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      09-08-2011, 06:01 PM   #23
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Do you guys know how much it costs to paint a car?
3K to 5K euros - so I hear. Most good wrap jobs run under 1.5K euros.
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      09-08-2011, 06:08 PM   #24
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It will proabably look something like this:
Saweet! Where did you/who spotted this one?
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      09-08-2011, 07:53 PM   #25
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This color or blue would have made me buy this car...
Wait, so the color would have made you buy it? Not the performance and handling? Are you sure you want to admit that publicly? Not even my wife is that bad!
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      09-09-2011, 04:55 AM   #26
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Darn, Someone has it already! lol.. Always one step behind.. Looks great, at least I know what to expect. With a few more Mods it will have a different look.

Thanks for the info Jezzer, Much appreciated. Its good to know what to expect.!
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      09-09-2011, 04:56 AM   #27
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Absoloutley right Dave, the cost for the Matte was around 2000 Euro. with the little extra trimings it will be slightly more.

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      09-09-2011, 05:03 AM   #28
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So nice, you just need black wheels now ;-)
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Why not go beige and make some extra $$$ being a taxi driver?
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      09-09-2011, 05:25 AM   #30
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haha it would be a good taxi, you would get to your destination pretty quickly!
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      09-09-2011, 05:38 AM   #31
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Nurburg Racing Taxi 1M... U will be popular

Great it will protect your paint during winter time...
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Just a curious question..

as its a wrap, it has no texture (At least i think it doesnt) although the new materials may in fact have something.

Its frozen grey in color but will have a smooth finish, yet "dull" as in flat..

so the question is do you just wipe it clean??? what happens with bird droppings... how does one care for it.

(im well aware of the warnings BMW gave for the real Frozen grey paint jobs, so im just asking about wrapped cars )

????
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Love that color on the 1M. Looks awesome!
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Just a curious question..

as its a wrap, it has no texture (At least i think it doesnt) although the new materials may in fact have something.

Its frozen grey in color but will have a smooth finish, yet "dull" as in flat..

so the question is do you just wipe it clean??? what happens with bird droppings... how does one care for it.

(im well aware of the warnings BMW gave for the real Frozen grey paint jobs, so im just asking about wrapped cars )

????
I'm interested in this too. Sounds like the ultimate car cover and would definitely make me less hesitant to drive it often, track it, leave it outside, etc. Maybe much better spent money than a clear bra, although obviously more expensive. I can just imagine taking the wrap off in a 3 years and having a completely pristine original paint job for resale value or whatever. Anybody know of any shops in the DC area that do wraps? The matte thing is cool but frankly I don't care either way, just want to drive the snot out of the 1M and have one less thing to worry about. My dirty secret is that I hate washing cars by hand and details are $$$ around here....
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Do you guys know how much it costs to paint a car?
Usually 10k
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      09-09-2011, 11:08 AM   #36
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3K to 5K euros - so I hear. Most good wrap jobs run under 1.5K euros.
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Usually 10k


....and then we cover it with a sticker.
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      09-09-2011, 11:22 AM   #37
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....and then we cover it with a sticker.
Same as paint protection...no?
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      09-09-2011, 11:27 AM   #38
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Same as paint protection...no?

Well, paint protection is usually clear to show the paint under it.


Guess its just different strokes for different folkes. I just dont get it.
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      09-09-2011, 11:28 AM   #39
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Same as paint protection...no?
no.
you change color (to something not available from BMW) with this.
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no.
you change color (to something not available from BMW) with this.
haha. i know it changes the color. a dealer does this in charlotte...would i ever consider it? no...

but it does offer the car a level of protection. that's what i'm getting at. if you're really pissed that BMW didn't offer it in any other colors (other than AW/BSM and VO), than this can be done as an alternative and it will still offer a level of protection to the paint. that's all i was saying.

again...would i do it...no.
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      09-09-2011, 11:46 AM   #41
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haha. i know it changes the color. a dealer does this in charlotte...would i ever consider it? no...

but it does offer the car a level of protection. that's what i'm getting at. if you're really pissed that BMW didn't offer it in any other colors (other than AW/BSM and VO), than this can be done as an alternative and it will still offer a level of protection to the paint. that's all i was saying.

again...would i do it...no.
Ok, just to be clear, you would not do it, right?
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      09-09-2011, 11:59 AM   #42
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Wrapping a car they use vinyl same stuff they make decals out of but they are covering the whole surface of a car. It is very hard to do espically around curves, ducts, edges, ETC. So many shops who professional do this will charge quite a bit. The labor will be roughly 40hrs. and the materials given that they dont mess up at cost would be roughly 500-800USD depending on what brand vinyl they went with ETC.

A guy locally wrapped his subby. Took 40Hrs and they actually pulled off all the pannels of the car wrapped it and reinstalled the pannels.

this allows you to pull the vinyl off at a later date and still have your paint unharm and untouch. given that they dont use any epoxy or glue to hold down the edges. Also when they are triming the vinyl with a razor or xacto knife(same difference) hopefully they didnt catch the paint that you wont know until you go and pull off the vinyl.

I helped wrapped a car for SEMA and it is the biggest pain in the ass to do.

Cant wait for the pictures I'm always a fan of nice wrapped cars.
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      09-09-2011, 12:03 PM   #43
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Ok, just to be clear, you would not do it, right?
ok...let me think about it.
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It will proabably look something like this:

^^is this a wrapped car? Looks fantastic!
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