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Did I make this up, or is it a fact that Jag will do a custom color for a hefty fee (like 10K)?
I've read that Jag has a bespoke department, which I assume would include custom color choice, but it sounded a lot more involved than just color. Such as customizing the exterior, interior, etc.
Porsche has a paint-to-sample ability where you can provide a color sample and they'll do their best to match it, but they still have to approve the color (nothing too wild or outrageous I guess) and I think it's about $6k extra.
To have something truly unique that came from the factory that way (and not repainted aftermarket) would be cool. I could definitely see spending about that much on a personalized color choice that came from the factory.
Viper has a pretty interesting thing going on now with their 1 of 1 package. Basically every Viper sold can be of any configuration and color scheme that you like. Once made, no one else can get that exact configuration. Pretty cool program that I wish more lower volume production car companies would offer.
I have seen on several occasions, a gloss yellow F-type roaming the streets of Los Angeles, most likely a wrap. On the first wrap shown, what's the point of putting the chrome wrap on the bumpers and then leaving the silver wheels right up against them. The combination looks awful.
Did I make this up, or is it a fact that Jag will do a custom color for a hefty fee (like 10K)?
I've heard that as well, but not sure on the price. My guess a truly custom color might run that much. If you ordered a prior year color like Kyanite Blue it should run quite a bit cheaper.
Did I make this up, or is it a fact that Jag will do a custom color for a hefty fee (like 10K)?
Personally - and when all is said and done - I don't think $10,000 seems hefty or all that unreasonable to have Jaguar [read = factory] custom paint an F-Type. I don't see the need for it, but $10,000 doesn't sound all that bad to me.
A good wrap is around $3,400. I've seen the Tron wrap in person and it looks good on cars with sharp angles and lines. I think the flowing lines on our cars would be problematic. I'd have them do a rendering first (agree our wrapped cars look better than most of these though I did like the satin black, and didn't hate the gold or the flag). My wrap was $4,200 but that is because it was dual layer making it look more like paint.
Where did you get your wrap done? I'm considering doing a wrap at some point... or at least doing a CF wrap for some parts of the car.
I've seen photos of the tron wrap on a few different cars, but I don't think I would do it. It could be fun for a short time though.
enderle, any other recommendations for bay area wrap? I don't need top quality, something decent at very good/cheap price. Just picked up a used Mini to haul the puppy around, thinking about wrapping it in white to match the F-Type.
Personally - and when all is said and done - I don't think $10,000 seems hefty or all that unreasonable to have Jaguar [read = factory] custom paint an F-Type. I don't see the need for it, but $10,000 doesn't sound all that bad to me.
For custom factory, that seems reasonable. A top notch paint job can be $10K! Think about trying to paint the engine bay, door seams, etc.
enderle, any other recommendations for bay area wrap? I don't need top quality, something decent at very good/cheap price. Just picked up a used Mini to haul the puppy around, thinking about wrapping it in white to match the F-Type.
For my Audi I used California Wheels, they're doing our FX-35 as well. Still nice work but less expensive. (I should point out that the Freemont folks are a bit more pricey now they quoted $5,200 for the FX, California Wheels was $3,300).
For my Audi I used California Wheels, they're doing our FX-35 as well. Still nice work but less expensive. (I should point out that the Freemont folks are a bit more pricey now they quoted $5,200 for the FX, California Wheels was $3,300).
I checked them out and don't even see wraps listed on their list of services. I only see tinting.
Yeah, I contacted the folks at Vinyl Ink and though I'm only looking for a few pieces to be done, they are quoting 1-2 days and close to $1,500.... seems a bit high when I can get the whole car wrapped for about 2-4x that, and I'd expect that could be done in less than a day.
I may be better off just looking for aftermarket CF pieces and installing myself.
Here's a stunning example of what can be done by polishing aluminum. No wrap or paint here, just bare metal, but, of course, doing this takes 1000s of hours.
I checked them out and don't even see wraps listed on their list of services. I only see tinting.
Yeah, I contacted the folks at Vinyl Ink and though I'm only looking for a few pieces to be done, they are quoting 1-2 days and close to $1,500.... seems a bit high when I can get the whole car wrapped for about 2-4x that, and I'd expect that could be done in less than a day.
I may be better off just looking for aftermarket CF pieces and installing myself.
The recently expanded into wraps. Though I think they sub it out. Let me know how it goes.
05-09-2015, 11:01 AM
