Estoril E36 M3 full VINYL matte black wrap

[silverstar]

So we took the challenge at my shop "Impressive Auto Center" to use my E36 as a sample on vinyl wrapping before we offer it to our customers...

i leave the rest to the pictures....





















The finished product:

[blueIce]

Whoa, how much will that cost when you start offering it?

[silverstar]

I know the car in the picture is TOO HIGH,
the car does have PSS9 coils and i choose to raise it for the winter...

[ndcruz]

Wow this looks pretty cool. Whats the price tag on the kit?

[allaboutm3s]

Where did u buy the vinyl from? I wanna do my roof that matte black. The car looks sick

[silverstar]

Where did u buy the vinyl from? I wanna do my roof that matte black. The car looks sick

we buy it in bulk from a local supplier.

[ducky328i]

looks good. +1 on cost...

[Nevergivein]

Rather you guys did it on a color other than Estoril, but looks like you guys did a good job none the less...

[Jasony0228]

it looks so nice!!!

[drivnovrdaedge]

.. yeah .. im wondering about the cost ...

shit looks legit ... but why on a nice color

[tuanathon]

impressive

[busterhax]

I know there are places on the west coast that will do it from 400-800 bucks. But they're a dime a dozen over there.

[pelotudo]

always thought about doing this to mine, going white instead of black though.

if you dont mind, how many yards of material did you guys use? i pick it up in bulk as well so area will help more than cost when figuring what ill use.

[narbeh07]

I thought I saw that Estoril for sale on craigslist

[hc1001]

looks great leo. i was thinking about doing this to my car but i would've probably messed up the vinyl.

[Spyke]

Nice wrap on the mirrors! That's the hardest part of the whole car because it's the only part on the e36 with heavy compound curves.

For you guys who are interested, you can source vinyl like this at any sign shop (I personally work at FastSigns, there's 500 across the US so they're very easy to find). There are hundreds of colors, specialty patterns and effects and qualities you can pick from. Just measure each piece individually (Extra is ALWAYS better) and have an overestimated total when you are pricing it out. Keep in mind that wrapping is not by any means a solution in place of a paint job, it is just an alternative. It WILL get nicks in it, and at the very very best of conditions you will get a 5 year life out of it, while 1-2 years is more common. Removal also becomes increasingly difficult past this point. Go with a "cast" vinyl, not "calendered", and this is very important as a cast vinyl will be much more forgiving when installing. Also, if you have any freshly painted parts, you need to wait 30 days minimum for the paint to outgass properly. If you don't, when you remove the vinyl you will be taking all that paint with it.

[fullyflaredd]

The wrapping looks good but it just doesn't work on an E36. In fact, well at least imo, VERY FEW cars can pull off the matte look.

[busterhax]

The wrapping looks good but it just doesn't work on an E36. In fact, well at least imo, VERY FEW cars can pull off the matte look.

Not sure how others look at it, but i see vinyl as a way to dick around for a couple months while you need a bit of change. When you get sick of it, you will appreciate your normal color and go back.

As someone else has said, vinyl is not meant to be permanent.

[Dricebrug]

You covered up estoril?

Ban. Now.

Also, are those 19"?

[Ryan666]

Did you wrap the spokes on your wheels as well? I see that they went from blue to black.

[DavidsM3]

so many asking for prices, but no answers.

[silverstar]

the rims are 19 and yes we wrapped them too.
as for prices we still didnt put a price tag on the job because this was the first job it took way longer than expected.
I heard some shops charge 2K - 4K for similar jobs. Its more time consuming than a full paint job

[Dricebrug]

Its more time consuming than a full paint job

No way.

I'm not sure why you say this, but I've wrapped plenty of cars. (Graphics shop) It can be lengthy, but there is no way it is more time consuming then a full paint job. Even if you were to print on all the vinyl.

[Mad Dog 20/20]

I like the flat black e36. I'm envisioning it properly lowered w/ a nice LTW splitter and clear/smoked fogs/corners.

How heat resistant is this stuff? Would the wheel wrap burn/peel if the car was tracked hard (wheels get very hot to the touch)?

Would be great to run some funky colored (and protected) wheels at the track, then just peel it off when you get home.

[MarketMaster]

$2-4k, good luck. Like the guys have said, there are a lot of shops willing to do this well under $1k