Wrapping vs Replacing Parts (Grills & Emblems)

[tejasgadhia]

Hi all, wanted to see if I could get some thoughts on the pros & cons of wrapping some parts of my car vs replacing them.

I attached an image of what I am planning on getting wrapped: Roof Rails, Side Mirrors, and Front Bumper section. The quotes I've gotten for this in my area range between $450-700 USD. All seem to be using 3M Vinyl. I assume that's a reasonable price?

I was planning on buying some accessories from IND like the Front and Side grills, as well as the Trunk Emblem. Together those are costing around $750+. However a couple of the vinyl shops said they can wrap those parts for about $400-500. Is it worth saving a couple hundred to get them wrapped instead and save me from having to install the parts myself?

Dont think the resale market is that great for OEM silver grill parts, so I wont really recoup anything by selling them and I have no need to keep the old parts either.

Any advice or thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks!

[EuroCarFan]

Originally Posted by tejasgadhia

Dont think the resale market is that great for OEM silver grill parts, so I wont really recoup anything by selling them and I have no need to keep the old parts either.

This right here is a great reason to just wrap instead of buying the parts. I almost bought body-colored front and rear reflectors from iND as well but there's a wrap shop right by my maintenance shop and they wrapped all 4 for $100.

[AwesomeM3]

Originally Posted by tejasgadhia

Hi all, wanted to see if I could get some thoughts on the pros & cons of wrapping some parts of my car vs replacing them.

I attached an image of what I am planning on getting wrapped: Roof Rails, Side Mirrors, and Front Bumper section. The quotes I've gotten for this in my area range between $450-700 USD. All seem to be using 3M Vinyl. I assume that's a reasonable price?

I was planning on buying some accessories from IND like the Front and Side grills, as well as the Trunk Emblem. Together those are costing around $750+. However a couple of the vinyl shops said they can wrap those parts for about $400-500. Is it worth saving a couple hundred to get them wrapped instead and save me from having to install the parts myself?

Dont think the resale market is that great for OEM silver grill parts, so I wont really recoup anything by selling them and I have no need to keep the old parts either.

Any advice or thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks!

Hey, that's my photo of my X5M!

Credit for the photo goes to Mik3ymomo

[8202632]

That sounds like a fair deal. I got all my chrome/satin bits wrapped. He did an excellent job with it. Also added ind parts.

https://f15.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh...php?p=26185320