skagen6675
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She's getting her new look. Love being a graphic artist, cuz I get hooked up.
It's a Wrap!
- Thread starter skagen6675
- Start date
Awesome, nice color
- Location
- Vancouver, BC
- Car
- 2008 FX35
Nice. Good to see they are doing it right, pulling it apart and wrapping panel by panel.
Make sure to post pics of the finish product, that colour looks great.
Make sure to post pics of the finish product, that colour looks great.
Sweet. Looking forward to the finished product.
PEEJ
Weeeeeeee!!!
Wrap, not plastidip, guys. This is how you do it. Looks awesome!
Americanguy
Member
Man is that cool!!! I'm actually thinking of doing mine too . I called a company to get a quote and they wouldn't give me one over the phone. So I hope this isn't to personal asking how much it cost??
skagen6675
Member
The material at cost is about $640. I'm not really paying for labor, but thats where its gonna cost you.
PEEJ
Weeeeeeee!!!
You could probably do it yourself Jonathan. Vinyl is really cheap and you could buy a ton of it just to practice until you have it down. Tons of tutorials and videos out there on how to do it.
- Location
- Atlanta, GA
- Car
- 2007 FX35
Labor is highly dependent on your location. If you're someplace you have lots of vinyl shops, labor will be decent. But if only one shop in town will do it, it's going to cost. Here in Atlanta, it ranges between $1500 and $3000 in labor for a car the size of the FX. The $1500 was a quote from a shop that has wrapped my other car so it may be slightly discounted. But if a shop came in much below $2K including materials, I'd stay away unless they were trying to get some advertising out of it. It's close to 50 man hours of labor.
You can do it yourself and the FX is probably one of the easier cars to work on since there aren't too many complex curves. But even though vinyl is relatively cheap, it still works out to ~$2 per square foot. So every time you mess up a panel, it will cost a decent amount. Mess up a door and you lost $30-40 in vinyl. Mess up your roof or hood and you're out $60-70 in material. It's not like wrapping your interior pieces where if you mess up there's no real loss since the amount of material is so small. I think the bumpers are going to be the trickiest part and if you mess one up, it's a lot of material.
I'd maybe try wrapping your roof first to get a feel for it. If you feel confident after that, give it a shot.
You can do it yourself and the FX is probably one of the easier cars to work on since there aren't too many complex curves. But even though vinyl is relatively cheap, it still works out to ~$2 per square foot. So every time you mess up a panel, it will cost a decent amount. Mess up a door and you lost $30-40 in vinyl. Mess up your roof or hood and you're out $60-70 in material. It's not like wrapping your interior pieces where if you mess up there's no real loss since the amount of material is so small. I think the bumpers are going to be the trickiest part and if you mess one up, it's a lot of material.
I'd maybe try wrapping your roof first to get a feel for it. If you feel confident after that, give it a shot.
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Americanguy
Member
Thanks a lot, guys. I wasn't sure if I wanted to do it myself, but I might try to read up on it and maybe try to do it sometime....
skagen6675
Member
I did my hood myself, it takes practice. It also takes some good prep work. The right way of doing it is taking things apart like lights, molding, ect.
What kind of Vinyl did you use?
skagen6675
Member
3M Matte Dark Gray
Americanguy
Member
How long did it take to do the hood yourself??
skagen6675
Member
about 45 min. But now that I know how to do it better should only take about 20 min.
Americanguy
Member
I c, that's cool. Might try to see how it works for me....
vicdub85
Member
- Location
- Los Angeles
- Car
- 2013 FX37
How long is that expected to last?
skagen6675
Member
I'm sure it will last a few years. It all depends where you live. Our weather here in California is pretty much the same year round and I park it in the garage.
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- Location
- Vancouver, BC
- Car
- 2008 FX35
If you park in a covered area, and you drive around mostly in cali, where the weather is nice, the wrap will last a long time.
I have been hard as hell on my wrap, and when I clean it, still looks almost 100%, and that's after almost 2 years, and 2 canadian winters.
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^Seriously. I wasn't kidding, my car isn't a princess, she gets used. Only thing is I make sure to take good care of her, and she continues to clean up excellently...
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skagen6675
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Here she is all wrapped up.I'll take better pics soon.
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