When I decided I needed to go deeper with the car, I was faced with addressing the exterior of the car. Before I can even get the that level of deciding a color, I needed to make sure I decided how to approach the car.
A lot of people were telling me to wrap the car. While it does have it’s merits and cheaper.. and now I realize it, a faster process. But I was deterred by some of the quality of how wraps were applied. I also look at it as a band-aid.
BUT, if Project Leopard was in better condition, I would have gone down the wrap route. I don’t rule it out for something like my vert.
Painting a car was the process I grew up with. It was expensive, but it was the proper way to change the exterior of the car. Project Leopard’s condition was rough.. Not just the exterior, but engine bay and trunk…
It needs a total refresh IMO. And this is why I went with the paint route. The front end is going to be custom with the hood being the most affected and I want that to be seamless. I don’t want to see wrinkles from a wrap.
update 2021 – when the car came back, it had clear drips. It was a huge disappointment and turn off.
Also in 2022, I got my parts of the Diana kit painted. The painter did a decent job. What spoiled it was the a $900 price tag for a $500 job. What pushed it was I added the door add ons (which wasn’t much), but I think the timeline really pushed it. This was for JCCS and I was leaving that Friday… all week there was delays because it was hot and his workers didn’t want to work… so Thursday night between 6-9pm… he painted all my pieces. That is what drove the price higher, but I had no choice, but to go with it..
With these instances, I want to avoid painters for awhile and just do wrapping.
Updated 2023 – Fuck Sakura Garbage. Wasted my time with half ass work!
