Member Since: 04 Apr 2009
Location: Puerto Rico
Posts: 132
Protect your Paint! Whole car wrapping extreme test.
Hi!
As many of you know from other threads, my car survived a pretty nasty event. (check THIS thread).
Anyways, as part of the preparation I wrapped the WHOLE car with 3m rock guard. This is a very thick, ultra clear paint protection film. Has 5yr warranty, and is meant to stay on the car 'forever' (but it's easy to remove).
I can say that it SAVED my paint bigtime on the worst off-road damage I've had.
Picture Story:
Example of the many mud/dirt walls encountered...
Yes, it was resting on the doors (and wheels ofcourse, good thing they are 2" offset).
So... When we finished I ripped all the mouldings and then some.... (but seems doors are ok )
Washed, now we see the real damage!
Closeup with film on...
So we take film off to get ready for repairs...
Sorry, no pics right after taking film off...
Here comes DentMasters (2hr job, NO work on paint).
End result! Not a new scratch! Door saved! Could not beleive it! I WILL wrap the door again!
Time to go off-road with NO real concerns for paint! 8) :thumbsup-------------------
2008 LR3
ARB bumper, winch, sealed Snorkle, dual battery, Rover Specialties sliders, whole car custom skid plates, 33" tires, ARB air compressor, CB radio, etc...
26th Nov 2010 3:07 am
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Absolutely cracking job there. AmazEd he managed to recover the door panel. Top job!! Bodsys Brake Bible
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26th Nov 2010 6:02 am
Dave Legacy
Member Since: 07 Aug 2010
Location: Hacienda Heights, CA, USA
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Awesome news! What does that stuff cost for wrapping the whole car?2006 LR3 SE V8 w/HD Pkg.
26th Nov 2010 6:26 am
Ken
Member Since: 20 Feb 2006
Location: Here
Posts: 10865
The Job is a good one but not recovered light deflections show this
This said for the proper use this unit goes through and no doubt the the film is going back on it will look 8)
That dent tech is one very skilled peep
26th Nov 2010 6:29 am
devonchilliman
Member Since: 03 Nov 2008
Location: Devon
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Unbelievable ,what a transformation
26th Nov 2010 8:39 am
roveribis
Member Since: 04 Apr 2009
Location: Puerto Rico
Posts: 132
It was a she!
When I called I asked for the one with the most experience. She has been doing it for 10 years!
The wrap is quoted by the square foot (they do not charge for wasted film). A roll of the stuff is around $700. My car took more than a roll... I did the whole sides, the edges of the hood (12"), edges of roof up to rack. List price was about $1600. (but I got a huge discount). They also did the black door frames in black film (thinner) for looks/protection.
When I go back, we will do the middle of the hood and the sides of the rack in black. Also, cover over all the thin black film with the clear guard...
This is not only nice for offroading, but also for keeping the paint new. Great investment...-------------------
2008 LR3
ARB bumper, winch, sealed Snorkle, dual battery, Rover Specialties sliders, whole car custom skid plates, 33" tires, ARB air compressor, CB radio, etc...
I've seen many people have wrapped up their cars with this 3M film before, only for it to go yellow after a year stuck to the metal. It's especially evident for lighter coloured cars. This is most likely caused by all the dirt and that gets embedded into the film itself.
Member Since: 04 Apr 2009
Location: Puerto Rico
Posts: 132
Oh... I hope it does not happen to me. The installe and 3M give it 5yr warranty against going yellow. Maybe there are different films/qualities. I do know that this film is 3x the price of competing ones. Well see....-------------------
2008 LR3
ARB bumper, winch, sealed Snorkle, dual battery, Rover Specialties sliders, whole car custom skid plates, 33" tires, ARB air compressor, CB radio, etc...
The warning coming from DetailingWorld.co.uk is that if you have put paint protection film on your paintwork, do not wax your car. Apparently a number of waxes react to the film, no matter the brand, and create a yellowing effect. I don't think it'll be an issue for you 'cause yours is Stornoway grey! Visit my car detailing blog at http://maksimumdetail.wordpress.com
27th Nov 2010 4:13 pm
roveribis
Member Since: 04 Apr 2009
Location: Puerto Rico
Posts: 132
Thanks for the info, will make sure my detailer does not wax the car!
Since I'm covering the whole car, never expected to wax it. I think it's more of an issue where there are only a few patches installed....-------------------
2008 LR3
ARB bumper, winch, sealed Snorkle, dual battery, Rover Specialties sliders, whole car custom skid plates, 33" tires, ARB air compressor, CB radio, etc...
29th Nov 2010 8:41 pm
SJ
Member Since: 24 Mar 2009
Location: North Yorkshire
Posts: 234
Hi,
really interesting post. I was thinking of covering my D4 but I'm getting ridiculous prices quoted in the UK.
Front, bonnet and sides = £2500 .. $4000
Did you cover yours yourself or was it done professionally? I'm pretty handy doing this sort of thing with window tint film. is it possible to just buy the Rock guard film for DIY fitting? If so can you give me a web address? I've looked at lots of web sites but no one wants to sell me any full kits or film for DIY
Thanks
8th Sep 2011 5:21 pm
TC
Member Since: 26 Oct 2005
Location: Gloucestershire
Posts: 253
£2500!!
I had a bonnet of a 5 series resprayed by a BMW body shop with a wing colour match detail for £500 all in!!
8th Sep 2011 6:50 pm
dadof7kids
Member Since: 23 Aug 2011
Location: sunny Doncaster
Posts: 1303
Some one told me he was going to have his RRS wrapped just in a diff colour ,,same thing as clear and he was quoted £1500 at a place in linconshire java Black D3 gone : (
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I wrapped the 
my paint bigtime on the worst off-road damage I've had. 
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that gets embedded into the film itself.
