Cooler than stainless???

[Drive Stainless]

A local shop (my favorite shop, actually) just wrapped a car with this stuff. It looks AMAZING!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHtGwsHTS88

[Mark D]

Pretty cool technology but stuff this reminds me of that chromalusion paint that color shifts from purple to blue to green.

My guess is that (like chromalusion) while intended to go on high end cars, idiots will spend $4,000 to paint/wrap their $1,000 vehicle and it will end up on the very long list of tacky car mods.

[DavidProehl]

Pretty cool technology but stuff this reminds me of that chromalusion paint that color shifts from purple to blue to green.

My guess is that (like chromalusion) while intended to go on high end cars, idiots will spend $4,000 to paint/wrap their $1,000 vehicle and it will end up on the very long list of tacky car mods.

Agreed. If I were to wrap a DeLorean, I'd do a chrome wrap. I love the look of the polished stainless, but would never feel safe polishing it myself, nor would I be certain that I would want to keep it that way forever.

[Mark D]

Agreed. If I were to wrap a DeLorean, I'd do a chrome wrap. I love the look of the polished stainless, but would never feel safe polishing it myself, nor would I be certain that I would want to keep it that way forever.

I thought I recently saw someone do a black chrome wrapped DeLorean the other day but can't seem to find it here. Or maybe it was black brushed finish. It was similar looking to this photoshop job:
http://dmctalk.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=42022&d=1463509084

Maybe it was on Facebook?

Chrome looks good too but I'm not sure how well chrome vinyl wrap holds up to scratches and every day dirt and wear. I was looking at some black chrome vinyl for wrapping some trim pieces on my wife's Explorer but hear it's not very durable. I like the idea of it being temporary though and being able to easily go back to stock.

Here's a random photo I saved of a guy who actually polished his entire car to a mirror finish.
http://dmctalk.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=42023&d=1463509084

[Drive Stainless]

Black chrome wrap:

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[Mark D]

Black chrome wrap:

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Yeah that was the one!

Funny, I just noticed now that the guy was using a propane blow torch to heat shrink instead of a heat gun

[mr_maxime]

Agreed. If I were to wrap a DeLorean, I'd do a chrome wrap. I love the look of the polished stainless, but would never feel safe polishing it myself, nor would I be certain that I would want to keep it that way forever.

I got a chrome wrap quoted at $4k a few months back. I really love the look of the polished stainless as well but I also like my car black.

[DavidProehl]

Here's a random photo I saved of a guy who actually polished his entire car to a mirror finish.


I saw this car in person at DCS 2010. This is what got me thinking about a chrome wrap. Here is a photo I took of it back then:
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The owner told me he spent something like 4 hours per square inch polishing by hand to do this. I think other threads discuss quicker ways to do it using rotatory tools and flapper wheels. The only thing he didn't polish was the hood.

[mr_maxime]

Id do the hood too then chrome wrap the fascias to try to match the mirror finish

[Citizen]

Any know the VINs of these DeLoreans? It'd be nice to record these modifications.

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[Timebender]

A local shop (my favorite shop, actually) just wrapped a car with this stuff. It looks AMAZING!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHtGwsHTS88

Looks like they're actually using something that has tiny prisms in it. Pretty neat.