Vehicle wrapping

Anyone seen it before ?? Just watched a clip from "How do they do that" wrapping a Lotus in a Union Jack made from sticky back plastic , absolutely awesome

just found the vid on you tube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yms14nBksZI

Im having me roof done on my car in next few months

That looks unreal Dave.

If I did it it would be covered in bubbles haha

I have seen this before somewhere, cannot remember where though

MatLogan wrote:That looks unreal Dave.

If I did it it would be covered in bubbles haha

On the machines I used to install before this job , one of the last things to do was to put a 4ft long machine name logo and the company logo on the front as it all arrives in bits and I used to just break into a sweat thinking about it . Some skill involved in theat car though

Dave wrote:On the machines I used to install before this job , one of the last things to do was to put a 4ft long machine name logo and the company logo on the front as it all arrives in bits and I used to just break into a sweat thinking about it . Some skill involved in theat car though

I'd have totally made a mess of it tbh. I've tried putting decals on bike panels before and it's a nightmare!

Kathy wrote:I have seen this before somewhere, cannot remember where though

Apparently this is how they put the advertising on taxis etc , its quiter popular in Germany with the mega expensive cara as the owner can get them wrapped in a new colour for a few thousand and in a couple of years when they want to sell it they just peel it off and perfect paintwork underneath

I'm not a big car person, but I'll admit that's amazing!

Eleanor wrote:I'm not a big car person, but I'll admit that's amazing!

More about the skill involved in this than the car , didn't watch all the you tube vid as I just watched it on TV but thery even printed out the plastic in the same factory on a big inkjet printer from concept to reality

A boy I know got his car wrapped from white to Arden blue! Costs about £900 on average to wrap a car! Infinity Wraps is the main one up my way who do it, google them and look at some of the cars they've done

There's also another thing people do to there cars, called 'Plastidip' it's a plastic spray stuff! Quite a few videos on YouTube about it!

StuW wrote:There's also another thing people do to there cars, called 'Plastidip' it's a plastic spray stuff! Quite a few videos on YouTube about it!

Not heard of that one either , have to go off and have a look

It's awesome looking stuff lol! Need to do about 5 coats, and it just peels off! It's mad how it works haha

StuW wrote:A boy I know got his car wrapped from white to Arden blue! Costs about £900 on average to wrap a car! Infinity Wraps is the main one up my way who do it, google them and look at some of the cars they've done

Looks great , I saw one of them 4 door porsche thing outside a hotel in Germany that had been wrapped in Matt Black and it looked really good , it was only when my German colleague told me that I found out it wasn't paint

Dave wrote:

StuW wrote:A boy I know got his car wrapped from white to Arden blue! Costs about £900 on average to wrap a car! Infinity Wraps is the main one up my way who do it, google them and look at some of the cars they've done

Looks great , I saw one of them 4 door porsche thing outside a hotel in Germany that had been wrapped in Matt Black and it looked really good , it was only when my German colleague told me that I found out it wasn't paint

Porsche Panamera lovely looking cars! The good thing with a wrap aswell is it helps protect the paintwork, so come 3-5 years or whatever when you want to sell, you can peel off the wrap and have brand new showroom condition paintwork!

StuW wrote: Porsche Panamera lovely looking cars! The good thing with a wrap aswell is it helps protect the paintwork, so come 3-5 years or whatever when you want to sell, you can peel off the wrap and have brand new showroom condition paintwork!

Yep that's the one , this is how the German guy explained it too as I'd never heard of it before

Folks doing that here and also using Plasti Dip. It is pretty neat idea like the clear bra and paint protectors.