Vinyl Wrap Your MK7 Thread

[a$ap]

Who has wrap their car, who is thinking about it?

 

[a$ap]

This is my second go around wrapping my GTI. Started off with a CSG GTI then wrapped with cheetah wrap gloss bright yellow. Stuck with yellow for 2 years and just wrapped with cheetah wrap satin charcoal metallic.

 

[Acadia18]

I had mine done with Cheetahwrap Gloss Nardo Grey

 

[a$ap]

Looks great.
Cheetahwrap has been a good wrap, up until removing it. While the wrap was pretty easy to remove, there were a few spots where clear coat pulled up. I’m pretty disappointed, probably stick with Avery wrap next time.

 

[Acadia18]

Looks great.
Cheetahwrap has been a good wrap, up until removing it. While the wrap was pretty easy to remove, there were a few spots where clear coat pulled up. I’m pretty disappointed, probably stick with Avery wrap next time.
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I traded the GTI in with the wrap on (moved to an R now), so not something I have to worry about. I didn't do it myself, there is a guy around me who would do $1k color change wraps, and he uses Cheetahwrap. All in, I paid $1400 for mine. Seems his prices have gone up substantially in the last two years.

https://thewrapguy.com/2k-color-change

They used to start at $1k.

 

[dtfd]

I traded the GTI in with the wrap on (moved to an R now), so not something I have to worry about. I didn't do it myself, there is a guy around me who would do $1k color change wraps, and he uses Cheetahwrap. All in, I paid $1400 for mine. Seems his prices have gone up substantially in the last two years.

https://thewrapguy.com/2k-color-change

They used to start at $1k.

I'm used to 3-4k being the price of a good paint job. A wrap shouldn't be that close in price to a paint job.

 

[a$ap]

I'm used to 3-4k being the price of a good paint job. A wrap shouldn't be that close in price to a paint job.

Yea wrap prices are pretty insane. The time and effort that goes into wrapping is long and tedious, the pros definitely earn their pay if doing it right. I think is worth doing yourself, and not paying those rates of $2k and above for a temporary color change.

 

[averyislost]

Looks great.
Cheetahwrap has been a good wrap, up until removing it. While the wrap was pretty easy to remove, there were a few spots where clear coat pulled up. I’m pretty disappointed, probably stick with Avery wrap next time.
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Damnnn this is what terrifies me about doing a wrap

 

[Acadia18]

I'm used to 3-4k being the price of a good paint job. A wrap shouldn't be that close in price to a paint job.

Yea wrap prices are pretty insane. The time and effort that goes into wrapping is long and tedious, the pros definitely earn their pay if doing it right. I think is worth doing yourself, and not paying those rates of $2k and above for a temporary color change.

Agreed.

Looked at the invoice, that was what I paid just over a year ago, last March. $1,475 all in. Which I thought was a great price.

I was planning on eventually looking at getting the R wrapped, probably the Gloss Light Blue

But probably won't if it would end up costing twice as much

 

[Acadia18]

If you haven't seen it, here's @Supermoto's thread where he chronicled wrapping his GTI

https://www.golfmk7.com/forums/index.php?threads/supermotos-gti-wrap-progress-log.395592/

 

[messrock]

I'm used to 3-4k being the price of a good paint job. A wrap shouldn't be that close in price to a paint job.

Outside of the guy @Acadia18 used, it seems like 4K (Avery, inozetek, etc) is the price for a hatchback around us.

 

[a$ap]

Damnnn this is what terrifies me about doing a wrap

I was pretty shocked to see this happen. Cheetahwrap has a very low initial tack which makes it user/ beginner friendly. They have all kinds of disclaimers stating no warranties. I reached out to them but got no response. I don't think my case should discourage you from wrapping. Plenty of other reputable brands. I've had success with Avery with no paint damage.

 

[a$ap]

If you haven't seen it, here's @Supermoto's thread where he chronicled wrapping his GTI

https://www.golfmk7.com/forums/index.php?threads/supermotos-gti-wrap-progress-log.395592/

Great write up by @Supermoto. I followed his front bumper hole solution using jb weld plastic bonder. Came out pretty good. So far I left my hood unwrapped. On the fence about wrapping or leaving the carbon fiber showing.

 

[Clem604]

My car has been wrapped in Inozetek Nardo grey for almost 2 years now. With all the rock chips I will probably get the hood and front bumper re wrapped but overall I'm pretty happy with it .

 

[a$ap]

My car has been wrapped in Inozetek Nardo grey for almost 2 years now. With all the rock chips I will probably get the hood and front bumper re wrapped but overall I'm pretty happy with it .

Inozetek looks so good. Gloss looks like paint.
My bumper and hood got absolutely peppered by salt and rock over 2 years. This time around I actually applied xpel satin PPF on the areas of high impact.