MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: WYTHIT on June 01, 2010, 05:42:46 pm
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Has anybody on here had there golf mk5 fully vinyl wrapped?
Is there any downfalls to wrapped cars
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id love to know the cost of this as well. i want a matt black car for some reason!!
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id love to know the cost of this as well. i want a matt black car for some reason!!
same here i seen a matte black r8 it looked very stealth and it was wrapped not painted
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My mate got a price to wrap his golf matt black and they quoted £1400 said he'd need the car for two weeks as well as he removes bumpers etc to fully wrap it so you cant see the edge of the vinyl in between panels. Im sure there are places that will do it for cheaper but it comes down to the quality of the material and how good the person is at applying it!
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About £1500 from memory.
oh and thats for a Vehicle :wink:
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The Limited Edition ford RS500 is fully wrapped in matt black.
I think to be honest it would just be an expensive fad.
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Blimey, for that price you could respray it! Where I work I see loads of wrapped cars, just recently we had a chrome wrapped Mini Clubman and R8........I know which one I'd prefer. :drool:
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minis ftw
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and the fact for example the carbon wraps, dont last too well after a year or so, so look tired quite quickly. Respray looks more appealing. :signLOL:
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id like to think they provide a warrantee of some sort
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Matt wraps don't age too well guys. They look great when the are new but once their not fresh, they get a bit tatty.
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Racoon were very "Unsure" as to what warranty the Cf comes with.
By all accounts looks like Raccoon in Durley (hampshire) have gone bust/done a runner , accoarding to another local Vehicle signage firm :innocent:
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Eeak. Wouldn't wish that on anyone.
To be honest it's like anything, if you put time and effort into looking after the wrap you will be ok. But there's only so much you can do with a matt finish.
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stuff that then lol. what about a normal colour like white
whats the deal with polishing etc when you have wrapped a car.
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Again there is only so much you can do. You can get rid of light swirls using a very wet polish, with a machine similar to paintwork.
You can also use a heatgun to warm up certain films to get rid of scratches. That's not something I would do to be honest, I can't see that being a controlable technique. Differentials in film heat can discolour parts of the film leaving a patchy finish. Not something I want miglior doing.
If there are severe swirls in the film, I guess the only viable thing to do is replace the film.
Put it this way, I wouldn't want to maintain a "filmed" car with the miles I do.
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The Limited Edition ford RS500 is fully wrapped in matt black.
I think to be honest it would just be an expensive fad.
It's not, its a translucent film.
Full car wraps arent really cost effective, to get it done properly you're bordering on re-spray money.
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a place near me will do a full car for £900 and judging by the cars i have seen them do they do a good job
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Tom thinks he can get it done for 600quids! :stupid:
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Tom thinks he can get it done for 600quids! :stupid:
That will look like My photoshop skills no doubt for that money :signLOL:
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The Limited Edition ford RS500 is fully wrapped in matt black.
I think to be honest it would just be an expensive fad.
It's not, its a translucent film.
Full car wraps arent really cost effective, to get it done properly you're bordering on re-spray money.
The only mainstream production car that has a matt finish option are the Alfa's.
The Ford Stand that I visited advised the Ltd Ed RS500 was a wrap. I also checked this and could see the bubble on certain bits.
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For £1500 you might swell stump up the extra few hundred quid for a respray.
I too want to get my car done Matt Black. You could get that done for about £2k
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The Limited Edition ford RS500 is fully wrapped in matt black.
I think to be honest it would just be an expensive fad.
It's not, its a translucent film.
Full car wraps arent really cost effective, to get it done properly you're bordering on re-spray money.
The only mainstream production car that has a matt finish option are the Alfa's.
The Ford Stand that I visited advised the Ltd Ed RS500 was a wrap. I also checked this and could see the bubble on certain bits.
Yes, it is a wrap. But it's not a matte black vinyl. It's a translucent film wrap on standard Ford Panther Black paint.
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For £1500 you might swell stump up the extra few hundred quid for a respray.
I too want to get my car done Matt Black. You could get that done for about £2k
A matte spray will knock a huge amount of money off the resale value. A wrap can be removed.
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Yeah but £1500 for something that is going to look tatty after a year would concern me.
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whos handy with photoshop that could recolour a pic of mine or carls vRS in matt black???
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Saint Steve :scared:
:signLOL:
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Here is a side on shot of mine if someone can do it
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2FTaufe%2FCar_Cleaning_Day%2FDSC00776.jpg&hash=166f9c4f4dafb0fb5e980bb85bc39bd866d462fa)
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Yeah but £1500 for something that is going to look tatty after a year would concern me.
Ive seen a 3 year wrapped car and it looked spot on. Any bits that had come up or gone tatty were changed under the warranty of the fitter.
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Im sure there was a place not far from burton that did full car wraps for around the £800 mark, but im struggling to find a link..
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(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fs131%2FJules86dad%2FDSC00776.jpg&hash=83be85c55d228d726f1010a87fe24a98f5df46f5)
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the lightning bolt needs to be longer
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:signLOL: thats ace :signLOL:
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Here is a side on shot of mine if someone can do it
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2FTaufe%2FCar_Cleaning_Day%2FDSC00776.jpg&hash=166f9c4f4dafb0fb5e980bb85bc39bd866d462fa)
shall I??? :innocent: :notworthy:
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:notworthy:
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matt black with silver alloys, and matt blak wit black alloys please. preferably minus any go faster stripes lol
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Took me ages you ungrateful git :signLOL:
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:grin:
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Saint Steve :scared:
:signLOL:
be afraid verry afraid :popcornsoda:
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just run away now or cover your eyes :sad: :scared:
:signLOL:
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:grin: :grin: :grin:
Now can I have a matte black car done please :drinking:
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:star:
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just run away now or cover your eyes :sad: :scared:
:signLOL:
someone tell us when its safe to reappear :scared:
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Your safe, im on my netbook, photoshops on my main Pc :booty:
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Your safe, im on my netbook, photoshops on my main Pc :booty:
we are expecting matt black with your signature hint of of the A-team :notworthy:
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Steve doesn't do matt black. Only velvet black!!!
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Im sure there was a place not far from burton that did full car wraps for around the £800 mark, but im struggling to find a link..
carbon skin is in burton not sure if thats what you were after
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One of my cars is wrapped in white, I am pleased with the finish overall but dont expect perfection, if you look closely you can tell its wrapped but 99% of people would look and think it was white until you open the doors and the shuts are still blue.