TIFF

A mate of mine has just bought a VERY nice BMW that has been fully wrapped and looks the nuts....

Whats the deal with it, what are the costs of wrapping a car and do you need to tell the DVLA about a color change as his is Silver but wrapped up white......

Graceland

Wrap's don't count as a colour change as they are considered "temporary" so don't need the DVLA informing

danneth

RANJ

why not buy a white one in first place

Graceland

Why the shock? A wrap is removeable in about an hour with the right tools and isn't classed as a painted finish hence no need for the DVLA to be informed

Graceland

Silver has a higher residual value

Hence why a few police forces in the UK now buy silver cars - Some of them livery them up keeping silver as the base but a few wrap them in white and livery them up over the wrap

TIFF

What sort of price would you pay for a wrap???

danneth

While still removeable your still driving round in a different colour car which i didn't think they would allow without in informing them thats all

rs-tuner

iTrader: (1)

My mates dad does this for a living and said he will wrap my Leon track car for free.

Just don't know what colour to have

timrud

Our Evos are all silver

stu21t

That 5 series looks fuckin lovely

daviddunlop83

iTrader: (7)

Do they wrap the door handles and all the small things like that too or are they painted?

tsutton

Does the insurance co need to know?

gingeRS

whats the finish like up really close?? door handles and bumper fittings etc?

Oranoco

There was a Ferrari at Bedford last year with a matt grey wrap. Looked amasing even up close.

rs-tuner

iTrader: (1)

They wrap everything that's why a good wrap can take 1-2 days depending on car and wrap

billybigspuds

normally about £50 a gramme

daviddunlop83

iTrader: (7)

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Matt Evans

Tiff theres a couple of places in Brum that do them, about £750 upwards from memory.

turbolee

from what i have read on differant forums i would say around a £1000

James_RScos

Your looking at anything from a £1000 - £2000 for a good quality vyinal and wrap!!!

Got a place local to me in Nottingham that does this and its amaziing to watch!! the main guy that does it has 22 years experiance in wrapping and it shows, lovely work being sent out his workshop!!

I work for a company in the printing industry and we had a sister company that supplies vyinal Etc, had a go at it a couple of times and its not easy trust me!!!!

James_RScos

http://www.blueprintnottingham.com/

maybe interesting!!

Fudgey

iTrader: (4)

silver cop cars, even with livery are much harder to spot that white

dojj

iTrader: (3)

is this what they shitty mini's with foxtons have on them then?

bassboy

Tiff, if your serious about getting this done...drop me a PM as I may be able to help you out as a company I know do LOADS of wrapping!

bassboy

Frenchy0204

Why talk with so many exclamation marks!!!!!!!!!!! Sounds like you've had one too many coffees while typing that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! As you can see it's pretty fucking annoying!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!

STAFFY OWNER

How hard wearing is the wrap? Does it start to peel up at the edges after a while? Didn't they do a VW Transporter with a blue bubble patterned film?

focus kev

a good wrap your looking at £1800 mine took 3 days to do !

furry

heres a range that a mate of mines just wrapped

Fudgey

iTrader: (4)

as long as ford dont do it ie the new focus rs500 in matt black, its should be ok lol

imnoteasy

tiff, i do it for a living and live in solihull,

when i wrapped my mates ferrari at wheel mania, he was told he had to tell his insurance and dvla, and that came from a traffic copper

also wrap a lot of minis for sytner and they tell people to inform insurance campany as it is a colour change, all beit temporary

vaughant

iTrader: (1)

Anywhere in south Wales doing this?looks amazing!!!

Sticky.

iTrader: (4)

That F Car look superb.

STAFFY OWNER

That looks well cool mate. Can you give us a few example prices of what you would charge for different cars. How easy is it to remove if you get bored with it ? Is it literally just a matter of peeling it of without requiring any special techniques. How long does it last in day to day use?

mrjenrst

imnoteasy

that ferrari was £1400, its got carbon fibre wrapped wing mirrors and stripes, plus detailing parts.

its just a big sticker at the end of the day, but aslong as your careful washing it, then will be fine,

you can polish it, etc, and nowadays the vinyls closer to paint finish.

a mini i did a few weeks ago

before


after

furqall

how do you get away with cutting on the car?(or dont you) and do you have to remove bits of trim? badges etc?

imnoteasy

never cut on the car if you can help it,
but if you have to, theres a special tape that you use, that you put down first to cut the vinyl on, then peel it off.

cut vinyl, but not the paint.

strip car back as much as possible

furqall

ahh cool i used to tint cars but wrapping looks much harder!!!

Fudgey

iTrader: (4)

the only thing with wrapping is the door shuts etc will still be the original colour, but as long as you keep the closings err, closed it will be ok lol