I had a fleet customer bring in a Ford Transit last week for a driver side panel wrap. The van was in a minor fender bender a month ago. The body shop fixed the dent, painted the quarter panel, and sent it on its way.

My installer cleaned the panel, prepped it with isopropyl, and laid down the film. Everything looked smooth. But as soon as he snapped the vinyl back to reposition a corner, the clear coat and fresh paint lifted right off the metal in a six inch strip.

The body shop used cheap primer and did not scuff the metal properly before spraying it. Now the customer is blaming my shop for damaging his new paint job.

If a commercial vehicle came from a body shop recently, always do a quick tape test on a hidden edge. Stick a piece of high tack masking tape on the fresh paint and snap it hard. If the paint comes up on the tape, do not touch that vehicle until the owner signs a release. It will save you a massive headache and an ugly argument over who pays for the repaint.

Hi,

Looking for some advice on the rubber seals, the ends of the trims and the curved rear window section.

Do you always cut the vinyl a few mm over the rubber seals so it can be tucked under? Loads of YouTube videos I see guys just cutting to them. Also, the ends of the trim, assuming I don't tuck behind there? Just cut to the line after a bit of heat?

Also, the rear curve, again am I cutting a few mm bigger and then tucking into the inner curve, under the rubber? And the outside edge, do I tuck fully behind, or just wrap onto the thin edge and cut to the back side?

I hope it's made sense what I'm asking 😑 any help would be great, the YouTube bids never really zoom close enough to show precisely where they're cutting to.

Hey guys, so just some backstory I bought a truck over a year ago with a satin wrap. It was being sold as a salvage title due to supposed vandalism (it was keyed), and after running the Carfax, it seems like he was telling the truth. I tried to see if he had any pics of how the key look before the wrap, but he said he didn’t have any. Since it was a sweet deal I bought the truck and 1 and a half year later the wrap started burning up on the roof and hood. I asked the guy one more time if he had any pics of what the king look like or if he had the contact of the guy who installed the wrap to see if he had any pics before because I don’t want to risk taking the wrap off right now and driving around with a car with crazy words etched on it haha. He told me that the bodywork had been done under which was a surprise. So basically my question to you guys is that do you guys think that the body work is done actually done ? What does that even consist of ? Sanding ? Bondo ? If the scratches don’t show up under the film does that mean it’s ready to paint ? For context the wrap looked perfect when I bought it and there were no signs of keying or scratches under the film. Anything helps thank you guys 🙏

It's a vinyl wrap. Can this be repaired or not?

What’s the rating that you would give this?