Vinyl car wrap vs Dip NY/NJ
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Vinyl car wrap vs Dip NY/NJ
Has anyone vinyl wrapped their C yet? I'm contemplating on a full matte white vinyl wrap on my future w205 versus spray plastidip. In you have how much did your shop charge you? Also I'm wondering about the durability of the wrap and how easy is it to take off? I've dipped my wheels on multiple cars before, but I've never thought about doing it on the body of the car
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Great picture of a car that was wrapped in yellow on this site. Nice job done. Would do vinyl rather than dip. Wheels are one thing. Body parts are another. Vinyl is reversible. Dipping is not.
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The only real differences I was thinking about was price, durability, and ease of removal...id probably speculate that vinyl is probably more expensive because it's more labor intensive but then again, it wouldn't be out of the question for a shop to price gouge on the dip pricing
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Yeah, vinyl if anything, or better yet buy the car in the color you want. Plastidip was never intended as a resilient automotive finish. It was originally designed to allow you to add a rubberized coating to the handles of tools and stuff, which you dipped into the can and when it cured formed a nice grip.
Wrapping can screw up a finish if the installer makes his trim cuts on the car. You'll get tons of little nicks everywhere in the clearcoat that are visible when the wrap comes off. But of those two I'd wrap vs Plastidip.
Wrapping can screw up a finish if the installer makes his trim cuts on the car. You'll get tons of little nicks everywhere in the clearcoat that are visible when the wrap comes off. But of those two I'd wrap vs Plastidip.
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I did a black satin full wrap. The brand use was Avery and came with a 12 year warranty. I had it on for about 4 months before very small parts of it starting to come up around sharp contours on the front and the vents behind the back tires. Drove me nuts, I had sections replaced with 3M and it didn't last as long as the Avery. Pulled it off about six weeks ago to perfect paint that just needed a sealer applied. I can say the Avery came off easy in full sections (70deg weather) where the 3m came off in pieces. The wheel's were dipped and I pulled that off this weekend because they got nicked up after I put new shoes on (g-force). 
I also played around with wrapping the hood in carbon but didn't like it. The wrap and dip are both very good protector. My car was never parked in the weather as it goes from one garage to another. The vinyl is very easy to maintain, keep clean and scratches are self healing. Dip stains more easy but not a bad choice if careful.
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I also played around with wrapping the hood in carbon but didn't like it. The wrap and dip are both very good protector. My car was never parked in the weather as it goes from one garage to another. The vinyl is very easy to maintain, keep clean and scratches are self healing. Dip stains more easy but not a bad choice if careful.
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Yeah, vinyl if anything, or better yet buy the car in the color you want. Plastidip was never intended as a resilient automotive finish. It was originally designed to allow you to add a rubberized coating to the handles of tools and stuff, which you dipped into the can and when it cured formed a nice grip.
Wrapping can screw up a finish if the installer makes his trim cuts on the car. You'll get tons of little nicks everywhere in the clearcoat that are visible when the wrap comes off. But of those two I'd wrap vs Plastidip.
Wrapping can screw up a finish if the installer makes his trim cuts on the car. You'll get tons of little nicks everywhere in the clearcoat that are visible when the wrap comes off. But of those two I'd wrap vs Plastidip.
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I did a black satin full wrap. The brand use was Avery and came with a 12 year warranty. I had it on for about 4 months before very small parts of it starting to come up around sharp contours on the front and the vents behind the back tires. Drove me nuts, I had sections replaced with 3M and it didn't last as long as the Avery. Pulled it off about six weeks ago to perfect paint that just needed a sealer applied. I can say the Avery came off easy in full sections (70deg weather) where the 3m came off in pieces. The wheel's were dipped and I pulled that off this weekend because they got nicked up after I put new shoes on (g-force). Attachment 328218Attachment 328220Attachment 328219
I also played around with wrapping the hood in carbon but didn't like it. The wrap and dip are both very good protector. My car was never parked in the weather as it goes from one garage to another. The vinyl is very easy to maintain, keep clean and scratches are self healing. Dip stains more easy but not a bad choice if careful.
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My 2cents
I also played around with wrapping the hood in carbon but didn't like it. The wrap and dip are both very good protector. My car was never parked in the weather as it goes from one garage to another. The vinyl is very easy to maintain, keep clean and scratches are self healing. Dip stains more easy but not a bad choice if careful.
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Has anyone vinyl wrapped their C yet? I'm contemplating on a full matte white vinyl wrap on my future w205 versus spray plastidip. In you have how much did your shop charge you? Also I'm wondering about the durability of the wrap and how easy is it to take off? I've dipped my wheels on multiple cars before, but I've never thought about doing it on the body of the car
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Originally Posted by huyuci
I'm not a pro by any mean, but I hate to tell you that whoever gave you a 12-year warranty on vinyl is full of crap. If you go to 3M or any vinyl manufacturer website, you'll see that the warranty is only 3-4 years. Once in a while, 5 years. And that's if the car is well kept. If it's baked under the sun everyday, its life would be shorter.
