Wrapping Noble

[Juno]

We'll I'm back in my third Noble, you could say 3x3R's

Having seen an owned a few I have found a totally dry car with barely a spot of corrosion to be found anywhere, it's just lived a very dry life. With very little to do chassis or mods wise I'm turning my attention to the body. The car is in excellent shape but has the usual stone chips. I'm thinking with the advances in vehicle wrapping it would be a great way to make the vehicle as good as new while preserving the original paintwork.

I may even keep the original colour or a pearl white but would be open to any suggestions and suppliers!

These guys seem pretty good www.yrefined.com

Colour needs to compliment the interior

Edited by Juno on Tuesday 14th January 21:31

[JBliss]

People have reported that the paintwork is completely ruined when the wrap comes off and also it peeling the paint off.

maybe get a respray and then have paintshield put a clear on the front?
www.paintshield.com

[Dave211]

Once saw two Ferraris having wrap removed at a specialist. The cuts to paintwork, associated corrosion, plus paint pulled from plastic areas, meant one car needed £2k part respray and the other a £8k full respray !

Personally would never wrap a car, and definitely would never buy a car with a wrap.

Just my 2p worth

[Juno]

I think with a car as old as a Noble once you wrap it's for good, yes it would defo pull paint off a Noble if removed .Having wrapped a few race cars it's certainly easy to look after and keep clean though !

[andygtt]

Wrapped parts of mine recently, I when I took it off it removed sections of the lacquer in places... Didn't matter too much as I had plans for it anyhow.

[TuxMan]

My paintwork was knackered hence the wrap , much easier too look after and a stronger finish than paint . Pretty good look too !!

[Juno]

TuxMan said:

My paintwork was knackered hence the wrap , much easier too look after and a stronger finish than paint . Pretty good look too !!

Certainly looked good at the show and the metallic fleck made it look like paint ! How about a pearl white Noble ? With Tuxman Carbon

[V1DL3R]

You also will need to bear in mind that because of the shape of "dat' ass" on the Noble, a wrap has a fair few joins/overlaps on the rear which over time tend to fray and get dirt under them. Overlaps on dark colours are hard to see especially at a distance but on light colours they are a lot more obvious, especially close up.

[TuxMan]

The wrapping material is getting much wider , when signteam did mine they could only get the green in 900mm wide rolls , today they can get mine up too 2m wide , hence the reason why it is going back in for a re wrap .

[AMG Merc]

Hi Barry, what I've learnt about this is if the paint is new (as in new car, not resprayed) a wrap last 2-4 years and should come off easily wth no paintwork damage. Anything else is hit or miss regarding damage, and fibreglass (e.g.: Nobles) is prone to the laquer and paint lifting (note the mentions here about bubbling after using a car cover) so, IMHO, should be avoided.

Happy to hear experience of any Noble owners who've wrapped and then removed - revealing a perfect, as-before, finish.

PS: I'm having the roof wrap removed from my C63 soon so will report on removal from new factory paint...

[V1DL3R]

Just on a side note, have you seen Plastidip? I'm using it next week to change the colours of my centre caps and a few other bits.

[Juno]

I think even if you wrapped a Noble from new it would pull the paint off as Noble paint was always a little soft. My thoughts were if you want perfection then a reprint is £4000 for a good job and unless you clear wrap you will just end up with stone chips again! I totally agree with everyone's thoughts that the original paint and particually the laquer will be Fujied when you remove it!

Looking at coats though a good wrap and it now appears can be done without joints will be circa £1200-1400 whereas a re paint and clear wrap would be about £5500 so o guess you could have 4 wraps for the price of the paint and clear wrap!

I will let you know how I get on

Edited by Juno on Wednesday 15th January 09:56

[Chapppers]

Juno said:

I think with a car as old as a Noble once you wrap it's for good, yes it would defo pull paint off a Noble if removed .Having wrapped a few race cars it's certainly easy to look after and keep clean though !

I'm not sure age should come into it, wraps only last about 3 years and I don't think any of us is thinking of scrapping any time soon!

So what made you come back? You're quite the enigma, aren't you? Are you bringing it to Silverstone in May? You should.

[andygtt]

my paint was 4mths old when I wrapped it and 7mths old when I removed it... think it does depend on the quality of the paint as the 2 pack I did on the roof was fine, the stuff done by a paint shop was the bits that came off slightly.

I did mine a matt blue finish which was fantastic and Im pretty sure couldnt be replicated in paint.

[TuxMan]

Wraps last 3 Yeats ??? Rubbish mine is coming up too 3 years old and is still in better condition than paint would be after 3 years !!! No reason why it should not last a long long time !! It's also easy to repair and much less prone too scratching than paint . You can also get better metallic finishes than in paint . The Sign team charged me 2k for the full wrap including stripping the car .

[mrpbailey]

My white wrap cost about £1800 and looked st after 2 years. When I had it took off Jetstream did a full respray for not too much more than that.

[Chapppers]

TuxMan said:

Wraps last 3 Yeats ??? Rubbish mine is coming up too 3 years old and is still in better condition than paint would be after 3 years !!! No reason why it should not last a long long time !! It's also easy to repair and much less prone too scratching than paint . You can also get better metallic finishes than in paint . The Sign team charged me 2k for the full wrap including stripping the car .

Perhaps I'm out of date on the process but I thought the plastic started to harden, edges start to peel and glue starts to go off after a while. To be fair there was a car at work the other day with all its camo off which looked fine paint-wise and I can't imagine they go for the best quality stuff. That being said from experience lot of the camo peels off during the life of the car but often it's done quickly and the cars have a tough life!

[Juno]

Chapppers said:

I'm not sure age should come into it, wraps only last about 3 years and I don't think any of us is thinking of scrapping any time soon!

So what made you come back? You're quite the enigma, aren't you? Are you bringing it to Silverstone in May? You should.

Might pop along if I'm free, won't be on track though unless I've purchased another race car. I can only bow down to you boys who track them but I struggle to get excited about anything other than a race car on track ! Recently sold the Tadical so no current race car but do have a time attack Evo project on the go !

[Chapppers]

I'm not convinced Silverstone will suit my power level but I've been surprised in the past. Most cars are fun when you're thrashing them though. You've taken a Noble on track before, haven't you?

[TuxMan]

Std Noble is very good on track , only thing I advise is too not do too many laps , 1 warm up 3 flyers then a cool down is normally ok for a std car . Does depend a bit on the weather on the day though .