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Member Since: 25 Jul 2020
Location: Saint John NB
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Canada 1985 Defender 110 2.5 TD HT Alaska White
Paint or wrap ?
Hi everyone I’m looking for some advise on painting my truck or having a wrap don’t to it .

Does anyone now the pros and cons or wrapping your truck or just painting it .

I heard there was a program you can use to see what your truck will look like with a wrap.

It would be use to pictures of both.

Let me know

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Post #845829 25th Jul 2020 1:53am
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Adammacky



Member Since: 28 Dec 2019
Location: West Midlands
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Personally I wouldn't get my defender wrapped only painted, reason being when the inevitable happens (rust/bubbling) the wrap would start to lift and look tatty.

On the other hand the paint bubbling and panel rust also looks tatty anyway.

I've only seen one defender wrapped matt black before and the wrap was lifting all over the place, the truck was white originally so it looked awful!

Also the more expensive durable wraps that do actually last will probably cost around the same as a paint job. If you go cheap on a wrap it will start to lift easily, speaking from previous experience!

Advantage of wrapping is the colours/patterns/effects are far wider like chrome/satin/matt etc, but anyone who had a chrome defender needs shooting Laughing

Just my opinion but see what others think Thumbs Up
Post #845879 25th Jul 2020 9:01am
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Matt110



Member Since: 29 Jun 2014
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Mine is plastidipped.

Much, much cheaper than wrap. Can be applied yourself. Can also be refreshed yourself when it either gets scratched or fails. And can be peeled just the same.

It's hard to do anything other than solid Matt colours, but we sprayed clear dip over my Santorini and the paint underneath is unmarked despite it having been through seemingly every bush in the Pyrenees.

We would prefer 3m self healing wrap, but that's £600\roll (plenty to do 2 defenders) and has the drawbacks you describe. But it would look vastly better on.
Post #845888 25th Jul 2020 9:55am
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PCM



Member Since: 25 Jan 2019
Location: North East
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I wrapped my roof black and it's brilliant. Like a waterproof protective barrier.
However when I informed my insurance broker (A Plan) they said most places won't cover you for a wrap as if one panel get damaged you generally have to re-wrap the entire car due to subtle colour changes over time. Not sure why this should be any different from Paint but in their view it was.
Just check with your broker before going for a full wrap.
Post #846050 25th Jul 2020 10:06pm
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Gravygraham



Member Since: 15 Mar 2017
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United Kingdom 2015 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Corris Grey
FWIW I had my arches wrapped about five years ago. I think I paid about £30 a pop, they still look good.
Post #862933 21st Oct 2020 8:45pm
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