap, you're most of the way there to having it ready for fresh paint.
I haven’t wrapped a car, but around me it’s about 5-6k to wrap one which sounds amazing compared to my 25-30k paint job right now.
I did wrap my SXS recently with a custom one of a kind vinyl wrap.
I did wrap my SXS recently with a custom one of a kind vinyl wrap.
Be careful of the product used. I had a race trailer wrapped and later had to replace the door. The trailers after 15 years is still nice , The replacement door product they used cracked into 1000 pieces in three years.
We had our second sprint car wrapped and it was much more durable then paint on a dirt track. always shined and the clay from the track rinsed off the wrap easier then the paint
We had our second sprint car wrapped and it was much more durable then paint on a dirt track. always shined and the clay from the track rinsed off the wrap easier then the paint
mygasser
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the majority of the cost is body prep, as above it has to be the same for a decent wrap job too.
neil.
This is a wrap on my 1976 Arrow. Most people think it's a paint job and ask me who did the paint. I have to show them where you can see the seams before they believe it's not paint. The person that wrapped it for me is an absolute artist. He does a lot of circle track cars up here in Maine. Mine was the first drag car he had done and since a couple of other drag racers up here have had him wrap their cars as well. He uses top quality materials and it holds up very well.
I first wanted to paint the car. The problem up here in Maine is most shops just want to do insurance work. When I did find a shop willing to paint it just the colors, no graphics, I was told it would cost me $10-12K! And that was with almost no body work needed! I said no thanks! The wrap job cost me less than $3K graphics included.
I first wanted to paint the car. The problem up here in Maine is most shops just want to do insurance work. When I did find a shop willing to paint it just the colors, no graphics, I was told it would cost me $10-12K! And that was with almost no body work needed! I said no thanks! The wrap job cost me less than $3K graphics included.
9secRR
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wrapped my car in 2019 for $2000 and its was junk to say the least. lines everywhere and it was pealing bad. last year i painted the car for $3000.
I have my circle track S10 wrapped because the plastic nose and bumper covers don't hold paint very well. I love it. But it's a race truck. Even when it's done by an expert, you'll get some air bubbles show up, especially when you get around complex bends. I would not want a classic car wrapped, I'd pay the extra for paint.
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