Anyone have a wrap on a car now?

[Luxrage]

I think the reason Slate isn't mentioning paintability much on their website is just because a lot of customers won't have that ability. Apartment dwellers lacking work space or tools. Small companies that plan to wrap with their company graphics all over the place. Paint would be a four letter word to them.

I agree with this, I'm on team paint. A friend has a paint booth for redoing hoods and pickup beds and I hope, if all the panels are removable, to have him give these parts a good paint-over.

I just hope the parts are truly 100% removable and none of them are bonded to the car's structure.

On the side of wraps the 35 year old 3M vinyl stickers on my Country Squire are still holding up on color but you can see behind the doors and gas flap how brittle the vinyl is becoming with age. The vinyl stickers on the surrounding trim molding top clear layer has shrunken over the years and has all but peeled off in most places.

Not that it has much relevance to these modern vinyl wraps...

 

[SadRobot]

If anyone is curious I got a current estimate from my wrap guy and it's $5500. If Slate can do it for less than that then it's a good deal.

 

[bartflossom]

I wonder if plasti-dip would work on the plastic panels. You can get some crazy colors and it's a lot cheaper than a wrap, although it doesn't last very long.

 

[Swinefuzz]

Folks, I'm seeing on here some of you posting quotes for wraps in the THOUSANDS. I'm not shocked about high prices, but I'm disappointed that anyone goes to the trouble to get quotes for wraps.

I'm not a seasoned pro at vinyl wraps, but I've done a few and I can assure you that they're not that hard. And the cars I did were curvy AF, which is harder to do than anything flat/straight. And the Slate Truck is almost entirely flat/straight and has plenty of reference points to aid in getting everything in proper alignment. Literally no carmakers do that. Slate seems to be doing everything to make this task as easy as possible.

I would highly encourage anyone thinking of getting their Slate wrapped to try doing it themselves, even if they've never done it. SA is saying they're going to provide instructional videos about this. In the meantime, there's this thing called YouTube that is butt-loaded with vinyl wrap instructional videos. Watch some and learn. You will gain the confidence to do it yourself.

YOU WILL SAVE THOUSANDS, not just by doing one install, but in the years ahead as you continue to save money doing your own work. Self-sufficiency is addictive.

 

[cvollers]

Folks, I'm seeing on here some of you posting quotes for wraps in the THOUSANDS. I'm not shocked about high prices, but I'm disappointed that anyone goes to the trouble to get quotes for wraps.

I'm not a seasoned pro at vinyl wraps, but I've done a few and I can assure you that they're not that hard. And the cars I did were curvy AF, which is harder to do than anything flat/straight. And the Slate Truck is almost entirely flat/straight and has plenty of reference points to aid in getting everything in proper alignment. Literally no carmakers do that. Slate seems to be doing everything to make this task as easy as possible.

I would highly encourage anyone thinking of getting their Slate wrapped to try doing it themselves, even if they've never done it. SA is saying they're going to provide instructional videos about this. In the meantime, there's this thing called YouTube that is butt-loaded with vinyl wrap instructional videos. Watch some and learn. You will gain the confidence to do it yourself.

YOU WILL SAVE THOUSANDS, not just by doing one install, but in the years ahead as you continue to save money doing your own work. Self-sufficiency is addictive.

I’m in.