Houston’s Car Wrap Specialists

Change the color of your car, truck or SUV to anything you want!

Change The Color of Your Vehicle

Vinyl wrapping allows you to change the color of your vehicle without having to go through the hassle of sending your vehicle to the paint shop and getting it resprayed.

As great as painting a car is, it can also lead to problems of the resale value going down, the quality of work not holding up, and can be very costly. 

When you wrap your vehicle, you dramatically change the appearance and if you’re ever tired of it or want to change the color again, you simply peel off the wrap and do it again. If your main goal is to protect your vehicle from rock chips, paint protection film (PPF) might be the better option for you. We also offer window tinting services

There are hundreds of color options for you to choose from! You can go gloss, matte, chrome, or color shifting. There’s no right or wrong answer here. If your car is white, you can change it to a matte black or you can go with a high-gloss pink. Whatever you want!

You don’t even have to do the whole vehicle! You can just wrap your hood, or hood and roof, or hood and mirrors. This is really all preference based on how you want your car to look.

You can also ceramic coat the vinyl film for extra gloss and make the wash process much easier. 

The Benefits of Car Wraps​

Temporary Color Change: Car wrapping is the easiest way to dramatically change the appearance of your vehicle without making it permanent. You can change the color every 6 months or 3 years!

Protects Your Paint: The primary goal with vinyl wraps is to change the color of your vehicle. But a byproduct of that is it also protects the OEM paint from rock chips and bird droppings.

Unique Style: There are hundreds of options to choose from to match your unique style. You can go with a crazy color like chrome, color shifting, or just a nice high-gloss finish. The options are endless!

The R3 Car Wrap Process

Wrapping your car is very tedious work and takes a lot of patience. You don’t want to see bubbles, wrinkles, or exposed edges in the final product.

If your vehicle already has vinyl or paint protection film, we’ll first have to safely remove it. Depending on the quality of film or how old it is, will greatly determine how long it takes us to remove it. Some level of paint correction might be needed.

From there, we’ll prep your vehicle with our Premium Wash to make sure the panels are free of debris and contaminants for a very clean installation. 

If needed, we’ll disassemble parts of the car so we can wrap the edges. For instance, we can take off the door handles on your door or front bumper and headlights. This allows us to give the cleanest and most seamless installation possible. 

Next comes the fun part of wrapping your vehicle. This is also the most time-consuming. Some panels are more challenging than others. We’ll take our time with the wrap installation to make sure it gets done right the first time.

Once done, we’ll double check our installation, reassemble any parts, check the film again, and it’ll be ready for pickup!

Vinyl Wrap Pricing

Price is based on size of vehicle, complexity of panels, type of film/color you want, and what you’d like to wrap. 

Full Vehicle Wrap

Starting price

Sedan: $3,500
Truck: $4,500

Hood

Starting price

$275

Hood & Roof

Starting price

$500

Top-Half

Starting price

$650

Side Mirrors

Starting price

$300

Chrome Delete

Starting price

$500

Wrap Your Cybetruck in Any Color

Cybertrucks are some of the most unique vehicles on the road today due to it’s hard-edge style shape. It has a very large windshield and glass roof compared to all other vehicles. It’s a head-turner when seen around Houston.

And you can change the color of your Tesla Cybertruck to be a one-of-one on the road! It already has a very unique, futuristic-look but you can put your own twist to it by wrapping it in the color of your choice. 

This takes about two days to complete. There’s almost an endless amount of colors to choose from since there’s dozens of brands that carry a large selection of options. 

You can go with a satin or gloss finish, dark or light, it’s whatever you’d like to do. 

This is great because the Cybertruck comes in stainless steel. Which can be difficult to maintain since it’s so prone to waterspots. But with a car wrap, you get to give it more style. 

And if you ever want to change the color, we peel it off and redo it. The price to do a full wrap starts at $4,000.

Difference Between Vinyl Wrap and Paint Protection Film

Vinyl Wrap and Paint Protection Film (PPF) are popular film solutions for your car but they serve very different purposes.

Vinyl wrap is a thing film primarily to change the color of your vehicle or to give your car different accents. You can get the chrome  around the car wrapped in black, a two-tone wrap of black and white, or you can wrap just the hood, etc… You have an almost endless amount of colors and textures to choose from so you can get very design with your vehicle and have a true one-of-one on the Houston road. And since it’s film, whether you have it on your car for one year or three years, once you’re ready to take it off, just peel it off with no damage done to your paint. 

This isn’t a main goal of it, but vinyl wrap does offer minor protection against scratches and rock chips. The film is not as thick as PPF so it won’t take as much impact or protect your car as well. But since it is film, if a some debris or rocks hit it, it can mitigate the impact to your paint.

On the other hand, paint protection film is a clear, thick, and durable film designed to shield your vehicle’s paint from physical damage. It protects against rock chips, scratches, road and debris. The PPF is self-healing so minor swirls in the film will disappear with heat exposure.

That being said, colored PPF is now being introduced into the market. If you want the benefits of PPF and want to change the color of your car, that’s now possible! There’s not as many color options, but there are colors to choose from. 

How Long Does Vinyl Wrap Last?

This is important to understand because we see a lot of vehicles that have kept their wrap on their car for too long and it becomes very troublesome to remove.

The lifespan of vinyl wrap on a car typically ranges from three to seven years. This depends  on several factors like the quality of the film, how the vehicle is stored, and how you maintain the vehicle.

For instance, if your car stays outside all day in the sun and rain, it will deteriorate the film and adhesive much faster than if your car is garage-kept most of the day. 

Another big factor is the installation of the film. If the wrap has lifted edges, cuts in the film, or bubbles where dirt can get underneath it or the film can start to lift, the film will degrade faster. 

Generally speaking, you can have the film on your car for three to five years. If you leave it on there too long, the film and adhesive gets old, brittle, and dry, and removing becomes a very big problem. It starts to come off in tiny little pieces and potentially chipping off paint along the way.

Vinyl wraps is a fantastic option to upgrade your vehicle and give it a unique look, but you also have to keep in mind that it’s not a permanent solution and you want to be mindful of how long you keep it on. 

Visit Our Detail Shop in Houston

We offering detailing and film services at our 4,500SF shop just down the street from the Willowbrook Mall. 

You can stop by so we can inspect your vehicle, show you the color swatches that we have available so you can get a better idea of the colors you want, and talk about what you’d like to achieve. 

Need your car detailed? Here’s a few other services we offer:

Smoke odor removal: This service is specifically designed to reduce and remove any smoke odor from your vehicle. We see this often with newly purchased vehicles. 

Full Interior Cleaning: If you need to reset your interior, this is the perfect service. We’ll deep clean your interior and get it back to a like-new condition. 

Water Restoration Cleanup: For vehicles that have seen major water damage due to a flood or having your window open on a heavy day of rain, we do an extensive restorative cleaning.

Paint Overspray Removal: Does your paint have a really rough feel to it? Can you see the spec of paint all over your vehicle? This service specifically removes it from your paint. 

Wash and Wax: This is one of our more popular options because it’s a great service to refresh the exterior of your vehicle in a few hours. 

How Long Does It Take To Wrap a Car?

A wrap job can take between a couple of hours to a full week. It just depends on what you’d like to get wrapped, the type of vehicle you have, and the complexity of the panels. 

If you just wanted your hood wrapped in gloss black, that can probably take two hours to complete. If you want your entire vehicle wrapped, that can take three days. 

For a proper installation, depending on the type of vehicle you have, we’d have to disassemble parts of your vehicle to have a clean install. If we don’t, we won’t be able to tuck the film around the edges as good as we want and that would lower the quality of the install. The potential of the edges lifting over time because dirt can get in it is higher. 

Then you have to consider the size of the vehicle. A smaller car, like a Ford Mustang, will take longer than a Ford Raptor simply due to the size of it. 

What Brand of Film Do You Use?

It depends on your choice of color! We use reputable brands like 3M, Avery, KPMF, TinyBot and more. But if you have a specific color you want to use from a specific brand, then we’ll go with that.

There’s so many brands that offer a variety of colors. So if you want the color blue, there might be 20 different types of blue you can choose from. That’s why we carry a wide selection of sample books that you can look at.

When you pass by our shop, you can take the sample colors and put it right against your car to get a better feel for what you want done. 

Car Wrap FAQs

What’s the difference between paint protection film and vinyl wrap?
Paint protection film is a thicker, more durable form of polyurethane film that is meant to give your vehicle the ultimate protection. PPF it’s typically clear film, but brands are now coming out with different color finishes. Vinyl wrap is a thinner film of polyvinyl chloride and it’s primarily to change the color of your vehicle (but it does help protect the vehicle from rock chips, just to a lesser degree).

Will vinyl wrap damage my paint?
In short, no it won’t. But if you’re not careful, it can. Vinyl wrap, depending on the brand, can last for 3 to 5 years and will not damage your paint when it’s time to remove it. It also depends on how you maintain your vehicle. If it’s always sitting outside in the heat, the film will deteriorate faster compared to if it’s always garage kept. If maintained properly and using quality film, your paint will be fine.

Do you offer detailing services?
Yes, we sure do! We’ve been detailing cars since 2011 and can take care of your needs. We also offer mobile detailing services for HoustonTomballThe WoodlandsThe Heights, and more!