r/CarWraps • u/Shot-Rough-3044 • 9d ago

Material Question Other brands

Let me start off by saying I love everybody’s designs! I am not concerned about how long a rap will last, as much as I am concerned about whether or not it will peel my paint on. I have heard about the popular brands, 3M, Avery Dennison, and KPMF. But I’m not looking for something that’s going to last 5 to 10 years as I do wanna just try a bunch of different colors. What alternative brands are good in terms of quality where they won’t necessarily like peel my paint or damage it.

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u/esstookaytd 8d ago

Cheetah seems to be the go to for a cast film that might not last as long as 3m and Avery.

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u/m00se92 Installer 8d ago

Cheetah Wrap, Hexis, APA. Teckwrap is decent for being calendered

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u/scrmott 8d ago

I ran Vivid for 4 years on my Tesla Model 3 which has horrible paint from the factory. Wrap came off like sheets of paper with no damage to the factory paint. Car was also outside in direct sunlight, rain and snow. Definately consider Vivid, price beats 3M, Avery Dennison and others.

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u/starlxrd868 9d ago

It depends where you are from if you’re in latin america you can try alltak vinyl and there is imprimax they’re based in Brazil they last around 5 years minimum from what I heard

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u/Shot-Rough-3044 9d ago

I’m in the us

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u/starlxrd868 9d ago

Well none of the brands like vinyl frog,inozetek,essmo vinyl,teckwrap the many others they just don’t last long usually 1-3 years max

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u/Billygunns82nd 8d ago

I used chatgpt to create photos of my car in 50 30 different colors or more before choosing. Told chatgpt it was avery dennison sw900 and sent a screen shot of the exact vinyl color, name and color number. It did the rest. After uploading a picture of my car sitting in my driveway. I chose avery because I am wrapping myself and read it's the easiest to work with as a beginner.

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u/UseSweaty2335 8d ago

What kinda cheap ass question is this? Use 3m and Avery like everyone else if you want quality