I had considered that - but then reckoned it doesn't really apply to 25+ year old Lotus Excels....yroll wrote: Yes if you don't think about the pros of wrapping.
For example you get a lot less tear and wear on the paintwork, wrap a new car and when you remove it 10 years later it looks new again!
AndyC wrote:And, you get the ability to perform a temporary(few years) colour change without destroying the originality of the paintwork if it's in good condition. I don't think wrapping is in place of a re-spray where the original paint has failed and you want to retain that original colour, but it has it's place.
I'd be as keen as most would be to know what a sharp-edged wrapped Excel might look like, but I think we've all been on here long enough to know that your typical Excel owner will not be thinking of wrapping a newly resprayed Excel to save the paint for the benefit of a buyer 2-10 years later. And I guess the wrong colour or the need to impress friends, neighbours and work colleagues with a trendy matt black finish would also not compete successfully against the more likely need to spend £1K-£2K on worn suspension /the power train or perhaps the desire for sensible upgrades like brakes and mapped ignition?MalcolmH wrote:It's also probably one of the best ways of achieving (not that I'd personally want one) a contemporary matt black finish.
I saw a matt-black-wrapped Audi TT in the Bluewater car park recently, and it looked stunning. Like The Dark Knight's teenage son had gone out shopping!
Now, if a full wrap cost under £400, I'd have a Pacific Blue one ....
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