Thoughts on wrapping?....

Vampyrebat

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Did you see the woman driving it???...........She actually suited it with her big Channel sun glasses!!
 

BigR

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I wrapped my Lambo pre-delivery i.e. no use at all. The reason was two-fold:

i) to avoid stone chips on the paintwork - its low, its going to get chipped
ii) I actually wanted a matt style finish. To buy this cost £10k and it came with the warning that if you ever needed to do anything to the bodywork, you'd have to respray the whole car to get the colour blend. So, I took "standard / free" paint and spent £5k on a high end wrap, which was a clear matt on standard grey metallic paint. I was forewarned also by the dealer that you've really got to have the front wrapped anyway regardless of colour - or budget for a respray at some point. I frankly couldn't have been more pleased with the result (much better than matt paint):

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As a result I've changed my views on wrapping. Plus, its your car, do what you want to it. That said, I chap I was talking to at a show recently had been to look at an Aventador (owned by someone from One Direction - I had to ask as I vaguely recognised the name). It had been wrapped, so they asked to peel a bit back and it wasn't pretty - apparently a bit of paint came away with it. I guess that's a case of being aware of who's wrapping your car and what they're using to wrap it in. Mine came with a 5 yr guarantee on it from Topaz, who are highly regarded.
 

Wack61

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That does look a good job , my worry with wraps is even if it comes off clean how careful have they been with the blades when they cut it
 

BigR

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That does look a good job , my worry with wraps is even if it comes off clean how careful have they been with the blades when they cut it
Yes, have seen some absolute botch jobs, and that's things that are visible after its completed! I haven't seen any markings to make me concerned at all, but that is why I went somewhat 'high end' and from Lambo Pangbourne who'd sent quite a lot of business to Topaz already. I have considered wrapping the front of the Mas (in clear film) but have done no more than think about it so far.
 

Doohickey

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Saw this at the weekend. Wrapped in matt black but with accent lines with are pretty much invisible in the daylight but which glow in the dark (or a camera flash as on this). He's gone for the Tron look! Not my taste but quite striking. Unfortunately, he's not had the underside of the boot wrapped so that's still white when he opens it.

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MrMickS

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Here's one from this evening.

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I think camo is a bit old hat to be honest.
 

GranturismoDreamer

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Yes, have seen some absolute botch jobs, and that's things that are visible after its completed! I haven't seen any markings to make me concerned at all, but that is why I went somewhat 'high end' and from Lambo Pangbourne who'd sent quite a lot of business to Topaz already. I have considered wrapping the front of the Mas (in clear film) but have done no more than think about it so far.

Thanks for your previous post, good to see some of the reasoning and thoughts behind the wrapping (and also a great looking result) if you do wrap the front of the Mas, i assume you'd use the same place, did you get as far as getting a quote ?
 

GranturismoDreamer

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Did you see the woman driving it???...........She actually suited it with her big Channel sun glasses!!

she would need to be stunning to draw your attention away from that car, my god that's shocking !!!


The Stephen Hawkins GTS wrap, for me is one of the clear benefits of wrapping, if you want something themed like that
 

BigR

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Thanks for your previous post, good to see some of the reasoning and thoughts behind the wrapping (and also a great looking result) if you do wrap the front of the Mas, i assume you'd use the same place, did you get as far as getting a quote ?

I probably would use them simply based on having a good result. I didn't get a quote, but I know the Lambo - which was a full wrap - was just shy of £5k... <gulp>