Vinyl Wrap Over Rock Chips

Applied by professional auto detailing or vinyl installation experts this thin polyurethane film or polymer acts as a skin that helps to primarily protect the paint from rock chips and small scratches but also uv exposure mineral deposits acid rain and more.

Vinyl wrap over rock chips. But not only business vehicles use vinyl wraps. Picture by tyler tausch from detailed concepts texas ecocoat kenzo on matte wrap. It is vinyl and not as glossy as high quality paint but offers other advantages like better repairability ecological repair and fast application. Or purely for aesthetic.

But we couldn t find anything on vinyl d wrapping older cars on youtube so decided to make our own. So while it can be applied over imperfections like paint chips be aware that it will conform to them not cover them. Nowadays car owners will also opt for a wrap when looking for better protection from rock chips especially for a daily drive. We are not experts.

The style of car wrap and the color also effect how it hides or shows defects. Vinyl wraps that have a pattern will hide things the best way. Vinyl by 1 5 times. Car wrap film is thin and flexible which allows it to conform beautifully to the contours of your vehicle.

I had a couple of large chips through to the primer. If there are scratches in the paint of your vehicle then yes of course a vinyl wrap can be applied over the scratches. Vinyl can only hide surface scratches and very small rock chips as it is fairly thin and acts like a skin on top of your vehicle. Durable protective.

You could see the indentation in the vinyl where the chip was but it looked better than the white primer showing through imo. Opinions on vinyl wrapping half the hood to cover rock chips. Can you wrap a car with paint scratches dents or rust. Vinyl vehicle wraps can be applied over hulls even if they have been scratched or suffered a similar degree of small damage.

Things we re glad we did. Color match wrap is more scratch resistant than standard vinyl. I did it on my s4 i wrapped the whole hood in matte black vinyl.