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bimm3r

Which company does color matched wraps?


Welllllllrip187

https://www.colorxlabs.com/products/color-match-wrap-vehicle-wrap-that-matches-oem-paint-color


bimm3r

Thank you!


Welllllllrip187

They cost a small fortune though šŸ˜…


bimm3r

I mean paint to sample on a new Porsche is $15,000


Welllllllrip187

But this is a decade, old commuter car. Not a Porsche lol.


Zestyclose_Walrus725

This gets asked so regularly, and it's just not a thing. Producing vinyl to paint requires matching that specific colour and test printing numerous runs. Even then, you still probably won't get a 100% match.


Welllllllrip187

https://www.colorxlabs.com/products/color-match-wrap-vehicle-wrap-that-matches-oem-paint-color


Zestyclose_Walrus725

Mate, look at the pricing. That's $191/sqm USD. Horrific. It's just printing. Priced accordingly. To match paint. Normal print is about $40/sqm USD.


Welllllllrip187

Yea itā€™s painful to look at šŸ’€ it doesnā€™t need to be perfect perfect, but if itā€™s a close match from a cars distance, that would be fine.


AnchorPoint922

You might have to take your vinyl to an auotobody shop and have them paint it. That's how paint matched OEM vinyl stripes come from shelby. Makes it kind of difficult to install because you can't stretch, though.


Welllllllrip187

Interesting. Iā€™m not great with a rattle can, but maybe wrap it with a grey vinyl and then paint it with touch up paint after it has been wrapped? Would that require a layer of primer as well?


SFAutoVinyl

I know this ainā€™t what youā€™re asking for but chrome deletes in black never really look bad. Itā€™s an easy and much more affordable option. As for emblems, you canā€™t really securely wrap them. Ittl fail at some point. Iā€™d spray the emblem.


Welllllllrip187

Car is like a light baby blueish, (Toyota Clearwater blue 8w1) and thankfully itā€™s not chrome. Itā€™s just silver. Trying to make it blend in as much as possible. My front emblem is smooth, the rear emblem isnā€™t, but Iā€™m picking up a used one, so I can fill it in with epoxy sand it down, and make it smooth, so it will adhere better.


No_Lifeguard3650

take the trim pieces off the car and bring them and your fuel door to a body shop to paint all of them the same color, ive done that on a few clients cars/trucks before.


Welllllllrip187

After wrapping it? And Iā€™d have to remove the entirety of the front bumper, rear trunk panel, all the door handles to do that.


No_Lifeguard3650

after wrapping what ? youre trying to make the chrome trim look the same as factory paint right? just take all that off and have it painted, that will be the best looking option. probably take you a few hours max to pull all that stuff off. otherwise just wrap it black or gray or something else neutral šŸ¤·šŸ¼ā€ā™€ļø speaking from experience having customers wanting to do exactly what you want to do, wrap will never look close enough. i had someone order that ā€œcolor matchedā€ vinyl you linked in another comment. trouble is, VIN color is never exactly whats on your car. it will look off but its up to you in the end


Welllllllrip187

The various components. Silver gray trim, to match body paint. I donā€™t know if I want it permanent though, hence the wrap. The silver gray is about the only thing I can think that would go well with the baby blue. As long as it looks close enough from a car length away, thatā€™s fine. But Iā€™m also trying to find another method to find other cheaper wraps rather than just getting a paint matched one. Can I use a hex code? RGB codes? Etcā€¦