Aston Martin v8 vantage 2016 roadster wrap

[Corrino10191]

Has anyone done this in silver birch?

[8Tech]

Seeing the damage a wrap does to the car I would never entertain it. Bodyshop currently has a McLaren 720 in that needs a total £15k respray where removing the wrap has pulled the paint off in patches. It only needed a bit of paint on the front but ended up needing every panel painted as it has a 3 layer paint.

Similarly, I would never purchase a wrapped car.

[Corrino10191]

Thank you - it was more timely protect from salt on seafront

[EVR]

8Tech said:

Seeing the damage a wrap does to the car I would never entertain it. Bodyshop currently has a McLaren 720 in that needs a total £15k respray where removing the wrap has pulled the paint off in patches. It only needed a bit of paint on the front but ended up needing every panel painted as it has a 3 layer paint.

Similarly, I would never purchase a wrapped car.

Hopefully PPF is not in the same situation?

[BiggaJ]

EVR said:

8Tech said:

Seeing the damage a wrap does to the car I would never entertain it. Bodyshop currently has a McLaren 720 in that needs a total £15k respray where removing the wrap has pulled the paint off in patches. It only needed a bit of paint on the front but ended up needing every panel painted as it has a 3 layer paint.

Similarly, I would never purchase a wrapped car.

Hopefully PPF is not in the same situation?

Having watched a guy recently remove PPF from my front lights to apply a new slightly darker shade PPF. He told me the secret is to very slightly warm it up and then peel is back on itself 180 degrees. I haven't seen it done on paint but I was informed the same rule applies. It's more the PPF gets a little brittle and comes off in chunks if not warmed and peeled back and I guess it then gets rushed. But doing it slowly with warmth had the desired effect and it left minimal residue behind meaning less cleaning and prep before the new PPF being applied.

[Dewi 2]

Corrino10191 said:

Thank you - it was more timely protect from salt on seafront

The prone to corrosion parts are the mild steel rear subframe and many bolts underneath the car.
A wrap obviously won't help with salt there.
As for paintwork, a detailer can prepare the paintwork and apply a ceramic coating. That might be better than a wrap.

I, along with many other Aston Martin owners, have used Francis (aka Paddy), Emerald Detailing.
He spent 3 days correcting paintwork and applying sealant (a new car that had spent 2 years in Southport [sea salt perhaps?}).
From a rough feeling paintwork, back to silky smooth, with a protective covering.

[Davil]

EVR said:

Hopefully PPF is not in the same situation?

Not if you use high quality PPF installed by professionals and have it removed by professionals. And of course make sure all paint is properly cured before having the car PPFd.

Vinyl colour changing wraps are not PPF though. They look tacky very quickly. It is always a red flag when you see a wrapped car for sale. In contrast quality PPF is a desirable feature.

[EVR]

Davil said:

Not if you use high quality PPF installed by professionals and have it removed by professionals. And of course make sure all paint is properly cured before having the car PPFd.

Vinyl colour changing wraps are not PPF though. They look tacky very quickly. It is always a red flag when you see a wrapped car for sale. In contrast quality PPF is a desirable feature.

BiggaJ said:

Having watched a guy recently remove PPF from my front lights to apply a new slightly darker shade PPF. He told me the secret is to very slightly warm it up and then peel is back on itself 180 degrees. I haven't seen it done on paint but I was informed the same rule applies. It's more the PPF gets a little brittle and comes off in chunks if not warmed and peeled back and I guess it then gets rushed. But doing it slowly with warmth had the desired effect and it left minimal residue behind meaning less cleaning and prep before the new PPF being applied.

Thank you both I am reassured as I have a PPFed car for the first time. Bought like this and done by Aston Martin Berlin on delivery, so hopefully all has been done correctly.

A month ago I have refreshed the film on the shark mouth since it was starting to bubble. Did it in a reputable shop in Monza, removal and application went super fine, but it also true that this part is very flexible plastic.

Will probably refresh the bonnet and front one in a year or so.

[8Tech]

Unfortunately, I do not know who applied the wrap and would not name them anyway but hopefully, PPF if applied by a pro and removed by the same pro will give some confidence as there would be no blaming anyone else.

[LPH]

8Tech said:

Seeing the damage a wrap does to the car I would never entertain it. Bodyshop currently has a McLaren 720 in that needs a total £15k respray where removing the wrap has pulled the paint off in patches. It only needed a bit of paint on the front but ended up needing every panel painted as it has a 3 layer paint.

Similarly, I would never purchase a wrapped car.

I would say that If the wrap has damaged the paint on the McLaren it must have been a st paint job. The force from the adhesion of wrap so be nowhere near the force needed to remove paint. Sounds like the paint wasn't keyed to the body properly.