How Much Does It Cost to Wrap a Car?
It is the first question everyone asks, and the honest answer is: it depends on the car and the job. Anyone quoting a firm price without seeing the vehicle is guessing. What we can do is show you exactly what the price is built from, so a quote makes sense when you get one.
Vehicle size and shape
Film is bought by the roll and labour is counted in hours, so a compact hatchback costs less to wrap than a full-size SUV or a van. Shape matters too. Flat, simple panels wrap faster than deep curves, sharp creases and complicated bumpers, which take more time to lay, tuck and finish cleanly.
How much of the car gets wrapped
Coverage is the biggest lever you control. A full wrap covers every painted panel. A partial wrap might cover the hood, roof and mirrors, or one side of a work vehicle. Lettering and decals cost the least. Many customers mix: a full colour change on the body with a contrasting wrapped roof, for example. Choosing coverage is how you set the budget range.
The film itself
Standard gloss and matte colour films sit at one end of the price scale. Satin, metallic and colour-shift films cost more, chrome and textured specialty films more again, and printed custom graphics are priced by the artwork and coverage. We install 3M, Avery Dennison and Oracal films. Cheaper no-name film is a false economy: it fades faster, lifts sooner and can be miserable to remove.
Design work
A solid colour needs no artwork. A custom design does. If you arrive with print-ready artwork, that step is done. If our design team builds it, the complexity sets the time: clean lettering is quick, while full illustrated artwork takes longer. Either way, you approve the design before anything is printed.
Condition of the vehicle
Film needs a sound surface. Rust, peeling clear coat and failing paint will not hold a wrap, and dents telegraph through film. A car that needs paint repair first adds prep cost, and occasionally our honest advice is to fix the paint or skip the wrap on a panel that will not hold.
So what will yours cost?
Bring the variables together: vehicle, coverage, film, design. That is the quote. We offer a free consultation and estimate, so the number you plan around is for your actual car, not an average of other people's. Send the year, make and model through the quote page (/quote/), tell us the coverage you have in mind, and we will price it properly.