Johnny Rocket
VIP Member
I paid £1740 all-in for the job, at the end of last August.
I understand the cost of the film is by far the major contributor to cost - mine took one man one day, plus a bit of prep. at the end of the preceding day, plus on the morning I collected . . . so say 10-12 hrs at £40ph giving £400-480, and the rest is the film? I'm guessing here though, as I didn't ask for the bill to be broken down!
My chaps said that they only use Avery Dennison, or 3M films, as they are by far the best and most durable materials, proven over the longest time.
I didn't need to do much research into who to use, as this company was used by my ex-employer for all sorts of high-end and complex commercial work - the chap who wrapped our van had done a lot of prestige work for Volvo trucks, before then doing all of McLaren's F1 transporter cabs, trailers and motorhomes - and this was my link.
A few people have asked me for the contact, but the company did the work as something of a (paid!) favour for me as, effectively, a colleague, and they do not normally work for private individuals.
I am a fussy sod, and so was very pleased at the degree of care, skill and creativity with which my chap approached the job - I for example asked for the colour break line to be half way up the 45deg 'chamfer' just as the VW two-tone factory paint line is, but in the event he lowered it ca. 3mm to the first (i.e. lower) transition where the vertical panel departs inwards to become the upper panel. This was so that he didn't have to lay in a fiddly little fillet of colour over the upper edge of the California badge directly behind the headlights, which apparently are absolute murder to remove and usually break if they are taken off. In the event I liked the result much better, as the shadow cast on the Ascot Grey in the body chamfer looks for all the world like a subtle dark grey pin stripe running round the waistline of the vehicle.
Any more questions just ask, and I'm happy to take photos for anyone who should want them.
Hope that helps!
I understand the cost of the film is by far the major contributor to cost - mine took one man one day, plus a bit of prep. at the end of the preceding day, plus on the morning I collected . . . so say 10-12 hrs at £40ph giving £400-480, and the rest is the film? I'm guessing here though, as I didn't ask for the bill to be broken down!
My chaps said that they only use Avery Dennison, or 3M films, as they are by far the best and most durable materials, proven over the longest time.
I didn't need to do much research into who to use, as this company was used by my ex-employer for all sorts of high-end and complex commercial work - the chap who wrapped our van had done a lot of prestige work for Volvo trucks, before then doing all of McLaren's F1 transporter cabs, trailers and motorhomes - and this was my link.
A few people have asked me for the contact, but the company did the work as something of a (paid!) favour for me as, effectively, a colleague, and they do not normally work for private individuals.
I am a fussy sod, and so was very pleased at the degree of care, skill and creativity with which my chap approached the job - I for example asked for the colour break line to be half way up the 45deg 'chamfer' just as the VW two-tone factory paint line is, but in the event he lowered it ca. 3mm to the first (i.e. lower) transition where the vertical panel departs inwards to become the upper panel. This was so that he didn't have to lay in a fiddly little fillet of colour over the upper edge of the California badge directly behind the headlights, which apparently are absolute murder to remove and usually break if they are taken off. In the event I liked the result much better, as the shadow cast on the Ascot Grey in the body chamfer looks for all the world like a subtle dark grey pin stripe running round the waistline of the vehicle.
Any more questions just ask, and I'm happy to take photos for anyone who should want them.
Hope that helps!
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