Cost / Longevity Wrap Vs Paint?
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I have a LWB van I'm converting into a camper - I've fitted one tinted window but want the other 7 window panels blacked out so it looks like they're windows
The choice is gloss black paint or wrap has anyone got an idea of cost and longevity ?
Google suggests 3 yrs which doesn't seem long
The choice is gloss black paint or wrap has anyone got an idea of cost and longevity ?
Google suggests 3 yrs which doesn't seem long
Wraps last a lot longer than 3 years but it's generally not ideal to leave them on bodywork beyond that. I bought a car with a wrapped bonnet, it had been on for 6+ years and also garaged.
I bought it, UV hit it and the wrap started to deteriorate. Trying to remove the glue resulted in removing lacquer and the bonnet required re-painting.
On glass, you don't have that issue so it can be left on as long as it looks decent. Alternatively, you could fit it inside so it won't get quite the same exposure as it would on the outside.
EDIT - I just re-read your post, are they windows you're blacking out or panels you want to look like windows? If it's the latter, then painting them would be a better option as it will last the age of the car.
I bought it, UV hit it and the wrap started to deteriorate. Trying to remove the glue resulted in removing lacquer and the bonnet required re-painting.
On glass, you don't have that issue so it can be left on as long as it looks decent. Alternatively, you could fit it inside so it won't get quite the same exposure as it would on the outside.
EDIT - I just re-read your post, are they windows you're blacking out or panels you want to look like windows? If it's the latter, then painting them would be a better option as it will last the age of the car.
Painting the panels yourself with cans of 2K (ideally) is easy and naturally much cheaper than getting someone to wrap them. Now I know very little about wraps but since it won't stretch around anything in your case I wonder whether it will stay put. The paint is theoretically forever.
If I understand correctly you have windows but want them blacked out to look tinted but in reality there will be units behind them?
Paint will be far cheaper, if wrap it's going to be more or less the same price as getting them tinted, it's the same process just wrap instead of film.
Either way assumimg they're glass, whatever you do if it goes on the inside its going to last indefinitely
Paint will be far cheaper, if wrap it's going to be more or less the same price as getting them tinted, it's the same process just wrap instead of film.
Either way assumimg they're glass, whatever you do if it goes on the inside its going to last indefinitely
They're currently metal panels but I want them to look like windows
They'll be motorcycles in the back of it and hopefully if it looks like a minibus (from across a car park) they won't investigate further
I went to get a price from a painter today and he suggested I'd be better off wrapping it which surprised me
They'll be motorcycles in the back of it and hopefully if it looks like a minibus (from across a car park) they won't investigate further
I went to get a price from a painter today and he suggested I'd be better off wrapping it which surprised me
KTMsm said:
They're currently metal panels but I want them to look like windows
They'll be motorcycles in the back of it and hopefully if it looks like a minibus (from across a car park) they won't investigate further
I went to get a price from a painter today and he suggested I'd be better off wrapping it which surprised me
Why not fit blackout glass designed for this purpose?They'll be motorcycles in the back of it and hopefully if it looks like a minibus (from across a car park) they won't investigate further
I went to get a price from a painter today and he suggested I'd be better off wrapping it which surprised me
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