Wrap vs repaint?

[Daryl]

What’s everyone’s opinion of repaint vs wrap? I was quoted $3500 to wrap my black ‘95 Cobra in black and a 1-week timeframe. I haven’t asked “my guy” at the body shop about a repaint, but I gotta believe it will be significantly more.
Anyone here do a wrap? Pro’s & Con’s??
Do black wraps “swirl” and require the same PITA attention and TLC that a regular paint job does?

 

[95opal]

Any repaint worth anything will be 10k plus. Not into wraps or know to much about them but the price difference is pretty wide

 

[ttocs]

as he said unless you have a REALLY good buddy that paints cars, and then you are willing to wait for him to work it in any good body shop will be 10kish+. The ones that advertise the cheap paint jobs I would skip and go for a wrap myself.

 

[joemomma]

I'd skip the wrap personally.

 

[RAU03MACH]

for me repaint

 

[greg94]

Hopefully you have lots of sources for paint work. A wrap has a shorter lifespan. if keeping car long term it could get close to paint cost when factoring the wrap, removal and rewrap. I heard wrap is good for 3 to 5 yrs maybe a little longer if garaged. Get the paint est and compare.

 

[Daryl]

MY OPTIONS AS I SEE IT:

I “gotta guy” (he recently did my front bumper fascia) so I’ll ask him his opinion about a respray vs wrap vs full-on professional detail with maybe a few small paint corrections.

OPTION 1: The first wrap quote I got was $3,500 and 1 week. The second, from an acquaintance source with 10+ yrs experience $2,600 2days. Obviously half or less than half the price of a full body touch-up + paint job, but I’m still not 100% sold on wrap being the easy way out. I’m finding out that they require as much attention, usually with products specifically for wraps, and can suffer the same blemishes (ie, swirls) as paint. Starting to appear that the primary day-to-day advantage is maybe you don’t have to wash it as often because the satin finish of the wrap hides the dust a bit longer?

OPTION 2: The full paint job with light bodywork touch-ups (even from “my guy”) I’m figuring he’s gonna quote me $6k+
He always hooks me up with a good price because we’ve done business together for over 15 years, 2 resto mods and DD’s. Plus, I always pay in ca$h. ;-)

OPTION 3: just have it professionally detailed, leave the few blemishes, learn to get over my OCD knowing they’re there (ie, ignore them)and be done with it,

Or, OPTION 4:
I could have “my guy” do the light blemish corrections then have it detailed professionally . Probably end up killing $1k

 

[RAU03MACH]

I had a guy that dose wrapping on vehicles show me
That when a vehicle sits in the sun for long periods of time
It bakes the original paint and it bonds to the paint
So when they remove it
It takes chunks of paint with it

I rather paint

 

[joemomma]

MY OPTIONS AS I SEE IT:

I “gotta guy” (he recently did my front bumper fascia) so I’ll ask him his opinion about a respray vs wrap vs full-on professional detail with maybe a few small paint corrections.

OPTION 1: The first wrap quote I got was $3,500 and 1 week. The second, from an acquaintance source with 10+ yrs experience $2,600 2days. Obviously half or less than half the price of a full body touch-up + paint job, but I’m still not 100% sold on wrap being the easy way out. I’m finding out that they require as much attention, usually with products specifically for wraps, and can suffer the same blemishes (ie, swirls) as paint. Starting to appear that the primary day-to-day advantage is maybe you don’t have to wash it as often because the satin finish of the wrap hides the dust a bit longer?

OPTION 2: The full paint job with light bodywork touch-ups (even from “my guy”) I’m figuring he’s gonna quote me $6k+
He always hooks me up with a good price because we’ve done business together for over 15 years, 2 resto mods and DD’s. Plus, I always pay in ca$h. ;-)

OPTION 3: just have it professionally detailed, leave the few blemishes, learn to get over my OCD knowing they’re there (ie, ignore them)and be done with it,

Or, OPTION 4:
I could have “my guy” do the light blemish corrections then have it detailed professionally . Probably end up killing $1k

Option 3 with paint correction should get you a long way. A pro detailer can do wonders with some paint correction....and yeah, the blemishes you just have to learn to live with.

 

[ttocs]

I had a guy that dose wrapping on vehicles show me
That when a vehicle sits in the sun for long periods of time
It bakes the original paint and it bonds to the paint
So when they remove it
It takes chunks of paint with it

I rather paint

you forget that the state you live in, direct 12:00 sunlight is more like crossing the beams on ghostbusters.... I was amazed what the sun could do when I lived in az. This is another time when the budget will dictate which one.

 

[backroadsbill]

 

[NEW EDG]

Never seen a wrap look anywhere near as good as paint. You get what you pay for.

 

[BHernandez]

What’s everyone’s opinion of repaint vs wrap? I was quoted $3500 to wrap my black ‘95 Cobra in black and a 1-week timeframe. I haven’t asked “my guy” at the body shop about a repaint, but I gotta believe it will be significantly more.
Anyone here do a wrap? Pro’s & Con’s??
Do black wraps “swirl” and require the same PITA attention and TLC that a regular paint job does?

It depends a lot on where you live. I live in Southwest Florida. My 98GT Convertible is also black. Here a high quality wrap will cost closer to $5K while a decent quality respray would cost you anywhere from $3K to $10K depending on the materials used, if you're changing the body color, who does the work and if you're looking for OE finish or show car finish. The biggest difference is how long they last. A high quality wrap will only last around 5 years in optimal conditions with careful maintenance. On the other hand, a decent respray could last 15-20 years with careful maintenance.

 

[Daryl]

I’m actually pretty happy with how it turned out after the multi-dat, multi-step detailing process so I’m not going to do either! Thanks everyone for your replies, opinions and input. Cheers!

 

[BHernandez]

Glad you're happy with it. In the end, that's what really matters.