Update for whoever cares. My installer said I only breached the PPF and not the vinyl. He was awesome enough to replace it for free.
Hopefully this thread saves someone with a wrap to always use the FAN attachment, NOT the needle one like I used.
...black in the back, and a bold stripe in between — a great example of what’s possible with multi-color PPF. The other was a fully custom vinylwrap designed for a storm chasing company in Colorado. This one was digitally printed from scratch based on the client’s concept and is being shipped...
...they have ever seen in their life...and in particluar, the way I "painted it." To which I explain to them how it's a custom print on a vinylwrap, and it goes on from there...
Demand for these will pick up eventually...when the stars align...economy, etc...
I wonder how conversations went...
Owners need to remember that a vinylwrap is a thin decal. It's eventually going to suffer stone pits, tears, peeling around edges, etc.
If I were to consider a wrap I would choose PPF over vinyl as its way more durable over the long run.
I also had them put clear PPF on the headlights, cyberlight thing, etc. in the front. Just yesterday i got too close to the headlight with my pressure washer trying to get some bug guts off it and it ripped a hole in it. It looks pretty stretchy and I was going to check on it again today. I...
OK, what exactly is the counter argument here? I actually don't know that much about this stuff. This was the first time I ever had a vehicle wrapped.
I was told it was a really high-end, quality material that comes with like a 10-year (or maybe 7-year) warranty. I also got a 5-year rated...
I was so inspired by the cybers squire vinylwrap that used the Ford Country Squire wagon as a pattern. I went for the Ford look also. The 1955 Ford Ranchero had a great look. I used the pattern on my CT which I call the Ranchesla. Added running board-nerf bars. Window tint and wrap by...
I hear you but here is a counter argument - many people don't want a vinylwrap because they don't last long. You can't do graphics on a PPF wrap, and double wrapping (vinyl + PPF on top) is too expensive.
...is hands-down the best one we have wrapped in over a year."
This is a true story. I kid you not.
Colors are for old-school paint jobs. VinylWraps are for anything you can dream up.
P.S.- Also, my area of the world is no longer littered with plain S.S. "refrigerator" Cybertrucks, but...
I went with a vinylwrap. The prep is not that extensive it just takes a little time. I washed my truck twice with dawn dish detergent. decontaminated the surface with a circular buffing pad on a drill with dawn dish detergent again, let dry, wiped down the surface and inside edges with alcohol
Looks good. did you go ppf or vinyl? I think i'd pay the mats +1500 for someone to install it, teswraps has a place near by, but they want 3k for install, and while that's cheaper than the local tampa shops, i think its too rich for my blood, unless the prep is super indepth like the shops say...
...was around 60 mph the noise was very loud
No metal or mirror damage (folded mirror in) but left some interesting vulture marks in the vinylwrap. Month before I avoided a monster dead alligator at about four am in the fog. A deer could be devastating since the animals weight is about bumper...
...to pay the firm outside the plaintiffs settlement. Just waiting on the date where I drop it back off at the dealership.
Still deciding if I want to VinylWrap and save $ or go with PPF. Part of me wants some idiot to try to vandalize it so I can use a tazer or my HK45c as a deterrent lol.
I actually wouldn't mind a little bit of a gap - would be easier to wrap the edges. My PPF wrap doesn't have the contrail edges wrapped because you can't get in there. Vinyl may be doable as it's thinner. Standing proud of adjacent panels? Yeah that looks awful and unacceptable.