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Vinyl car wrap - worth doing?

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  • andygb
    andygb Posts: 14,682 Forumite
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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.
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  • 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: 2,371 Forumite
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    edited 2 June 2013 at 9:22PM
    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
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    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
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