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Have hope: The innovation that is quickly changing this, are wraps. Full vehicle wraps are incredible. You can get damn near any color you want, get stripes or

by xwdv 6y ago

Have hope: The innovation that is quickly changing this, are wraps. Full vehicle wraps are incredible. You can get damn near any color you want, get stripes or other designs if you please, all while protecting the real paint underneath for future resale value, like a miracle from God. It makes sense then to buy some neutral color like black or white, and wrap up a vehicle later in a color you really want. You could even change colors later. The only reason it’s not more common yet is the price, costing about $2k-$3k to wrap a whole vehicle, but the effects of competition and capitalism will eventually bring that down for the masses, until wrapping a vehicle costs little more than applying window tints. Soon enough, exotic, bombastic, offensive colors will be common in our streets. There has never been a more exciting time for the automobile.

kart23 6y ago
wraps have been around for a while, and they're still pretty expensive to put on. Tint is cheaper because you don't have to disassemble a car, and a flat surface is much cheaper to wrap than a car with curves and edges. I don't see the price going down unless you can somehow automate it, theres a lot of labor involved. Also, wraps need special care. You can't leave it in the sun too long, otherwise it will literally bake onto your car, making it look bad and removal tough. If you don't clean it once a week, you'll have nasty stains from bird poop and other dirt thats impossible to remove. Also, you need to remove and re-wrap every 5 years, even if you care for it well. It doesn't make sense for 99% of people who don't really care about the color of their car.
vinay427 6y ago
> The only reason it’s not more common yet is the price, costing about $2k-$3k to wrap a whole vehicle Tesla charging thousands on the Model 3 for any color besides black, at least in the US and the UK, is a great opportunity here. I convinced my parents to eventually go this route once they've gotten bored with the "free" black. The alternative was paying $3-5k (?) for another color that didn't blow them away and probably wouldn't have been of astounding quality given that it's Tesla...

by xwdv 6y ago

kart23 6y ago

wraps have been around for a while, and they're still pretty expensive to put on. Tint is cheaper because you don't have to disassemble a car, and a flat surface is much cheaper to wrap than a car with curves and edges. I don't see the price going down unless you can somehow automate it, theres a lot of labor involved. Also, wraps need special care. You can't leave it in the sun too long, otherwise it will literally bake onto your car, making it look bad and removal tough. If you don't clean it once a week, you'll have nasty stains from bird poop and other dirt thats impossible to remove. Also, you need to remove and re-wrap every 5 years, even if you care for it well. It doesn't make sense for 99% of people who don't really care about the color of their car.

vinay427 6y ago

> The only reason it’s not more common yet is the price, costing about $2k-$3k to wrap a whole vehicle Tesla charging thousands on the Model 3 for any color besides black, at least in the US and the UK, is a great opportunity here. I convinced my parents to eventually go this route once they've gotten bored with the "free" black. The alternative was paying $3-5k (?) for another color that didn't blow them away and probably wouldn't have been of astounding quality given that it's Tesla...