Paint vs wrap

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  1. JoeyJunk

    JoeyJunk Road Train Member

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    Yes they are included. I went to Freightliner and got new rubber insulators.

    It doesn't come with hood insulation or the weather flaps(?). Not sure what to call them. I didn’t add either on to the new one.
     
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  3. Cdemars316

    Cdemars316 Light Load Member

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    I have wrapped my personal vehicles before and am thinking about doing my truck as I have to replace my sleeper and also want a new hood, I also wrapped my other sleeper when I put it on then it got hit like amonth later, that is why I am debating which way to go this time. Wraps are cool and hold up really well, the reason I did them on my personal vehicle was for looks and to keep away from trail rash and it holds up good. Any defect you have in the body work is going to show right through on a wrap though, and I doubt they would hold well on something without good paint adhesion for the wrap material would be difficult on stuff with lots of body work. I am thinking about trying like a matte gray color wrap (would be similar to the color I would go with paint anyway) then blacking out all the chrome. The best thing about a wrap is if you get sick of the look you can take it off and redo the color pretty easily
     
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  4. sbaumann14

    sbaumann14 Road Train Member

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    03 FLD. Jones performance hood. Led headlight conversion. New grill. 22” drop bumper… ect, ect, ect. 16A28E9D-9EFC-4C31-950E-86BC8492B095.jpeg
     
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  5. sbaumann14

    sbaumann14 Road Train Member

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    Will be doing a single stage color this summer ….white, duh, as it’s easiest to keep clean believe it or not. Might get the tanks done as well. And do your dash yourself in vinyl in whatever color as it’s pretty easy to do. Or for something more 7E0DEA37-8DB3-44A6-84B0-7B8FF2C7625F.jpeg CBE70151-20AD-4AE7-B60E-72FDC2D7E5ED.jpeg “exotic”, check out hydro dipping on YouTube
     
  6. Brettj3876

    Brettj3876 Road Train Member

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    That looks awesome
     
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  7. Last Call

    Last Call Road Train Member

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    I gonna watch this as well because I need to do something too
    My Fiance's cousin has his own business wrapping vehicles he use to work Hendrick Motor Sports as a graphic designer..and I've talked to him about it.. he said he would do it but he kinda indicated I might be happier with a paint job simply because of the large area and the cost and the quality of the poor paint on the truck now..
    He is going to wrap my dash panels since I finally decided on what I want for a design
     
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  8. Elroythekid

    Elroythekid Road Train Member

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    You can get hydro dipping kits from dip wizard, I did a few bike parts, turned out decent. IMG_0705.jpg 20150706_152059.jpg
     
  9. Chieftains

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    How much where those rims?
     
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