Don't leave a wrapped skyline out in the sun

[thkyline]

my wife was driving my car and left the garage door open with the blistering sun beating down on it all day 😬

just below the passenger side headlight...

[The Bogan]

I've seen wrap peel around edges and bubble, but not fall off in chunks, it does look like it has taken a hit for the wrap to tear and come off like that, how long has it been wrapped?

[funkymonkey]

Is that regular 3M wrap? Should be more durable than that.

 

unless it was melty and someone brushed against it?

[thkyline]

i think the issue was from where i had heated and pulled the wrap a bit too much (probably a rookie mistake to be fair), i thought it was a bit weird but when you touch the edges it actually feels as if it has melted. 

I bought the wrap through CarWraps Australia, the wrap itself is pretty good quality and really forgiving, ive got a heap of weird bends and bumps in the bumpers and skirts and it worked well around most of them. 

Its been on for a little under a year and the only issues are with where i didnt prep the paint beneath it properly

[DaymoR32]

i'll never buy a wrapped car again, all the paint tore off my car when i removed the wrap. It had definitely sat out in the sun for way too long!

 

 

[PranK]

3 hours ago, DaymoR32 said:

i'll never buy a wrapped car again, all the paint tore off my car when i removed the wrap. It had definitely sat out in the sun for way too long!

 

 

Argh! That sucks! 

[The Bogan]

I was watching a tube vid on a guy removing that clear stuff they put on, t'was a R35, not enough heat gun was used and paint peeled off in some areas

[MBS206]

I could show you guys photos of wrap having been removed properly, and where the wrap was removed, paint underneath is perfect.
Sections of the vehicle didn't have wrap on it, and in those areas, the paint work is destroyed because of how long it had been sitting in the hot QLD sun for many many many years. Wrap even still looked decent.

Good quality wrap, and removing it properly shouldn't rip off the paint work, unless the paintwork was already shot to pieces before hand.