📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!

Vinyl car wrap - worth doing?

245

Comments

  • andygb
    andygb Posts: 14,654 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    jobdone1 wrote: »
    I wonder if insurance company's see it as a mod, Might be something worth checking. Better being insured than not.

    Insurance companies probably see putting a coke in a tea/coffe holder as a modification, they don't need any excuses:(
    If they see this as a modfication, then it could be argued that using a non manufacturer specified polish on paintwork is a modification.
  • OddballJamie
    OddballJamie Posts: 2,660 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Pretty sure coating bits of your car in carbon fibre wrap would be counted as a modification, would imagine it could make it more appealing to car thieves (joy riders) too.
  • kwmlondon
    kwmlondon Posts: 1,734 Forumite
    Yeah, go on, do it!
  • Gloomendoom
    Gloomendoom Posts: 16,551 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Painting your car a different colour is regarded as a mod by some insurance companies so I suspect a wrap would be too.
  • m33r4
    m33r4 Posts: 502 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    Gloomendoom wrote: »
    A member of another forum I also belong to wraps cars for a living. Apparently, he is quite good at it...
    He damn well is brilliant at it! That is awesome! :T
  • m33r4
    m33r4 Posts: 502 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    julie2710 wrote: »
    I had a Smart convertible a while back which I had wrapped. It was originally dark blue metallic and I had it wrapped cream and pink with logos on....

    Julie - did your insurance go up?
  • Strider590
    Strider590 Posts: 11,874 Forumite
    m33r4 wrote: »
    PS: I have seen pics of an R8 wrapped in chrome vinyl and that looked amazing:T
    I saw in person a 911 cabriolet in chrome and it looked terrible, truly awful.
    It completely ruined the car.
    “I may not agree with you, but I will defend to the death your right to make an a** of yourself.”

    <><><><><><><><><<><><><><><><><><><><><><> Don't forget to like and subscribe \/ \/ \/
  • TrickyWicky
    TrickyWicky Posts: 4,025 Forumite
    Actually I'm quite pleased this thread came up. I have a car thats not worth much but I wanted to transform it into a nice shiny jet black. To get it done in the paint shop would be around £2k. Never thought of a wrap!

    Nice one op!
  • bob_a_builder
    bob_a_builder Posts: 2,358 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    edited 2 June 2013 at 10:22PM
    I would have thought the newer 'sprayable' version would take over from the 'wrap' method
    Almost DIY and minimul masking reqd

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=todnqvHXVR0

    https://www.dipyourcar.com/pages.php?pageid=48

    FAQs
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvkq-qyY9aY
  • dacouch
    dacouch Posts: 21,636 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Strider590 wrote: »
    I saw in person a 911 cabriolet in chrome and it looked terrible, truly awful.
    It completely ruined the car.

    I agree, I saw an R8 on Park Lane, it ruined a nice looking car, the number plate must have been worth a few quid though...SH31KHS
This discussion has been closed.
★ ★ ★ Meet your Ambassadors

🚀 Getting Started

Hi new member!

Our Getting Started Guide will help you get the most out of the Forum

Categories

  • All Categories
  • 351.2K Banking & Borrowing
  • 253.2K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
  • 453.7K Spending & Discounts
  • 244.2K Work, Benefits & Business
  • 599.3K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
  • 177.1K Life & Family
  • 257.7K Travel & Transport
  • 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
  • 16.2K Discuss & Feedback
  • 37.6K Read-Only Boards

Is this how you want to be seen?

We see you are using a default avatar. It takes only a few seconds to pick a picture.
Update Your Picture