First of all, putting vinyl wrap on an F type: you either hate it or love it (or so I heard)...

Anyway, I got my F Type brand new at my local dealer (here in HK) and it was on display and heavily discounted. Loads of options too. But it was in white and although white was super nice I always wanted to it in black with red interior. So I ended up getting it wrapped in Satin Black

I browsed these forums for a bit and there wasn't much info on wrapping an F Type so I just wanted to share how it looks wrapped.

So here's what I did:
- full wrap in Satin black
- dechromed/chrome delete (i.e. I did not have the black pack so the side vent and windows frame were originally in chrome but I got it wrapped in gloss black
- debadged the back, leaving only the jumping cat logo on the trunk lid. The chrome cat was done in black with red eyes


All in all, I'm quite happy with the results. I think the satin black contrasts quite well with the original gloss black top and rear diffuser as well as the newly wrapped side vents and windows frame.

Anyway, enjoy the photos!




Picking up my car



Did a quick rinse





debadged everything and left a black jumping cat on the boot lid



white and yellow lights have completely different effect on satin



in parking lot with white light



satin/vinyl seem to make many water droplets





this side vent was originally chrome so I had it wrapped in gloss black, with 'Jaguar' left in chrome



apparently the largest vinyl sheet isn't big enough to cover the hood in one piece so they had to use multiple pieces, and they did it so the border of the different pieces followed the contour of the middle bulgey bit

 

well i like it ! cheers

 

I guess it never ceases to amaze me how well these wrapped cars are. To go from white to black - without seeing much or any white (anywhere???) - is remarkable. Think of all the lines and creases...

How??? (Besides very carefully).

Beautiful job!

 

That looks fantastic...congrats!

 

Looks great! Congrats

 

I like it. They did a great job.

 

my reaction to the first picture was literally "holy ****".

That looks sinister.

 

Interesting that cbroth also has blades - I think those look good with the wrap...
https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/f...th-svr-171834/

 

If you're happy, I'm happy...

 

Came out great! The F-Type has a lot of "flat" panels (except for the front bumper area) which makes wrapping this car a bit easier than most.

 

I am just relieved the sentence didn't continue "...around a tree...."

Nice looking wrap. I always wonder how much of a pain they are to look after though compared to regular paint finish, particularly these matte/lustre finishes...

 

Looks great! If this is what you were going for it is a home run.

 

Yea it looks great! May I ask how much a full wrap costs?

 

There are still some whites when you open the boot and the hood but I'm okay with it. I think the only decision I had to make was to choose whether to do a complete door jamb wrap which could cost a bit more but I decided not to. They wrapped as much as they could there and just left the bit near the hinge unwrapped.

But with wrapping, since it's so labour intensive, YMMV depending on who you use. I think they did a good job. I think they did maybe 500 cars the last 2 years and are the most experienced where I am so...

 

haha I had to reread my title to see what you meant. Luckily I didn't hit no tree!

What the guy told me was satin black is actually pretty easy to look after since it hides dirt pretty well and it's not as shiny as paint.

Well we'll see...but so far so good, only some water marks upon close inspection but it's been raining all the time here...

 

It was HKD26,000 = USD3,333 = GBP2,619

To put it in perspective this F type S was around HKD1,700,000 before discount, which is around USD218,000 = GBP170,000. Cars here in Hong Kong are subject to a 100% tax and are just generally so effing expensive.

So the wrap was only a fraction of what the car was. I've looked around quickly and in the US I think a wrap would be around USD2-4k or thereabouts.

So, not too cheap but I think worth it since it gave my car the look I wanted!

 

I absolutely love the way your car looks in satin black!! Great choice!!!!

Now............$218,000 USD for an S!?!?!?!?

Thats nuts!!!!! Well, at least you know you've got n F-Type in an awesome color that possibly no one else in HK has, so cheers to that!

 

Thanks! I was pondering on matte black or satin grey but wife insisted satin black will look nicer and I think I agree now! Haha

I have quite a few options and got it discounted since it was a display car at the showroom, so I actually paid 'only' ~USD150,000 so it was a HUGE discount. A brand new base F Type would cost around the same too.

And that's just buying the car....Fuel is around USD8/gallon. And a parking space was just sold at a record price of USD700,000. Yes, a parking space.

Well I guess income and profit taxes here are low...

 

WOW!!!!! I thought living in Los Angeles was expensive! I'm paying $3.50/gal for fuel here and complaining about it, I couldn't imagine $8/gal!!!!!

Also, $700k for a parking spot..... seriously.....just......wtf?!

Its funny, I recently returned to the states from a business trip to Guangzhou and during my visit I couldn't believe how cheap everything was! I ate and drank like a king while I was there and it cost a tenth of what it would here! I also had a meeting with a company in Shenzhen and wanted to cross into HK for a day but unfortunately it didn't work out. Maybe its a blessing, with those prices, Id probably spend all my money on a beer and a simple cab ride and be stuck far from my hotel!

Anyway man, enjoy that awesome car!

 

Here in the Inland Empire, "premium" gazz is $2.85--$2.90 /gal..