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Old Oct 31, 2020 | 05:15 PM
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Vinyl Wraping a 2007 Cobalt

I’m doing this over the winter. I’m going to do a little every time I have a day off. So far I completed the trunk lid in one piece and removed the wing. Will put the wing back on after the rear quarters and bumper are wrapped.



Trunk lid changes Color in the light from blue to Purple. I am Using Avery Dennison Rushing Riptide blue.

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Old Nov 1, 2020 | 12:31 PM
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Looks good man. Reminds me a bit of my old car that had a chameleon paint. I still miss it
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Old Nov 1, 2020 | 02:15 PM
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Nice, learning to wrap?
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Old Nov 1, 2020 | 03:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Snail_SS
Looks good man. Reminds me a bit of my old car that had a chameleon paint. I still miss it
yah, my dad had a Cobra , factory paint was the Mystic Chrome


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Old Nov 1, 2020 | 03:55 PM
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Nice, learning to wrap?
yes I am. I wrapped my golf cart about 5 years ago. Sold it but it’s still wrapped. Surprised it held out this long.
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Old Nov 1, 2020 | 06:18 PM
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yes I am. I wrapped my golf cart about 5 years ago. Sold it but it’s still wrapped. Surprised it held out this long.
Nice, I've been tempted to give it vinyl a shot or a PPF
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Old Nov 1, 2020 | 07:48 PM
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yes I am. I wrapped my golf cart about 5 years ago. Sold it but it’s still wrapped. Surprised it held out this long.
How much $$$ does the vinyl cost? Cheaper than paint?
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Old Nov 2, 2020 | 02:40 AM
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How much $$$ does the vinyl cost? Cheaper than paint?
if your looking at just the cost of the product, vinyl is cheaper than paint. from what im told, on average it takes 2 days to completely wrap a car (including disassembly and reassembly).

one thing to remember with a wrap is it needs a clean, flat, sealed surface. imperfections on the surface will show, any large chips, peeling clear, dents, large scratches, etc will all show through wrap. when doing a wrap on a car thats had major body work you need to get it into paint first. granted you dont need to do as good a job if its getting a wrap over it (can sand it out to 220 grit and use single stage paint). at this point, imo, your better off to block the car out and spray it with proper paint and call it a day.
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Old Nov 2, 2020 | 10:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Sharkey
....one thing to remember with a wrap is it needs a clean, flat, sealed surface. imperfections on the surface will show, any large chips, peeling clear, dents, large scratches, etc will all show through wrap. when doing a wrap on a car thats had major body work you need to get it into paint first. granted you dont need to do as good a job if its getting a wrap over it (can sand it out to 220 grit and use single stage paint). at this point, imo, your better off to block the car out and spray it with proper paint and call it a day .
I believe you are right in saying I would be better of just spraying it once I got to the point of blocking the car. It's not like I am going for a unique color and I already have a gallon of victory red.
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Old Nov 3, 2020 | 10:38 AM
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That riptide blue vinyl is awesome, even better in person.

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Old Nov 19, 2020 | 11:39 PM
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thats going to look awesome when done
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Old Dec 11, 2020 | 08:44 AM
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That looks awesome!
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