Cyber truck wraps

[TimW451]

I wonder if wraps are how Tesla plans on working around all of the fit and finish problems they are having with the Cyber Truck?

Tesla Cybertruck spotted with colorful wrap – is Tesla going to offer wraps? — Electrek

A new Tesla Cybertruck release candidate was spotted with a new colorful digital camouflage wrap.

apple.news

 

[adrianp89]

I wonder if wraps are how Tesla plans on working around all of the fit and finish problems they are having with the Cyber Truck?

Tesla Cybertruck spotted with colorful wrap – is Tesla going to offer wraps? — Electrek

A new Tesla Cybertruck release candidate was spotted with a new colorful digital camouflage wrap.

apple.news

A lot of Tesla's are wrapped anyways. Feel like nothing new here.

 

[2kwik4u]

A lot of Tesla's are wrapped anyways. Feel like nothing new here.

An absurd amount of Rivians get the matte finish PPF as well. It's an expensive treatment, and I get it. Guessing I underestimated the demand at that price point.

Also, Neighbor has a blurple wrapped Model X. It's hideous.

You'll want to mute this before clicking play. He's loud and obnoxious.

 

[Thermobrett]

Can’t make that Cuber Truck anymore uglier than it already is.

 

[BlkGS]

A lot of Tesla's are wrapped anyways. Feel like nothing new here.

That's because Tesla offers like 4 colors, most are an expensive upgrade, and their paint quality is "good rattle can job" at best. Tesla should just run their stuff through the local Maaco for the $300 special, it'd look better than what they do.

 

[BlkGS]

Also, I think we are gonna see more OEMs get into wrapped cars. Ford is doing a matte black wrapped lightning already. It's a high margin, low cost way for them to do special editions. Rather than having to configure their production line to do a new color, they spray them black and then wrap them afterwards. On an industrial scale, with pre designed and pre cut pieces, that's a piece of cake.

I expect to see a lot more limited run vehicles be wraps over top of a matching or black paint.

 

[TimW451]

I agree @BlkGS That was my point, that it is coming from the OEMs, not what people are doing. For Tesla it is about covering up shoddy workmanship. It makes complete sense for special editions to use the method unless the color is irrelevant (stock color option will do) or it is some special 3+ layer paint job. It will be curious as to what warranty is provided with the wrap.

 

[Thermobrett]

Funny this popped up on my google feed.

https://electrek.co/2023/10/10/tesla-starts-selling-vehicle-wraps-for-model-3-y-at-a-pricey-7-5k-8k/

 

[BlkGS]

Their claim that that's somehow a better material than what is available on the market is kinda bs, but I mean, they're a highly biased site.

Wraps can be cheap vinyl or thicker, nicer material. Most people doing wrap opt for the medium grade stuff, because they don't want to do a permanent color change, and like to change ge it up, or even more commonly the car is a lease so they're gonna turn it in 2-3 years so they don't need to pay for a higher end wrap.

What's going to be interesting is how the used market views them. Wraps don't age as well as paint. You leave a wrap on for say, 5 years, 7 years, 10 years... It's pretty much ruined and it's gonna be a real bitch to get off. They've improved a lot since the beginning of vinyl wraps, but they're never going to be paint level durable. Buying a used vehicle with a not fresh wrap is always a crapshoot, because it could start cracking in a month and be horrible to get off. Wrapped cars typically go for a lot less money than a stock car, due to that risk and also risk of what condition the paint underneath it is.

 

[2kwik4u]

Was thinking about wraps this morning.

OEM's offering them feels a little like textured walls in a brand new house. It's a cover/band-aid for poor substrate prep work. Like, you could have garbage paint work (or arguably NO paint work) under the wrap, and still have a quite presentable vehicle. Much like crap walls with poor drywall work that are textured and have a quite presentable house.

I personally wouldn't buy it from an OEM that way. Might consider a wrap on a vehicle that is old and busted in lieu of paint work. Like if I wanted to freshen up my $1,500 pickup with a cheap wrap to get a few years of "nice looking" out of it.

 

[Murf'n'surf]

I am wondering if they are clear coating the metal or leaving it bare stainless. Stainless is a mother to keep clean and free of surface corrosion.

 

[Thermobrett]

I am wondering if they are clear coating the metal or leaving it bare stainless. Stainless is a mother to keep clean and free of surface corrosion.

Maybe they took a page from the DMC12 playbook. Look at all them back to the future cars that survived the years!