Slippery
Slippery GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
2/17/14 8:17 p.m.

I have been looking around for cheap vinyl material to wrap a challenge car with. I need about 20 yards of 60" wide material. I'd love to find something for under $200 ... Is that possible? Color/quality is not important.

I wish I knew how to paint. I think vinyl will be easier though.

Thanks.

JThw8
JThw8 PowerDork
2/17/14 8:21 p.m.
Slippery wrote: I have been looking around for cheap vinyl material to wrap a challenge car with. I need about 20 yards of 60" wide material. I'd love to find something for under $200 ... Is that possible? Color/quality is not important. I wish I knew how to paint. I think vinyl will be easier though. Thanks.

Wrapping will not be easier, to do a good job on a wrap is a LOT of effort. Look into doing a foam roller paint job if you want to keep it cheap and simple.

irish44j
irish44j PowerDork
2/17/14 9:24 p.m.

Agree...my experience with only partial vinyl on cars has been a major pain in the ass and I've yet to have a partial wrap or big sticker come out perfect. I find masking and painting to be much easier (and generally less expensive), personally. Rattle-can can look surprisingly good if you use good nozzles. I buy packs of them from a graffiti supplies place online, of all places :)

turboswede
turboswede GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
2/17/14 9:37 p.m.

http://www.rickwrench.com/index79master.htm?http://www.rickwrench.com/50dollarpaint.html

This is what I did on my 924:

From this:

To this:

To finally this:

Prep took the longest, but I was able to lay a coat before I left for work in the morning and another after dinner so a week or so later I had enough paint on it to start thinking about color sanding and polishing.

Slippery
Slippery GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
2/18/14 7:21 p.m.

My problem is that I cant paint for E36 M3. I tried it twice and the results were not good at all. On the other hand, I did apply tint to a few cars without a hitch. Since this car is quite flat, I think I can pull it off. I also dont have a good place to paint at.

mndsm
mndsm UltimaDork
2/18/14 7:23 p.m.
irish44j wrote: Agree...my experience with only partial vinyl on cars has been a major pain in the ass and I've yet to have a partial wrap or big sticker come out perfect. I find masking and painting to be much easier (and generally less expensive), personally. Rattle-can can look surprisingly good if you use good nozzles. I buy packs of them from a graffiti supplies place online, of all places :)

Rusto fill caps for the win! Also- the quality of paint- go ahead and spring for that Montana Gold. It's worth the extra 3 bucks a can.

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