I`m vinyl wrapping my Lexus.

**MongooseGA** · 07-21-2009, 11:56 PM

I decided that I`m going to do a satin black finish on my car. After realizing how tedious a real paint job would be for this, I looked for an alternative.

I figured that the vinyl wrap option would work best for me. I got a quote today for $1,500 to do it professionally. Not terrible, but I can do better.

I`m going to do it myself. Some of the older members may know I`m relatively anal about my car and pretty good with detail type jobs. I`m confident that I can do it and do a pro-quality job.

What I want to know now is where I can buy quality vinyl to be shipped to me. I`d rather not buy it through the local shop because they`ll get their money out of it. I need to know about the different brands/grades of vinyl and how each one differs.

Any advice would be appreciated.

TIA

**MongooseGA** · 07-22-2009, 12:01 AM

And I just noticed that this would be my 2,000th post, and I haven`t had a picture of my car up in forever, so here`s a recent one:

A little blurry, but that`s the best I have. Yes, that`s a door ding. Got it at college.

**YoMike** · 07-22-2009, 12:23 AM

The Vinyl piece needs to be perfect and since your so anal doing such a large area you might go crazy, broke or both till you do.

**MongooseGA** · 07-22-2009, 12:35 AM

Originally Posted by YoMike

The Vinyl piece needs to be perfect and since your so anal doing such a large area you might go crazy, broke or both till you do.

I`m already both of those.

**Setec Astronomy** · 07-22-2009, 06:11 AM

GA! How ya doin`!?!? I have no idea why you would want to do that to your car.

**imported_Jakerooni** · 07-22-2009, 06:26 AM

$1500 is dirt cheap and almost all material you`re much much better off letting someone that does this for a living do it for you. But if it`s a hard lesson you want to learn just call up your local vinyl shops and ask them where they get the material from.

**Deanski** · 07-22-2009, 06:34 AM

I agree 1500 is not bad at all for film.

Don`t try it unless you have the tools and the correct soap/wather mix etc or you`ll end up with a mess.

Yes you can order film re-cut from dealers that do film installs, but unless it`s just a small area, I would not attempt it.

You want it to blend into the finish, not stand out like a sore thumb. You can always tell amature installs from those that install film on a daily basis.

Deanski

**MongooseGA** · 07-22-2009, 08:41 AM

I`m not sure what you mean by "blend into the finish." The vinyl would completely cover the paint surface.

Setec, i`ve been great. Just finished year one of college and now I`m opening my own business here locally in VB. I don`t know why I wanna do this to my car. I like the look I guess.