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3M will get you a sample book if you're serious about it. The colors aren't displayed very well on their webpage, but at least you get a feel for what's on offer.
The Mini in the album had been driven year round in Utah through the salt and snow of winter. The car and wrap were four years old when the photo was taken. The wrap wasn't coming off anywhere or having any issues like that. About two or three more years and I think it would be looking tired. When installing it that time they removed a lot of small trim and things like the tail lights - I have photos somewhere. That one used the thinner printed wrap like they use for adverts, not the more durable films like the darker purple and all of the colors listed above.
The car she just sold is the lighter purple one. She digitized a Disney paint sample and had the color printed. That process uses a wrap with a thin clear top coat that is somewhat fragile. The top coat peeled on the driver door in a 1" wide by 2" tall area. The front end had no issues as we had added clear bra to cover it, but it would have been damaged by rock chips otherwise.
The new car is using a 3M Matte Purple color. The Mini dealer has told us this spec color line is much more durable, and the samples look that way. Less options but better longevity, and she likes the matte purple quite well so it worked out all around. Once we pick up the car I can post further impressions.
I don't have any images that show the waviness I described, so I'll try with words. A great wax on a nice paint job gives the car depth. The wrap has extremely shallow depth that has variability across areas. It seems like the amount of stretching required to fit the wrap may influence it as it changes the thickness and higher order optical properties of the finish.
My wife really doesn't much care about that as long as the car is fun and looks good from five or ten feet. Wraps do that for her very well. A paint aficionado would need to skip it. If it's something for a few years though, it might be fun. Also, matte colors are difficult to do with paint but easy with a wrap if that's your thing.
I have a black 911 and don't like how much maintenance it takes to keep it looking great, so I'll think about having it wrapped in a year or two when we have some more free income. Sometimes change like that keeps a car feeling fresh and new.
From the short album linked above, here's the previous Mini:
3M will get you a sample book if you're serious about it. The colors aren't displayed very well on their webpage, but at least you get a feel for what's on offer.
The Mini in the album had been driven year round in Utah through the salt and snow of winter. The car and wrap were four years old when the photo was taken. The wrap wasn't coming off anywhere or having any issues like that. About two or three more years and I think it would be looking tired. When installing it that time they removed a lot of small trim and things like the tail lights - I have photos somewhere. That one used the thinner printed wrap like they use for adverts, not the more durable films like the darker purple and all of the colors listed above.
I like that darker purple (for the wifes mini, not the 997), looking at all those color options makes me want to get the car wrapped!
I personally never had my car wrapped but my friend Brandon at Elite Treatment in Chicago burbs has a detail shop and wraps cars in custom vinyl. His work is phenomenal, I have seen many cars done by him and they all look amazing. Check out his facebook pics and see for yourself: https://www.facebook.com/elitetreatmentinc/
The new 4 door mini was wrapped, and I finally remembered to throw a picture of it up. These were camera phone shots again. She's really happy with it.
The new 4 door mini was wrapped, and I finally remembered to throw a picture of it up. These were camera phone shots again. She's really happy with it.
My plan is to order my next car without paint and wrap it and change it every few years. Do the initial dip for corrosion proofing. Should get a little discount on deleting the paint.
A wrap in Vancouver is now $3500 and if the doors and under the hood is done it could cost double that..so I've been told.
Hey bud, local Vancouver guy looking into buying a speed yellow C4S. While it's a very unique colour, I would definitely consider wrapping. Love the look on your car, can I ask where you got it done? Thanks
Hmmm, this thread is old, but seems to have come back from the dead. We'll leave this here for some inspiration. Most wraps are done in solid colors, but some are not. Specially for events.
We did these for Gold Rush Rally 9. In fact, all these cars are running in the rally right now. As you can see, there are a number of Porsches.
I made my car wrapped to avoid the loss of paint colour and other factors.* The Car Wrapping is the best application available for the cars now a days. It is the large vinyl decal for the car. It is directly applied over the original paint of the car. This application allows us to protection for the paint, change the co lour, for using stickers and also many other new applications for our car. I am already using it. I made my car wrapped with one of the local company here. The price they charged was also affordable and they put some stickers on my car. My car is black coloured and with gold coloured stripes in it with it now. It is looking nice and by this there is* no damage exists for the original paint. I think it is not a loss expense. Could produce some attachments regarding their other applications for the cars.
Had my Spec Boxster wrapped a few years ago. Still looked great after two years of hard track racing. After removing it, the paint underneath looked amazing.
i'm considering wrapping mine in this new warp called "inozetek", in miami blue. anyone has experience with this new wrap yet? i checked out some samples at a wrap shop it looks pretty good.
11-16-2015, 03:09 PM
