I want a new paint job on the hood of my NA miata, but I want to preserve the current paint it has on (weird I know)

Would I be able to wrap the hood, and then give it the old rattle can treatment on top of the wrap?

If this would work, would this be at all possible for me to do at home with no car wrapping experience? I'm trying to spend as little money as possible. Any info is appreciated, thanks!

Sorry for my crappy photo. The orange line is for reference, I am attempting to wrap that piece gloss black, with the two upper marks near the hood being where I'd cut the black and have it end. I am struggling. I attempted to multi piece it using seams with knifeless, but due to the pretty considerable angling and curvature of this piece, I am struggling to get the vinyl to really conform exactly how I want. The way the piece angles, you cannot lay the vinyl and have it follow in that same direction- it eventually trails off and leaves a gap (I hope that makes sense). My plan was to have one large seam basically where the orange line is (on the body line), and then as I went I had segmented the inner/upper seamed piece into 3 pieces to get it to conform. But it didn't feel right to me. I am using 3m 2080. Really just hoping for any tips anybody could give, I'd really like to get this piece wrapped, and am not sure why I am struggling so much. Also if it helps, I am fairly new to using 3m. Any help would be extremely appreciated.

Hi so I own a window tinting business and wanna get a plotter to speed up my process. I wanna know what’s an affordable beginner plotter to get (I usually use 36’ rolls), what’s a budget software and how to learn to actually operate the plotter. Btw I live in Canada. Thanks

Jet Black tint in the Bay Area did my car wrap for around 4k, they also threw in free all around tints and a free car detail 💕 isn’t she beautiful 😍

Im wondering how long I should estimate a wrap would take on my Tacoma truck? I have lots of experience with laying vinyl but not on large surfaces. I’m also working alone. Thanks! (I don’t plan to take off the bed)

I need some help. My cars paint is originally silver. I’m thinking to wrap it half satin black and half 3M satin key west. In the UK we have to tell the DVLA that we have changed the colour of the car if it’s more than 50% changed. So what colour should I tell DVLA my car is black or blue?

So got this roll of satin black Autoteck and so far is not bad but after working with teckwrap, I feel the air release on this film is quite bad, I can't glass out panels because the air bubbles get so bad and I can't just cut them, I have to lift and squeegee as I go. Is it something with the paint or the film or something that I'm doing wrong? Any tips?

I’ve had my car wrapped for a year. The brand is Avery

Hello! I recently fell in love with the Frozen White paint on older BMW’s (e92 as an example) and I can’t seem to find a similar wrap to it. It’s not a matte but not a satin, not pearlescent but not simple white, it’s a very interesting paint but I can’t find any similar wraps. Does anyone of you know if there exists such a wrap? If so, how is it called? Would you wrap your car in such a color? Thank you in advance.

I’m looking to install some 8 mil PPF (wet application) to a 2’ x 4’ panel for a van. The panel is fairly flat with a slight bow. I’ve never done this before but have applied contact paper for cabinetry using a squeegee . Is this a fairly straightforward job?

I have a commercial customer with a fleet. They have changed their office location and are needing to remove the address overlays. They are struggling to remove them without delaminating the base vinyl. Any advice?

Overlays are Oracal 751 and base vinyl is 3m ij175 with Arlon 3220 laminate.

I'm buying a new Porsche in the Bay Area, car will arrive in late July. I live in Alaska and would like to get the car wrapped before it is shipped on to me. Why? Standard Porsche doesn't have a lot of options if you don't want black, white or silver. Especially silver. I'm looking for gold or burgundy/maroon. and I am looking for a finish that looks like factory paint, not a gimmick. I asked around a bit and got the name of an installer there. Got a text message today and they are suggesting Rose Silver Metallic Ultrafit Colored PPF. I know zip about wraps. I know most folks recommend 3M or Avery but - does anyone know about Ultrafit and why or why not to use it. If not, do you have rec for a different material? Bear in mind, once this car comes here, it ain't going back to the installer. There are, no doubt, people who can do some sort of adjustments or repairs but I would rather not get into that. If it matters, my cars sit in a heated garage all the time but I'm not a fanatic, I won't be waxing and buffing this thing every weekend. I drive my cars.

Thoughts?

Hood has been wrapped for 3 years and was ceramic coated at the time. I think the coating lasted for about 18 months and has been unprotected since then. The car was parked outside 24/7 for about the 1st year and since then has been out of the sun in covered parking about 90% of the time.

This is the 2nd wrap I've had and I don't see any visual evidence that the wrap is going bad like I did with the first one (started to fade/peel), but I've also heard that leaving a wrap on for too long can end up causing issues with the paint underneath when removing it down the road.

Any advice is appreciated

I bought Avery Dennison SW900 Satin Dark to cover the chrome trim in the truck. Primarily that center console trim, but we'll see how much I have left over.

I have a heat gun, micro squeegees, and 3M adhesive sticks

I'm in the midst of absorbing as many videos as I can, but figured y'all would probably have some insight as well

Looking to get my 22ft v-nose trailer wrapped. My wife suggested going to Fiverr to have it designed and thought on that?

So I’m planning to wrap the roof of my e90 black.

I have no experience in wrapping/tinting or anything alike, so I’m looking for relatively cheap recommendations, so it doesn’t have to be the best quality.

Does anyone have any budget friendly recommendations for a decent glossy black vinyl wrap?

Cheers.