I've been toying with the idea in my head over the last few days.

Has anyone done this? What's the pro's and cons?

I was thinking of changing the car colour also to Lambo White from it's current blue/black mica. I assume you need to inform insurance and DVLA?

Any input welcome.

Cheers
Steve

 

you wont get a great finish going a glossy lambo white. best vinyls are matte. I dont see the need to contact dvla as it is technically just a sticker suppose it couldnt hurt. Insurance wise defo advise of change....any excuse for them not to pay out.

 

You can get great metallic vinyl. My mate done a new Mini in a Pinky colour the other day. You have to tell the DVLA if your changing the colour of the car because if ANPR pick up your car and shows it as black and it's white you are commiting an offence. The vinyl ive got on my car has a 5 year guarantee on it and is a lot cheaper than spraying. Also it is hard wearing and doesnt chip as easy as paint.

 

agreed.

What about a carbon wrap? badass doesnt even come close to describing seeing this in the flesh. THere a mk5 golf near me thats wrapped in 3m carbon and it looks the business

 

A friend of mine does it himself and recently done his S4..

Just the roof...



Bit more..



After..



Finish depends on wrap you use... he also done his previous car in carbon..

from.



to..





He also done something a little different for his 'Le Mans' graphics..



Personally, I'm not fan of sticking sellotape over well finished paint. He did carbon wrap my bootlid when I removed a nasty V6 replica spoiler to cover the mess left behind but this is now off for a proper V4 now it's being painted.

 

I have been looking at this for abit but just cant pull myself to do it, if sum1 has a pic of a bug i wapped matt black can u post a pic

 

You dont need to tell the dvla as its not a colour change, but insurance company must know as its a mod

 

anyone had any quotes for this i had a quote of £1050 plus £250 for shuts and that on my classic in matt black expensive i thought as could get it painted for this

 

Common misconception I'm afraid.

When I had a vinyl wrap done on my car this is what every man and his dog told me but I wasn't convinced so I contacted the DVLA directly. Getting a straight answer out of the DVLA is not an easy task, I got a number of standard responses but eventually, after being passed from pillar to post, I got this reply....

I appreciate that the vehicle has not been painted and the vinyl wrap may be removed. However, the wrap has altered the primary colour of the vehicle and is therefore, considered as a colour change.

By law, where any alteration is made to a vehicle which makes any of the details contained on the vehicle registration certificate (V5C) incorrect, the registered is required to provide notification of that change. Furthermore, recording the correct colour(s) aids identification, which is particularly relevant in instances where a vehicle may have been stolen.

Therefore, you will need to complete section seven of your V5C, sign and date the declaration box and return this to DVLA. A new V5C will then be issued to you.

When the vinyl wrap is removed, you must notify this change again following the above procedures.

Regards

G Parslow
Customer Enquiries Group
DVLA

My Scoob's V5C now has the colour recorded as MULTI-COLOURED.

 

Puff the Magic Wagon has had a full wrap. Not a colour I would go for, but its different

 

quite fancy this kind of idea to but think i would miss the washing and polishing bit though, but i have a few chips and scratches and a panel thats been keyed, so its paint or wrap time soonish, not sure of anywhere in glasgow that does it though

 

i almost took the plunge a few weeks back, changing my WR blue to white.

But i couldnt live with the fact the door shuts etc etc would be a different colour.

Although someone mentioned above they got offered to have the shuts done at extra cost, which i didnt know was an option.

Price wise, i got 2 or 3 quotes and they were all around 15-1700 quids.

Main reason i wanted a wrap is due to my car's bodywork being fairly scratched etc. But i think i am going to invest that money in a decent bodyshop for repair and paint work.

 

so who does this,
im looking at getting my race car wrapped as its lighter than paint youd be surprised how much weight a paint job adds to a car we have seen as much as 30 lbs to a full size american car

 

I've had my roof and boot done in Matt black. Will get some pics up the weekend when it comes back from being repaired.

I was quoted between £500-£900 depending on the finish of the vinyl for a full wrap. The guy i use does a full BMW Mini colour change for £400.

 

the S4 is looking good mate

 

I a thinking about getting my roof done in carbon vinyl, should look nice against the White. Any idea how much it cost?

 

Quickest way to ruin your car imho.

 

where can you get a roll of vinyl wrap from?
enough to do a whole car?

 

sometimes may be able to get a respray cheap enough. just need to look

 

HT04 - I'll drop you a PM.

If anybody else is interested let me know and can pass on the details.

 

nearly a full wrap.....











jon

 

What i want to know is when you do a vinal wrap say the boot, how do you do the edges ?
Is is wrapped around around the corner or cut of flush on the edge ?

 

LOL i have to say thats some flippin good work for a sticker.

never knew you could do that.

 

I'm considering getting my hawkeye wrapped in white, or matt black:

 

im in the process of doing it this week. done 3 panels so far.
on a classic wrx in mica black to matt white which is different to all the others!

 

matt white, i like the sound of that, cant wait to see pics

 

AFAIK El Hadj Diouf had his SLR wrapped in chrome! Could be interesting on a sunny day.
Quite like the matte look, not 100% on the carbon though, real carbon looks