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Yeah sorry, let me rephrase part of it:

For cars (and some other things) I feel like unless it is "as the manufacturer produced it" (and not aftermarket stuff) it feels wrong.

Like... I could paint my car myself, change its color or foil it with some matte foil but... Unless it's 100% officially provided by the manufacturer I guess it just feels.... wrong.

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Wrapping is reversible though. And pretty well established at this point. It could also protect your original coat - that’s a benefit.

Too bad you can't use automatic carwashes with it.

I think you actually can bring wrapped cars through automatic touchless (spray only, no brushes) car washes.

From what I have been told by multiple wrappers is you can't use the manual spray washes either. The water power is too high and will cause damage. Have to hand wash it.

Edit: This was for about 3-years between 2015-2018 as I wanted to wrap the cars in the winter.

frankly I wouldn't take a car without a wrap through one of those touchless car washes either. I took my gti through one once and it blasted one of those rubber stoppers out from between the hatch and the sill.

Ah. I’m with you on that in general, but I am considering buying a used 911, want Speed Yellow or Riviera Blue, and have realized that it might be much cheaper and easier to find a black/silver/white car with the mechanical options I want and wrap it for color. Especially white as they seem to come with a discount.

What a reversal... a far cry from the 80s and 90s where owning a non-modified car felt wrong

Don't worry you're not alone feeling this way.

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