Wraps?

"HoustonRunner" (houstonrunner) 02/09/2019 at 14:27 • Filed to: None

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Since The Actual RootWyrm is telling me blending the white diamond tri-coat paint on my ‘burb is going to be painful (see prior post on the fender bender), I’m soliciting oppo ideas for a vinyl wrap. Probably wouldn’t do it, but I don’t love the color in the first place (bought it used), and thought Oppo would have some good (and hopefully some horrible!) wrap ideas.

Use this picture and do your best / worst MS Paint mock up!

VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely > HoustonRunner 02/09/2019 at 14:31

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I have found this one works well

dogisbadob > HoustonRunner 02/09/2019 at 14:31

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Honestly , I would just leave it :p

DipodomysDeserti > HoustonRunner 02/09/2019 at 14:40

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It’s a GM product, I doubt the bumper and quarter panel  paint matched from the factory.

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > DipodomysDeserti 02/09/2019 at 14:43

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dang made me chuckle with that one

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely 02/09/2019 at 14:46

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fify

facw > HoustonRunner 02/09/2019 at 14:50

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If you’re insured, why does it matter how hard it is to paint? Make your body shop deal with your insurance , and they can make Volvo guy’s insurance pay them?

Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks > HoustonRunner 02/09/2019 at 14:59

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... wait, don’t you have insurance?

Seriously. Make the insurance pay for it. The reason it’s a shitshow is because GM never has pre-painted parts available. Never . So the body shop has to go way past to blend it. It’s not a difficult blend, just an obnoxious one because of the color shifting. GM had to eat two very expensive resprays of the whole door on my lease because they don’t have a pre-painted door handle. Even though a pre-painted part would have been fine due to the angles.

Because the rear bumper fascia paint is fucked, that means they have to blend up to the tailgate and rear quarters vertically. Not a big deal. If there wasn’t scraping forward of the wheel, that would be it. But there is, so they have to go all the way up to the glass and forward to the door. If there WAS a pre-painted part, they’d only need to blend the edges and the d/s lower rear quarter.

Oh, and don’t just let whatever volume shop the insurer wants do the work. Make DAMN sure the body shop that has REAL EXPERIENCE with tri-coat candies and pearls. Otherwise you’ll end up with a bad blend at best, more often than not, no color-shift effect at all because they do stage 2-3 wrong.

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > HoustonRunner 02/09/2019 at 15:02

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Just get a few of these?

Dogsatemypants > HoustonRunner 02/09/2019 at 15:19

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https://www.google.com/amp/s/m.aliexpress.com/item/32250793369.html#ampf=undefined

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > HoustonRunner 02/09/2019 at 15:36

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How wild do you wanna get?

White neochrome

KPMF Gloss Morpheus Black

HoustonRunner > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 02/09/2019 at 15:52

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With the white neochrome on that much surface area you might be able to see me from space!

HoustonRunner > Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks 02/09/2019 at 15:54

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I agree, this is just a fun thought exercise.

Ideas on how to vet out the repair shop to see if they are any good?

HoustonRunner > DipodomysDeserti 02/09/2019 at 15:55

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Fair point.  Though I hand washed it myself a few times and never noticed any issues, even in full sun.

HoustonRunner > Dogsatemypants 02/09/2019 at 15:56

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That would be quite a sight.

HoustonRunner > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 02/09/2019 at 15:59

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Ga ve me the idea - harlequin ‘burb!

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > HoustonRunner 02/09/2019 at 16:00

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ooo... that would be thing for sure

HoustonRunner > HoustonRunner 02/09/2019 at 16:00

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Silverado paint scheme...

Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks > HoustonRunner 02/09/2019 at 16:09

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Honestly if I was gonna wrap it?

I wouldn’t full wrap it.

Basically one of those two classic two-tone schemes, retaining the tri-coat as the light color and probably a darker bronze/tan or brighter green.

That said, any good body shop should have a portfolio of their paint work. Even if they don’t do custom paint jobs necessarily, they should have recent photos of more difficult/complex work they’ve done. High quality photos (not crappy blurry junk) are really all you need unless they’ve got an actual same-color example on hand they’re willing to let you look over. If they won’t show you their work, assume there’s a reason .

Here’s an example of a good digital portfolio for a restoration/custom shop near me, where they show before/after and in-progress as well as completed work : https://www.facebook.com/pg/JnJAutomotive/photos/?ref=page_internal

f86sabre > HoustonRunner 02/09/2019 at 16:30

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There is only one answer.

Maybe two

Monkey B > HoustonRunner 02/09/2019 at 16:51

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don’t be deterred, it’s not rocket science blending pearls...be particular about where you take it. There are extremely talented painters out there, but more average ones.

Dogsatemypants > HoustonRunner 02/09/2019 at 17:21

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You know you want to. I would post a pic of the matching rims.... but kinja