BMW owner tapes black car to white

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BMW owner tapes black car to white



When a BMW 335i owner in Munich became bored with his black coupe, he hired a team to wrap it in white tape. Two days later, he drove home in his refreshed "Alpine White" coupe (with an M3-appearing black roof). No, it's not normal tape. It's a special 3M wrap, and the process is known as "foiling." Apparently, the German military has been using the process (with an olive drab tape) for some time now. Likewise, the process is popular with race teams and taxi companies. Available in countless colors, the tape itself is thick enough to protect the paint from minor chips and nicks, and it can be left adhered to the surface for 3-4 years without damage (!). Adhesion isn't a problem either, as the tape can even withstand an automatic car wash without peeling off. Thanks for the tip Frank.
Source: Autoblog

[golgo13]

WOW is all I can say. Where to buy this tape???mmm

[ImitationOfLife]

Interesting...

[audimuse]

so i could have a brilliant black car here soon?

[jakeyb]

People on bimmerforums have been vinyling their cars for years. Most have their roofs vinyled black instead of painting (not their whole car as in this case). It's cheaper, easy to remove if you don't like it, and holds up just like a painted roof would. A company called Modbargains had kits for ~100 bucks.

[Sharkfin]

Wow that looks better than I would've guessed. Maybe I want a white car for a few months??? lol

[goingone]

LINK!!....asap

[dmaize]

i think its called 3m controltac, if you go to a graphic company they can do your roof or what ever. if you get it laminated it looks wet. there was a guy doing it on the forum for 200 bucks

[VMRWheels]

I would like to change my car up for a few months.

-Charles@VMRWheels
www.vmrwheels.com

[aaron1085]

thats sweet...alot more cost effective.

[Coderedpl]

Holy crap!
That must of been a pain in the ass to do! Lots of patience and time required from what i see.

Looks great though, oem.

Could this be the cheap alternative to fixing paint on bumpers and such?
If only it could be color matched that is

[aaaudiprotein]

Yeah lloks cool. But how much is that gonna cost all together?

[BARRY]

its not cost effective. its pretty expensive. about 1k for a full wrap job with high quality vinyl.

[ILoveT]

its not cost effective. its pretty expensive. about 1k for a full wrap job with high quality vinyl.

How is that not cost effective? You never have gotten your car resprayed a different color then...

[khyber]

I had the exact same idea for my black S4 because I wanted a white one... I didn't realize it was actually a fairly simple thing to do. I'd be very down. I really like this idea, and it looks awesome. I like this

[GetAudiHere]

Haha that is tight! If I remember that is probally the stuff used in the movie taxi after they robbed the bank they peeled off the tape and the cops werent looking for their color car!

[[GorgeouS]]

Hahaha... Think thats cool... Check out this LP640 in Singapore
http://autoshow.permaisuri.com/autos...20080731220653

There is also a GTR R35 running around with the same sticker job

[toaster]

its not cost effective. its pretty expensive. about 1k for a full wrap job with high quality vinyl.

um...let's see $5-$6k to change the color of your car by painting it...or $1k to change the color of your car by taping it...hmm...

HMMMMM............

i never had a desire to change the color of my car (and most people never would have thought this level of quality would be available without actually painting,) but if a company finds a way to provide this level of service and quality for $1k...good LORD!!!

look out for profits coming in like water.

[biketsai]

There are already companies that "wrap" cars for logos and things like that. Id love to have myself a white a4 wiht a black roof

[Maverick]

WTF, that's some sick trick
a lot money I bet.

[will175]

we were going to open a company that does that so we can wrap are main company cars and vans. But just never followed through it.From what I recall it would cost around 1500 for a car our size.

[euro3b]

thats going to suck when you take it off, esp on a black car...

Rich

[DoubleAudi]

10,000 paint job, probly about 1G tape job, WHERES THAT TAPE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[LuckyUSP]

I would like to see more high res photos as I'm sure there may be a few inconsistancies?

After all it IS tape, but for a cost effective paint job that would be awsome!
I want a black roof!!!

[generik777]

maybe they could give me some of that in nogaro blue.

[zrowcool]

the company i work for gets their fleet vehicles wrapped like that. they look great but the install is the issue. all our trucks always have wrinkles and its never right after the install, always like 2-3 weeks later when the sun hits it and makes it shrink. great concept but the quality wont be as good as paint. it also cracks after time.