I think you would de value the Corvette it's like wearing a condoms it ain't the same as the real thing .I have removed wraps from things and sometimes it lifts off things you don't want to come off but what ever boats your float

 

Not exactly easily reversible...

With the wrap...






And after peeling the wrap after i decided it was uncool.




Peeling it off just exposed that i had defects in the older repaint... not a welcome surprise.

 

I looked at wraps as an option last year. The one thing I heard from every installer was that I needed to get my car painted first. Wrap doesn't adhere well to a non-perfect finish. So if you're looking to save time in body work then I don't think a wrap is in your future. The plastidip can adhere to a lesser quality of finish but still needs to be in relative good order for longevity.

 

Well, I didn't know that a wrap needed a perfect finish to adhere to. If that is the case then the idea is out the door. Luckily, if I can't wrap it, and I can't afford to paint it any time soon, at least I got it in black, which is what I wanted in the first place. I'm still intrigued in the plastidip. I'm going to try to find some cars locally that have had it done and see it in person. If it is good enough for Ferraris and Audis, it is good enough for a 46 year old Chevy.

 

There is a wrapped blue chrome Corvette over on the C4 Forum. I believe the owner paid over 3K. It looks great if it's your thing but there are seems. The 48 Hour Corvette is also wrapped. The car is red underneath. That car is in the process of being done over with flares. I wonder if they will re-wrap or paint.

 

At the SEMA show in Vegas last month it seemed like I saw wraps and dips around every corner, some of them on Corvettes, though I don't recall seeing any on C3s.

 

My $.02:

As you can see here, a wrap is NOT always reversible! I don't see it as a valid substitute for paint either, as the cost is usually $1-2k. Having removed a wrap from our business Sprinter, I can tell you there can be some problems underneath!

However, I am considering www.dipyourcar.com plasti dip for a 91 Coupe I recently rescued from a friend. The C4 (my first!) has 116k miles, with some minor FE damage. Interior is decent, w the usual driver's seat wear; mechanically the car is good after replacement of battery. Most everything still works on this 25 yr. old Vette!

My point is: I bought the car for a fun project for casual weekend drives. A $3-4,000 paint job just ain't gonna happen, since any sort of future major repair to the engine/4 sp. AT required would result in my having mucho more $$ in the car than it could ever be worth.

I have researched painting the C4 myself on YouTube, where there are some great videos. To do the job correctly, however, it requires special flex type paint for both front & rear PLUS the removal of most body panels for painting.

Enter plasti dip, where NONE of the body panels need to be removed, the prep (no sanding) and cost are far less.

So a DIY plasti dip may be what, $600, where a much more involved DIY paint job may cost $1,600 plus a zillion hours that I just don't have!

Your comments are welcome. Btw, anybody looking for just such a C4 project this winter..............? The more I get into this the less enthused I am! I shoulda known that C4's are Light Years different than either C3's or C5's!

Happy New Year, Rickman