/r/CarWraps

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A subreddit for anything related to Vinyl Wraps, Vehicle Wrapping, Car Wraps, Car Graphics, Paint Protective Film, and more!

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CarWraps

Vehicle Wrapping, Car Wrapping or Vinyl/Vinyl Graphics is a growing commodity in Auto Design. Share with auto/car enthusiast alike; anything about Vehicle Wraps; trends, tips, application, teachings and resources!     


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1) No anti-social behaviour

r/carwraps is a friendly place where we hope to encourage discussion, learning and inspiration. We hope to be a community of like-minded individuals who can come together and discuss the wrap industry, without fear of persecution or discrimination.

No personal attacks, excessive bad language, downvoting based on opinion or general anti- social behaviour will be tolerated. (racism, sexism, homophobia etc.).

    

2) No excessive backlinking or SEO boosting

We hope to make r/carwraps a respected source of industry news and knowledge. It may be tempting to utilise this forum for backlinking or SEO boosting. While we encourage people to post their own work, discuss videos, techniques and so on, we do not want this place to become a home for spam and low quality content. As such, we ask that you do not try and use r/carwraps to post links to your, your suppliers or your affiliates websites. Links to external sites will be closely monitored.

    

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The world is bigger than r/carwraps. At times, world news, events, disasters and politics will no doubt affect us all. This forum is not a place for this type of discussion and will be deleted at the moderators discretion. Off-topic comments and general chat are ok if no other rules are broken.

    

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This is much more of a preferred format, rather than a rule. To prevent unnecessary posting, where possible, please include the project information in the post title.

Examples: Car make/model. Material/Brand Used. Specific colour name/texture used.

    

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Posting pictures of other peoples work is fine however please credit any work that does not belong to you. Watermarked or embedded company logos are fine. Direct links to portfolios are also acceptable though please refer to Rule 2: No excessive backlinking or SEO boosting.

Posts will be removed at the moderator's discretion.     


ABOUT VEHICLE WRAPPING

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Wrap wide enough for truck.

Most of the wraps I've seen are 5foot by what ever amount, my truck is far wider either way at the cab.

Is there a brand what makes wider sheets and are still quality and not cheap ebay stuff.

0 Comments
2025/02/03
02:38 UTC

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Heat🔥 or not❌?

3 Comments
2025/02/03
08:51 UTC

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Condensation under PPF?

I bought this 2016 mustang GT 2 days ago. I didn’t notice it having these marks, but my guess is there is moisture under a PPF layer (which I was also unaware of). Does this look like condensation underneath PPF, and if so can it be fixed without being removed completely?

3 Comments
2025/02/03
03:36 UTC

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Is it safe to use CARPRO Spotless on ceramic coated wrap to remove water spots ?

Is it safe to use

1 Comment
2025/02/03
02:53 UTC

3

What color / brand of wrap is this?

Absolutely love this color but can’t find an exact match. Thank you

10 Comments
2025/02/03
02:30 UTC

12

Prepping a primed car for wrap?

So my friend who got certified in auto body and paint offered to paint and prime my car if I did all the prep work, and after we got the primer on, I can tell he has no interest in painting it lol. So I just want to get it wrapped. The car got primered weeks ago but we never sanded it. Question is do I need to sand the primer before wrap or can you wrap right over it?

17 Comments
2025/02/02
16:19 UTC

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Average life span of wrap?

I want to either repaint or wrap my car but every time I think I have all the correct info, someone tells me something different. 

I know a good paint can last decades but, can also take longer and cost more. I’ve been told a wrap will only last a good 2 years, maybe not even that long on a daily. If anybody has wrap on their DAILY car, could they let me know what their experience has been? If it’s lasted, if there’s any reliable way to keep it durable, stuff like that? I know a lot of this information is online but I’m having a hard time finding genuine anecdotes and not just general information. Thanks.

10 Comments
2025/02/02
16:06 UTC

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Looking for a certain wrap

Hey guys, I’m wondering if any of you guys know where I can get an iridescent wrap orange to yellow? I’ve tried looking everywhere but I can’t find it at all and I think it would look amazing and unique on my a5

8 Comments
2025/02/02
15:38 UTC

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Would I be able to do this?

I have a white platinum accord and wanted to get it wrapped with satin black ppf. Would I be able to do this?

7 Comments
2025/02/02
14:56 UTC

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1999 Honda Civic beater

So looking at all the posts here its been made abundantly clear that the overall consensus for the quality of Alibaba / other Chinese vinyl wraps is not great to say the least.

With that out of the way some quick information on why I want to consider the Chinesium vinyl anyways.

The paint on my civic is alright at best on the vertical panels but the clear / paint on the hood roof and trunk are all absolutely destroyed. The panels themselves however are free of any major denting or huge scuffs making me think there's hope that wrapping it could freshen up its look.

With the current status of my car I have zero concerns of cheap vinyl not lasting long as I don't know how long the car is going to keep running, and I also have no concerns of it messing with the paint or in my case lack thereof underneath it.

In my scenario would it be worth considering the cheap stuff for my personal project to wrap myself and save the couple hundred bucks in order to have a better ( still not great ) looking personal car?

1 Comment
2025/02/02
14:35 UTC

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Custom Wrap From a Picture?

I have a 1960 Jeep FC170 that I am going to park out front of my shop for a sign and advertisement. I would like to put a Rat Fink subtle character in the driver’s seat. An alternate would be to put a wrap on the 3 windows. I would like to try to make it as believable as possible. My question to you guys is how can we do that? Just take a picture, have a designer create a Rat Fink on the image and then print it?

3 Comments
2025/02/02
01:56 UTC

3

Vinyl wrap orange reviews?

Gotta question for my people who wrap… how do you guys feel about orange peel? Does it bother you or you mainly go off the color of the wrap … I think I’m over thinking it but would love y’all experience with it .

15 Comments
2025/02/01
19:50 UTC

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Best way to smooth out chrome trims prior to wrapping?

Attempting to do a chrome delete on window trims for my A4 Allroad. The thing though is there are some imperfection on the Chrome trim, do I need to buff it out to smooth out the trim befor wrapping? If yes, what would be the best way? Wet sanding? And what grits?

Bought a 2"x25ft for the first two windows + small chrome on trunk door and 5ftx2ft for the cargo window. Hopefully they are enough. If all goes well, I will attempt to do the front grill.

1 Comment
2025/02/01
16:51 UTC

3

Just starting out

So just trying out. If I get a clear wrap from Amazon that's 12" x something. How does that work to wrap the side panel of a car? Do you take two of these to make the wrap bigger or taller? I'm not sure if I get this. Do is there a wrap that is a lot bigger? If I buy these 12" ones then I would have double up to make it 24" right? Am I getting this all wrong?

4 Comments
2025/02/01
16:00 UTC

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What is up with the dirt stains that keep dripping down from door handles/mirrors/badges?

I have a satin wrap on my car and every few days there will be what looks like dried dirt leaking down from the sides of the door handles/side mirrors/taillights and badges. I've tried to wash it off and it doesn't come off with soap/water. The only thing I could use was IGL Coating gluoff to wipe it off with a cloth. Trying to figure out what this stuff is and how to prevent it.

3 Comments
2025/02/01
08:08 UTC

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Question about my cars wrap finish

Hello! I’m getting my car wrapped in a few weeks and this is my design. I have the option of satin or super gloss laminate and have samples of each. However I’m torn on which one to get as they both look good! So I am wondering if there is a better option in terms of durability etc in everyone’s opinion. It’s my daily driver, and sits outside all the time (I’m in Scotland). If I was to get a dent or small scratch would it should up on one more than the other! Any advice I’d love to hear!

19 Comments
2025/02/01
07:28 UTC

5

Re Wrapping My Q.. BUT how do i get rid of the buffer scratches before ceramic coating my wrap?

6 Comments
2025/02/01
05:12 UTC

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Need help with poor service getting truck wrapped

Background-So I have recently turned 16 and gotten my license over a month ago, my grandfather gave me his 2007 Toyota tundra, 5.7 liter V8 with 90,000 miles on it, I was super excited for this to be my first truck especially since I was getting my license, he gave me this vehicle at thanksgiving and we noticed

A medium sized dent near the rear bumper, 2. Bad oxidation and clear coat peeling, 3. Dirty interior. This we (me and my father) figured could all be easily fixed, on December 9th we brought the truck to a shop that could detail the interior, fix the dent, and could wrap the car to make it look better (a paint job was out of our budget). The workers said it wouldn't take long at all. Brining is to the issue, in total of this costed about 8k+ but had taken 53 days and counting, I have gotten my license December 30th for record. In the meanwhile the workers did not start on anything until after January 5th which they started detailing it, contacting us telling us that the detailing and everything else would be done in a week, one week later and no update, we go to the shop, where they tell us it will take another week, they had not started on anything other than detailing. This exact process has occurred again and again till week after week. This Friday it was supposed to be completed, however there has been no update. I think this is completely outrageous, it seems to me as lazy service, should we be considering taking the truck back and only paying for the slight work they have done, because we are getting fed up. As previously stated it's taken 53 days plus for something that could be done in two weeks.

8 Comments
2025/02/01
04:34 UTC

7

Messed up bumper

What should I do about filling these messed up areas in? I have etching/sand able primer which I was thinking might work if I do two coats. Since whoever painted it didn’t use primer there not too much of a difference when rubbing your hand across it. Or do I need bondo?

12 Comments
2025/01/31
19:21 UTC

3

Chrome wrap for chrome trim

Is chrome wrap not possible for chrome window trim?

Titles is a little redundant, but I have some window trim I want to wrap. I wouldn't call it a chrome delete because I enjoy chrome on the car, but I wanted to do a darker chrome style like black chrome. I've asked 2 wrap shops already and they have said the window trim is too curvy for wrap and only offer gloss black or matte black for chrome delete. I even offered to buy a roll myself and was denied.

6 Comments
2025/01/31
05:11 UTC

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SVG Glossy Black Purple

Has anyone wrapped a vehicle in this or seen it? INNO+ 6051 Want to use it for my Panamera, but I can’t find anyone that has used it yet. The sample looks great, but could be very different on the car.

1 Comment
2025/01/31
01:13 UTC

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Was putting the heat gun a little TOO close to Vinyl. It started smoking, smelt bad, and I had no mask…

This was a piece of vinyl maybe 2-3in by 2-3in. Essentially wrapping a logo on the steering wheel. Was trying to get it to form better and instead was melting the small piece causing it to smoke and shrivel up.

How screwed am I health wise? I rolled the windows down and had the climate running. I stopped after the first two smoking incidents and double masked with some cloth masks I had nearby.

Additionally, any tips on how to get something this small to form without needing heat or is that pretty much my only option?

Thanks!

18 Comments
2025/01/30
23:06 UTC

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