04-09-2013, 11:56 PM
Dan hit the nail on the head mostly, but I'll add a little more. Benefits of vinyl are that it will protect whatever is underneath of it. It goes on easy and off can be easy or difficult depending on how long it as been on the car. Another benefit is that vinyl will match nearly 100% of the time. You need a new bumper or fender? Send it to me and I'll wrap it in the same color vinyl originally used and it will take half the time a body shop needs to paint it. No worries about color matching.
Vinyl also comes in a variety of finishes: gloss, matte, chrome, matte metallic. Thousands of colors to choose from.
It costs more than a 'racecar' paint job, but way less than a quality paint job. For a miata you are looking at about $2,850 while an e36 will run about $3,500 (retail).
The clear film dan refers to is clear vinyl protectant made by all the big names 3m, Avery, etc. $1,200 for a front end application seems a little steep to me, but depending on the product used it can get up there. Clear protects the paint much more than normal vinyl because it is stronger and 3m currently makes a self healing clear (only one on the market). We clear over top of vinyl all the time to protect both the vinyl work and the paint underneath of it. We have wrapped an entire Ford Raptor in clear - it's bad ass.
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Vinyl also comes in a variety of finishes: gloss, matte, chrome, matte metallic. Thousands of colors to choose from.
It costs more than a 'racecar' paint job, but way less than a quality paint job. For a miata you are looking at about $2,850 while an e36 will run about $3,500 (retail).
The clear film dan refers to is clear vinyl protectant made by all the big names 3m, Avery, etc. $1,200 for a front end application seems a little steep to me, but depending on the product used it can get up there. Clear protects the paint much more than normal vinyl because it is stronger and 3m currently makes a self healing clear (only one on the market). We clear over top of vinyl all the time to protect both the vinyl work and the paint underneath of it. We have wrapped an entire Ford Raptor in clear - it's bad ass.
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