I think this may sound stupid, but I have a 1970 Jaguar E-Type and I think it doesn't really look good in white. I am wondering if it would be normal to wrap it a different color like red or dark green. Would it look like real paint, or at least not look bad?


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I think wrapping it would be a good idea if you don't like the white. A wrap would allow the factory color to remain, preserving the car's originality. I don't know what it takes to remove a wrap, that might be a concern. What is the interior color? That may help guide you in color choice. Find Maikel Lemke on YouTube and watch some of his videos of the vintage car expositions he attends. He goes through many Es of various colors.. Jay Leno has a video of a barn find Golden Sand E that is gorgeous. Keep in touch and let us know how it turns out!

 

You could go even better and instead of standard vinyl warp, go with a full wrap PPF from Suntek. I personally think the satin/matte finish would look phenomenal.

https://suntekfilms.com/na/en/paint-...m/clear-matte/

 

It will be interesting to see how it turns out if you decide to go forward. I would think that the hood louvers would be a challenge, but I know zero about wraps. What is the cost? Keep us posted.

 

Actually, Suntek has patterns for almost any vehicle (and can scan and custom-make those they don't have patterns for). The louvers would be no problem at all. And a reputable installer...well those guys are fantastic at what they do. As far as cost, there is unfortunately a very wide range, depending on a lot of factors. $2,000-$10,000 for a full wrap. Costs go way way down if one does it themselves, but that learning curve is brutal.

 

And I thought this was going to be about wrapping for Christmas

 

On my Series II, I had my wrap people put clear PPF on the bonnet. Be aware that the bonnet is really difficult to do right. They need to break the wrap at the fender seams, and getting the mouth right is a real PITA. Like a paint job, they do need to dissemble the body of the car (chrome parts off), and to do that bonnet right; the fenders need to be removed so they can tuck the wrap in the seams; if they do the bonnet as one piece (my fenders no longer separate) they'll be short on the sides and they'll end up covering the chromed seams, which isn't a massive problem with clear but could be problematic with color. The rest of the car is pretty straightforward, but you'll need someone really good for the bonnet.

 

If you are trying to preserve the original paint then I'd worry about lifting the paint if/when the wrap needs to be removed. Fifty year old enamel isn't as robust as modern paints. I guess it doesn't matter if the end result is the car is eventually going to be repainted but if your goal is to change color but retain the original paint then wrapping it might not work well in the end.

 

Interesting posts..I was also thinking about a wrap .. matt black like on some of the modern high end supercars..lambos etc .. then I was also thinking about something a little more radical..maybe a leaping jaguar on the sides that leaps into the front but fades to the back half of the car. ( but then again ($$$) . This idea has not been taken very well with true purists!!

 

If the people removing the wrap use heat and adhesive release (there is a special formulation for wraps), it comes off quickly, and I've never had an issue with paint damage. The only car that does is the Tesla Cybertruck as the adhesive reacts with the stainless steel (stainless my butt) and can discolor it. Still, on a painted surface, I've never had an issue. (I've wrapped my dash on my old XK-R, which also worked fine there. I tried several different wraps before I found one I liked. Doing the dash on that car was fun. I have two wrapped cars, one with PPF and one with standard wrap, I wrapped both I-Pace cars, an A3, my F-Type, the Vovle XC-60 Recharge and my relatively new Audi E-Tron GT (deep purple PPF). The best-looking wrap was the F-Type (though the Audi GT is close) because it was clear over color and looked like high-end paint (really deep). Another option is to use a dip color, which can be sprayed on and peeled off when you want to change colors; folks don't disassemble the car and mask off the parts you don't want to be colored or use a knife to cut around those parts and peel off the dip over the part. The best product is probably hypershift which is a step of from plastidip but goes on the same way. Here is a video of a car that used this product This would be a ton easier and cheaper on an E-Type.