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Since it was one of that last things I saw last night I ended up dreaming of Plenums car, and putting a wrap on my car. Also had the desire to play Twister all of a sudden.
for the first few pics i thought your car was gonna b a GTS color swatch...
LOL. Yes, it IS! I was told for the start of the show my car might be a 3M Color Wheel. 3M donated all of the vinyl materials for the show so (BIG shout-out to them!!!) least I could do is let them showcase some of their new colors. I heard through Matt that 3M was thrilled and doing a ton of pics of the car... This wont be the final design on my car. I still don't know what Matt has in mind -- I kinda just told him he has free creative license....
I brought my car home from the NYIAS Sunday night, and put together a short video showing the 3M "color wheel" vinyl that I drove home with! That along with the supercarsgarage.com racing design down one side and I did get a lot of attention on the drive home! LOL. No, this isn't the final wrap design -- I'll be working with Matt Clark on a final full-car wrap design over the next week or two... Until we have that finalized I'll be driving my GTS around as a billboard!
Anyway - check out the short video I put together talking about the show, the colors on my car, and some "lessons-learned" from having a car in a show where 1,000's of people come in contact with your ride....
I brought my car home from the NYIAS Sunday night, and put together a short video showing the 3M "color wheel" vinyl that I drove home with! That along with the supercarsgarage.com racing design down one side and I did get a lot of attention on the drive home! LOL. No, this isn't the final wrap design -- I'll be working with Matt Clark on a final full-car wrap design over the next week or two... Until we have that finalized I'll be driving my GTS around as a billboard!
Anyway - check out the short video I put together talking about the show, the colors on my car, and some "lessons-learned" from having a car in a show where 1,000's of people come in contact with your ride....
What does a full color change wrap go for nowadays?
I'm interested but very scared since I had such a bad experience getting Xpel installed.
Hi- To answer your question about cost you have to consider the following:
1) Material (quantity as well as vendor/quality)
2) Complexity (single color change vs. full design)
3) Installer
And possibly even location has an impact on the price.
For #1, the material for a single color change on a 991 shouldn't cost $1k US (again, there is cheap stuff out there, as well as overpriced material...). For #2, consider that typically you are paying for materials + hourly rate for the job. But how many hours it will take comes down to the installer, which is also #3. Complexity will include the design and color choice (chrome vinyls, textures, and so on may increase install time) as well as how difficult or time-consuming it is to disassemble car bits such as door handles, bumper covers, lights, and so on. Example - an installer who has never worked on a 991 before will take longer than someone who has done many 991s... But even then, someone like Matt Clark who has done many complex designs on P-cars over the years may also spend 60-80 hours on a single job. But he is very focused on the quality where you may have other installers who move faster.
All that being said, you should be in the $3-4K range for simple color change and $10k+ for complex or printed designs that require overlays and so on.... What do I know though as I don't do this for a living....!
As for your concerns about having it done due to bad experience with PPF - can't help you there. I know it happens, and I've personally seen bad wrap jobs on Ferraris and Lambos that I am sure cost a lot of money..... But my own general experience has been that being educated about the process and having a good relationship with the installer (trust and all that!) goes a very long way in being a satisfied consumer when the job is done. And I would suggest strongly NOT to try to do this on the cheap. YMMV of course!
04-14-2017, 10:54 AM
