Car wrap, wheel / caliper refurb, near Birmingham? May 2014.
Car wrap, wheel / caliper refurb, near Birmingham? May 2014.
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Terminator Guy

Original Poster:

19 posts

185 months

Sunday 18th May 2014
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Hello,
I'm looking to get the worlds worst car wrapped. My Lexus SC430 is in need of a brighting up. The twist with this wrap is that the bodywork is not perfect, what with a well earned scrape and a mild puncture wound on the rear bumper and the usual litany of insignificant car parks dints and dinges elsewhere on the bodywork that modern life throws towards a cars bodywork.

I've seen in Germany where they repair the car dinges and just spray a primer over the repair in anticipation of the car being wrapped, and frankly at the age of this car (12 years old) the underlying paint only has to protect the metal from corrosion, as asthetically it's basically had it, hence the need for a wrap.

So in sumation: Looking for a wrapper / bodyshop who'll smooth and fettle the cars curves before applying the film to the now smoothed car.
Recommendations please preferably near Birmingham although I might be persuaded to travel further if it means I wait only one night in a B&B while the film is applied.

P.S. I need one wheel refurbished, a ROTA (ROTA's yea, I know, but they were the only ones I could find that did a staggered fitment for my car, and the pro drift drivers swear they are strong).
I scraped it off a kerb the second day I had them on the car and am looking at getting the OEM brake calpiers overhauled / high temperature painted to match the wrap too, so any recomendations for this too would be much appreciated.

Thank you.

L33

3,469 posts

240 months

Sunday 18th May 2014
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Midlands car care will take care of the wrapping and wheel refurb at fair price & their work is top notch.
Not sure about the fettling of the pannels before hand though. Might be worth getting in touch with them? They are based in Walsall just off junction 10 of the M6.

http://www.midlandscarcare.co.uk/

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Terminator Guy

Original Poster:

19 posts

185 months

Tuesday 20th May 2014
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Thanks L33, I'll give them a shout.

Digitalize

2,850 posts

151 months

Tuesday 20th May 2014
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MCC offer The Wheel Specialist refurbishments at £200ish, basically 50% of what TWS themselves offer it. Such a good deal me and my Dad will be driving from the South Coast with 3 sets to be done, rather than take them to our local branch.

theAmerican

105 posts

138 months

Tuesday 20th May 2014
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My partner is on the Fiat forum and there was someone on there not too happy with a wrap they did, so be advised.

Terminator Guy

Original Poster:

19 posts

185 months

Tuesday 20th May 2014
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Ok. Thanks for the tips.

L33

3,469 posts

240 months

Tuesday 20th May 2014
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Rest assured - the times I've popped in, I've been blown away with the quality of their wraps. Look at my profile - I'm very fussy and wouldn't recommend them if their work was anything less than excellent

Terminator Guy

Original Poster:

19 posts

185 months

Wednesday 21st May 2014
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What's a good ballpark price for a job like this on a straight no problems car I wonder ?