TheSamba.com :: View topic

Tue Feb 19, 2013 7:10 pm

How much vinyl did you use and did you do it yourself?

What was the cost like?

Thanks

E

Tue Feb 19, 2013 7:19 pm

:shock:

Tue Feb 19, 2013 8:04 pm

Got a wild hair last Summer thinking about having my New Beetle wrapped in some weird cammo pattern.
Cost to have it done looked like $1200 to $2000.
Too expensive for a "wild hair project"
There was an article on Hot VW's about wrapping a race car, it looked like a bitchen hard job to do on a Beetle.

Tue Feb 19, 2013 8:07 pm

wrap it with PPg paint -- earn som MONEY !
Jerry

Tue Feb 19, 2013 9:38 pm

seems really hard with all the curves trying to stretch the vinyl over it.
i found this site, dont know how much is needed
http://autovinylsolutions.com/3m_matte_orange

Wed Feb 20, 2013 4:17 am

There was an article on Hot VWs maybe 6 months to a year ago where they wrapped a drag car. Was pretty cool.

Wed Feb 20, 2013 7:35 am

I was going to plasti dip my car.

Ill test it out on the bumper.

Check this out:

http://imgur.com/a/MV22a

Wed Feb 20, 2013 5:16 pm

Plasti-dip is amazing. I have done a few motorcycle frames in it and it came out way better than I could have imagined it would. Awesome stuff

Wed Feb 20, 2013 5:17 pm

evilash74 wrote: Plasti-dip is amazing. I have done a few motorcycle frames in it and it came out way better than I could have imagined it would. Awesome stuff

How did you do yours? I assume you mix plasti dip with the paint of your choice for color?

What mixture did you do?

Also if you were to paint it over rust... I assume that's a horrible idea right?

Wed Feb 20, 2013 5:28 pm

check out this thread... real easy to use and very durable if done right...

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=6473503&highlight=#6473503

Wed Feb 20, 2013 7:41 pm

I like the idea! I think I am going to try and do white on the sides below the trim!!

Sun Feb 24, 2013 11:24 am

Thanks for the advice guys. I'll deff look into the plasti dip method.

Sat Aug 24, 2013 1:19 am

[quote="andk5591"]There was an article on Hot VWs maybe 6 months to a year ago where they wrapped a drag car. Was pretty cool.[/quote]

I have checked every Hot VW's I have back to January 2010 and cannot find the article.I know its in there somewhere,because I can remember reading it.I think it was Parsdise Motorsports Drag Car.Can anyone pin it down to which month it was

Sat Aug 24, 2013 5:28 am

November 2010 issue. It has the "Armed Oval" on the cover.

Sat Aug 24, 2013 7:36 am

There is a guy here that did vinyl wrap for(I think chocolate store) , might try looking for that thread ...

Sat Aug 24, 2013 9:01 am

I work in a sign shop and we wrap cars and trucks of all kinds.The hard thing with a beetle is all the round curves and lack of flat surfaces.It can be done but if you have no previous experience than I would advise against doing it yourself.To get the vinyl to form to the curves of the car you would need to use one of the higher priced vinyls,like control tack with the air release beads,your looking at a couple thousand easy.

Peace
Luke

Sat Aug 24, 2013 2:11 pm

[quote="EXJAY"]November 2010 issue. It has the "Armed Oval" on the cover.[/quote]
Thanks for finding it- I have just had my car done with only the rear guards done. It gave him a lot of grief and could't believe somebody could wrap a complete VW.

Sat Aug 24, 2013 2:19 pm

im actually gearing up to wrap mine once the temps drop a little here in florida, ive done half of the car as a test to see what will work, its not to hard if your comfortable with doing vinyl wraps but it is time consuming and to do it well requires deassembling your bug a little. ill post pics when mines done

also consider getting some quotes from sign places that do vinyl wraps, even if they're too expensive they might be able to get you a better deal on vinyl if they order it with everything else

Sat Aug 24, 2013 2:23 pm

also to answer your question

Avery wrap cast 5'x10yard roll of matte finish vinyl will run you about 250.00 dollars if you can buy it direct, you will probably also need a few extra yards to finish. metallic finishes are more expensive, id suggest saving up for either 2 10 yard rolls or for a 25 yard roll, that way you have plenty to finish and keep the rest in the back of your closet so whenever someone bangs your door you can peel of the ripped and reapply

so planning on doing it yourself 500.00 +/-