Pick the colour.See the finish.

Gloss, satin, matte

Gloss is the closest to factory paint and the most forgiving to live with. It can be polished if it stains, hides minor surface imperfections in the panel underneath, and looks wet in sunlight. It is also the least expensive of the three because the film is the most common.

Satin sits between gloss and matte and is the most popular finish we install. It reads as deliberate rather than loud, shows body lines better than gloss because it does not mirror the sky back at you, and photographs extremely well. It cannot be polished, so stains have to be prevented rather than fixed.

Matte is completely flat and the most dramatic of the three. It is also the highest-maintenance: fingerprints, fuel splash, and bird droppings all show, and none of it can be buffed out. Matte wants a matte-safe shampoo, prompt cleaning, and ideally a ceramic coating rated for matte film. If the car lives outside and gets washed occasionally, satin is the better decision.

Chrome delete

Chrome delete is the highest-impact, lowest-cost thing you can do to a modern car. Window surrounds, badges, grille slats, and mirror caps get wrapped in gloss or satin black, and the car immediately looks a generation newer. It starts around $449 for window trim only, it is entirely reversible, and it does not touch paint — which matters on a lease. Toggle it in the tool to see the difference on the trim.

Why panels come off

The single biggest difference between a wrap that lasts five years and one that lifts in eight months is whether the film was wrapped behind panel edges or tucked at them. Tucking is faster and cheaper; it also leaves the film edge exposed to pressure washers, car washes, and thermal cycling, and that edge is where failure starts.

Here, bumpers, door handles, lights, badges, and mirror caps come off, film wraps behind the edge, and everything goes back together. That is why a full colour change takes four to six days and most of it is disassembly and reassembly rather than laying film.

What wrap needs from your paint

Vinyl adheres to the surface it is applied to, so that surface has to be sound. Peeling clear coat, filler, and cheap repaints will not hold film, and when the film is removed it will take the failing paint with it. We inspect before quoting and say so plainly if a panel is not a candidate. Factory paint in good condition is ideal, and the paint under a wrap generally comes out better than the paint around it, because it has been shielded from UV and light abrasion the whole time.

Cost, care, and reversibility

• Chrome delete — from $449, one day, reversible.
• Roof or single panel — a common first step, often satin black on a light-coloured car.
• Full colour change — the range shown in the tool, four to six days.
• Fleet and commercial graphics — printed and laminated, quoted per vehicle count.

Wait a week before the first wash, hand wash from then on, skip brush washes entirely, and keep fuel splash off matte and satin film. Quality film runs five to seven years in Utah sun. Full pricing and the install process are on the vinyl wrap page, and if you are booking tint too, the wrap goes on first — tint comes after the car is back together.