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It’s no secret I want a paint job but I can’t seem to find the person to do it. I think a vinyl wrap would work well since my car is mostly garage kept. If I did a vinyl wrap I would want something cool, something that really makes the car pop.


Anyone ever look into this? Any suggestions? Thoughts?


Coop

Other than having Beth's tri bike wrapped I have zero experience with it haha. Slightly different size job!

The sky is the limit really but picking is hard. Like I like the color change but not on my car. And I love satin but it’s played out.


Coop

The one thing I know for sure with Vinyl wrap, is the surface underneath needs to be nearly perfect, or it will show in the vinyl wrap.

Steve Pod has some vinyl wrap experience. Not sure if he knows on full cars though.

A full vinyl wrap can cost as much or more than a paint job.

[quote=""stealthee""]A good full vinyl wrap can cost as much or more than a bad paint job.[/quote]

Fixt

No, not fixed. You don't have to spend $15k on a paint job for it to be good. You're looking at easily $3,500 for a basic vinyl wrap. If I paid someone to paint my car, rather than doing it myself I'd be into it for less than that.

I prefer dip over wrap. A good dip job is almost indistinguishable from paint, I can always tell if something is wrapped, it never has that glass look.

[quote=""stealthee""]No, not fixed. You don't have to spend $15k on a paint job for it to be good. You're looking at easily $3,500 for a basic vinyl wrap. If I paid someone to paint my car, rather than doing it myself I'd be into it for less than that.[/quote]

You're not going to be getting anything other than a Macco paint job for $3500 lol

[quote=""stealthee""]No, not fixed. You don't have to spend $15k on a paint job for it to be good. You're looking at easily $3,500 for a basic vinyl wrap. If I paid someone to paint my car, rather than doing it myself I'd be into it for less than that.[/quote]

3,500 is way more than a basic wrap and I can’t find a decent paint job for even 5k.


Coop

Watch some videos on it. It's a real skill. I drove myself nuts just trying to get the fender stripes on my car. I want to re-do my roof because it's peeling at the front edge, but I don't think I can get it right.

If you want it done right, it won't be cheap.

[quote=""Chris GTO TT""]You're not going to be getting anything other than a Macco paint job for $3500 lol[/quote]

You'd be wrong.

[quote=""Jeff V.""]Watch some videos on it. It's a real skill. I drove myself nuts just trying to get the fender stripes on my car. I want to re-do my roof because it's peeling at the front edge, but I don't think I can get it right.

If you want it done right, it won't be cheap.[/quote]

I would pay a company to do it. I figure it’s gonna last the car 10 or so years.


Coop

[quote=""stealthee""]You'd be wrong.[/quote]

He’s not wrong. Macco seems to be a little cheaper than 3500 but not much.

Besides it doesn’t matter, I don’t want a shit paint job. I don’t care to pay, but paint jobs are just outrageous right now.


Coop

[quote=""Chris GTO TT""]You're not going to be getting anything other than a Macco paint job for $3500 lol[/quote]

I had a Macco job on my first car. My dad and I did the prep work and it was $600. This was back in 2002 though. Though it looks like on Maccos website they are offering a basic paint job for $599 right now :d ontknow:

Also had my stealth repainted after it was keyed in 2007 if I remember right. It was a decent job and it was $3800.

However a good paint job is going to cost $5k min. I think J-groove had his VR4 painted for cheaper, but it took a while and was a side job.

It’s like my dad always told me, good, fast, and cheap you can pick any 2 of those. .

I tried painting my hood. I don’t need to do any prep work. I failed hard core at that. Had to have someone else paint it again.

I would love a paint job but it will be more than 5k since I can’t do prep and I want a decent paint.


Vinyl seems to be a decent choice.


Coop

I have a bunch of vinyl for the forester, not quite enough to do the whole thing, but close. I think i have 35ft. Whenever i get to that, ill let you know how much of a pain in the dick it is lol

[quote=""tabasco122""]I have a bunch of vinyl for the forester, not quite enough to do the whole thing, but close. I think i have 35ft. Whenever i get to that, ill let you know how much of a pain in the dick it is lol[/quote]

I’ve watched enough YouTube that even some of them have problems. I will take it somewhere.


Coop

[quote=""DCIV""]I tried painting my hood. I don’t need to do any prep work. I failed hard core at that. Had to have someone else paint it again.

I would love a paint job but it will be more than 5k since I can’t do prep and I want a decent paint.


Vinyl seems to be a decent choice.


Coop[/quote]

From what I've seen and read, your paint/body work has to be relatively nice underneath (no rock chips/scratches etc.), or the vinyl wrap is going to look bad.