Painting vs Wrapping cars

[Rookie31]

Hello everyone,,,

New question/discussion we'd like to get some thoughts on: painting your car vs a vinyl wrap. Points we've come up with so far, please add your thoughts or correct me if I've got anything wrong!

- Wrapping is typically cheaper (~$2k vs $3-5k)

- Wrapping is lighter

- Painting takes longer (drying times, multiple coats, potentially sanding)

- Both methods are hard to get right, but wrapping depends less on technique and more about being done with care? (lining up edges, removing air bubbles, etc. vs gentleness/steadiness with the paint gun, number of layers, primers, etc.)

One thing we're not sure about is how a wrap will do against the heat & direct sunlight.



Thoughts? We saw a lot of painted cars at FSGP but does anyone want to defend one or the other? Personally I'm in favour of wrapping, mostly due to the weight difference.



Thanks everyone!!!!

[dault3883]

wraps under heat especially the hood on a vehicle will start to crack

about a year ago i worked for a family that had a pet sitting business and a motorcycle accessory business the pet sitting cars were wrapped and the wraps were starting to fall apart and they had only been wrapped for about 5 years

so when making this decision take into account down the road your car might need to be re-wrapped again so which option is cheaper for you in the long run

if you might only have the car for 5 years then yea the wrap would be the way to go

if you are thinking about having the car more long term id bite the bullet and paint it