This is a repost from the 430 section, just trying to get as much feedback as I can. Hi. I am looking for a white vehicle, however I am having a hard time finding the spec that I am looking for. I have been wanting to do a bianco avus car and have a black top/roof. I suspect that the actual car I am looking for, not including the roof, is going to be very difficult to find. I have found a car that meets all of my requirements, however, it is Nero Daytona. I am curious how successful anyone thinks or knows a vehicle wrap would be. Again, I would wrap the majority of the car with white or something as close to bianco avus as I could find. Then, I imagine I would wrap the roof in gloss black, as I fear that the Nero Daytona factory roof wouldn't allow for the look I am going for. Does anyone have any similar experience? Being a SUPER picky person, am I going to be disappointed with the look and details? I appreciate any advice or info, thanks in advance.
250k car and you are gonna wrap it in plastic?? I would assume better ways to get the color you want. Wrapped cars I've seen usually have the plastic peel off after a while. And not sure
The super picky aspect will most likely not make the wrap a long-term or viable solution. You might want to keep searching.
The problem with wrapping a black car in white is there will be places the wrap installer can't reach so you'll still see black in places it shouldn't be.
I saw a ton of wrapped cars at the Sema show. It's becoming more popular but I would say it will always look like a wrap and never have that some quality feel as paint gloss. Also, it does tend to peal up over time on some of the more aggressive and abused edges and areas. Wrapping is good for a short term high. It's not a long term solution.
A bit off topic but FWIW I wrapped my raptor to protect against scratches I brought home from the Baja 1000; its has some useful long term purpose. Or just don't run your 458 in Baja
That's an excellent purpose. But to change the paint color of a 458 is not a good reason. I saw a lot of off road cars (including Raptors) wrapped ( ) And a lot of Japanese performance cars. Matte wrapping seems pretty popular and it's easier to mask that it's a wrap instead of paint.
Yeah matte is great. My raptor was white and I wrapped it in matte white, looks awesome. My buddy's raptor was also white, and he wrapped in matte black. It looks great too but of course the door jams and around the lights, bumpers etc. it's still white. Only 1 or 2mm or so, but because of the contrast it's much more apparent than my white/white. If you're looking for a perfect look then you might not be happy with that combination.
You can have the car wrapped for $3000 they have every color you can imagine such as matt white even metallic matt colors as well recently high quality gloss colors.I've seen both silver metallic and white metallic matt you can't tell the difference if its a qaulity installer.Its cost effective versus painting the whole car and it can be removed instead of getting hammered about a paint color change on resale.I'm big on wrap and would do it without concern
Here is one of my neighbors Quentin Jammers Nissan full wrap done by Modern Image.The car was Silver before Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
I've had a lot of cars wrapped... race and street. It doesn't last forever, but it a) protects new paint pretty well and b) is fun to change up. My R8 (stock color black) was wrapped matte black back when that was novel back in '09. Then I wrapped it in matte white for a different look. Its never as polished as a paint job, but I enjoy changing it up. My 458 has a black roof in vinyl. If the next guy doesn't like it, its 30 minutes away from stock. As long as the base color of your car is black, grey or white, it works well. Yellow, red, orange... you're going to see some color.
I've seen so many of those wraps before and I can always tell. It just does not look like paint if you have a sharp eye.
Ie sharp eye needed. Hence most people can not tell. If it makes you happy for a while rather than getting a whole paint job done on it then do it. If you really like it, then get it painted? Otherwise just take it right off and you got yourself a new car in essence. It acts as good protection for your car too. Not sure how it is in terms of maintenance, but I imagine less hassle than paint too. But you do have to get a really got company to wrap your car. Bubbles in the clear bra and these things really really annoy me when we are paying pretty good money for them. I wont lie, they start looking old, but just take them right off when that happens. My clear bra on the R8 was on for 16 months before I took it off again for replacement. But then I drive 25000 miles a year including in the snow etc. Good luck. Ps. If you are going for a matte look, I would 100% get the wrap rather than the paint. Matte paint is hell to look after.
Dr You bring up a another point if you have damage or a scratch on painted Matt it is very difficult To impossible to match painted Matt instead with wrap if the manufactor of the wrap is noted it's always the same shade and sheen for a partial repair to the Matt vinyl
my white 458 was wrapped in matt. it was cool for about 3 months and all the edges start to collect filth and it quickly made me got rid of my first white car. i think the white color was mostly to blame than the wrap itself, because later when i got a real matt blue MC-S, i totally love it, but that wasnt a wrap, so .....
Wraps are a short term option versus painting the car and does not affect the value. Painting would affect the value, or so I would think, and as it's not original and with a Ferrari, a repaint is questionable, damage would come to mind. White wraps aren't the best option as they yellow after a period of time, but perhaps that is the material used and how it was applied. As stated already, it will be costly if you get a matte paint job from the factory as scratches are nearly impossible to fix and can not be touched up. Wraps are great as an added protection, it's similar to a clear bra. Wraps are amazing since they can be removed fairly easily too. I have seen some amazing wraps done by professionals where you wouldn't be able to tell and I have seen a few where you can see the seams and where the cuts were made to fit a curved piece, for example. You would have to be fairly close to notice sometimes. For the OP: You should wait it out if you have your heart set on those colors, I think I would...but if you are interested in the wrap option, before you purchase the car, go to a professional who would be doing the job and see their work and some of the choices they may have available, mostly 3M stuff, but that would be better than getting something you don't want. Good luck!
