I'm thinking about getting the TT wrapped...has anybody here done it?

[2porscheguy]

I'm thinking of turning this:



into this:




I've always wanted a red turbo but new paint will set me back $10-14K. I've got a quote for 3M Gloss Dragon Fire Red wrap to be applied to the entire car minus the rear vents and roof for about $3K. I realize it's not permanent but I'm told it "lasts" about 7 years if the vehicle is garaged routinely which mine is. Plus I put on maybe 2-3K kms per year, driving it occasionally from April to October.

Pros/Cons/Thoughts from the PPOT?

[Gogar]

Do it! With a wrap you won't hurt the resale value of the car and the right to change your mind is worth the money.

[speeder]

I say go for it as well. A buddy of mine is closing in on a speed yellow 996 gt3 and planning on getting it wrapped right off the bat. Can't really go wrong.

[Tobra]

Black is a good color to wrap with red vinyl too. The engine compartment being black on a red car will still look good, as would the door sills.

You can go really wild on a wrap, if you are so inclined, viper green, orange, Gulf livery, pink pig livery, hello kitty, whatever. Should not hurt the underlying paint. You can P-shop it to see how it would look. I have thought about wrapping my Miata in Phoenix Red or some other shade of orange.

[sc_rufctr]

There's no down side to "Wrapping" and I'm thinking about doing my own 911.
There was some talk about it ruining the paint but if it did that then you needed new paint anyway.

Just go for it!

But shop around for your wrap. 3M have kits that are sold in After Market parts shops but these are very expensive.

[stomachmonkey]

Mike (lubemaster) did his Targa

[stealthn]

Go to Lamborghini Calgary and talk to Michael (tell him Bob sent you) they do a lot of highend cars. Check this one out while there, one of the best wrap jobs I've ever seen

2012 Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Black Series - Lamborghini Calgary

[Brian 162]

Do a search in the 911 tech forum. Someone wrapped an SC. The car looks great. He even did the door jams.

[gwood]

Project 911 wrap

[stealthn]

Alex, sent you a timely PM

[fanaudical]

I wrapped my Targa. It had a bad respray when I got it and needed paint, but didn't want to spend that kind of cash. I cleaned up the rough spots and wrapped it with 3M 1080 sterling silver. Most people don't know it's wrapped unless I point it out (most think it's paint). The wrap holds up well to normal abuse.

It was more difficult to do than I thought it would be. If I did it over, I'd pay somebody to do it.

[Craig T]

Subscribed! Please keep this thread updated if you decide to do it. I'm close to wrapping my TT in continental orange or GT3 RS orange. It's red now, but I love orange, and I've never seen an orange TT. I just don't have the balls to pull the trigger....yet.

[scottmandue]

So... what is the $$ to wrap a car?

[2porscheguy]

Originally Posted by fanaudical

I wrapped my Targa. It had a bad respray when I got it and needed paint, but didn't want to spend that kind of cash. I cleaned up the rough spots and wrapped it with 3M 1080 sterling silver. Most people don't know it's wrapped unless I point it out (most think it's paint). The wrap holds up well to normal abuse.

It was more difficult to do than I thought it would be. If I did it over, I'd pay somebody to do it.

How long did it take you (You DIYd?) and can you post some pics please fanaudical?

[2porscheguy]

Originally Posted by gwood

Project 911 wrap

Thanks!

[2porscheguy]

Originally Posted by Craig T

Subscribed! Please keep this thread updated if you decide to do it. I'm close to wrapping my TT in continental orange or GT3 RS orange. It's red now, but I love orange, and I've never seen an orange TT. I just don't have the balls to pull the trigger....yet.

Craig, one of my PCA driving buddies has an orange 997GT3, that looks kinda like this:




That would be a very unique and killer look on a 997TT! Black wheels too?

I'll probably get mine done in two weeks but I'll definitely update the thread when that happens!

[Craig T]

Originally Posted by 2porscheguy

Craig, one of my PCA driving buddies has an orange 997GT3, that looks kinda like this:





I'll probably get mine done in two weeks but I'll definitely update the thread when that happens!

Drool drool drool!

[2porscheguy]

Originally Posted by scottmandue

So... what is the $$ to wrap a car?

My quote came in at $3500 minus there 20% spring discount, so around $3000 incl GST (CDN "pesos" ). I'll probably go with the Gloss Dragon Fire Red. You can check out the colours available in the 1080 series 3M wrap films by clicking the link below. Gloss Dragon Fire Red is # G363.

http://multimedia.3m.com/mws/media/752048O/3m-wrap-film-series-1080-horizontal-color-chart.pdf?fn=GRPH-15-1317_Chart_P3-3_LR_Clean

[pksystems]

Plasti-dip it.

[2porscheguy]

^^^Can you come over and help me dip it? It's a little on the heavy side!

LOL!