Okay, non Tesla but there seems to be a lot of folks here who have done color change wraps. What happens when it’s removed? A friend is looking to buy a used car that has a horrifying colored wrap. He’s wondering if there’s any chance of the paint being salvageable.
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Removing a wrap
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voip-ninja
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depends on the age of the wrap, the quality of the material, and how much and if any edge prep was used. As shown in the video a hot summer day helps a lot, but a heat gun and a friend will be good as well. some cheap wrap materials that have been left on too long will literally come off in tiny pieces of worse leave the entire adhesive side on the car. this can all still be removed but will take hours and hours depending how bad it is.
The bigger thing he should worry about is if the installer cut the paint.
The bigger thing he should worry about is if the installer cut the paint.
One of the benefits of getting a car wrapped is that it protects the original paint. HOWEVER, this only applies when you have your car wrapped by a technician with the proper experience and using a good wrap product. If both are good, the paint should be pristine underneath. If it was a home job with the cheapest product found in a thrift store, well it could definitely peel paint off or leave hard to get off glue behind. Other things that count are the age of the wrap, how the car has been maintained... if it's a 10 year old wrap parked every day in the sun vs kept in a garage, etc.
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