Paint Protection Film ; Recommendations ? Costs ? Authorities Process ?

[Our Man in the Tropics]

2 Sets of Questions Re;

Change of Color to X_"part of" or Y_"all of" registered + taxed + insured 4 wheel motor vehicle

 

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Ref.

Automotive "Paint Protection Film" [ aka "Helicopter Tape" ]

 

I am thinking that this product would be smart option for me, on limited budget, to :

 

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meaningfully lessen the Work done by Air Con System, & thus lessen Fuel [ vis. Diesel ] Consumption were I to apply choice "white" colour to my humble Ford Ranger XLT 4 Door Pickup [ Year 1999 ] ;

Even if I have it applied to Roof only [ 1_X_ situation ].

 

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upgrade the appearance of my vehicle were I to have it applied to all of vehicle [ 1_Y_ situation ].

 

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Questions

 

Q_1_1

Whom of professionals in Thailand would yee recommend ?

 

Q_1_2

How much will it cost approximately for :

 

Q_1_2_X

Roof only ?

 

Q_1_2_Y

All of Exterior of Vehicle ?

 

Links :

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paint_protection_film

 

https://www.colorxlabs.com/pages/body-paint-color-matching-vinyl-wrap-we-can-wrap-for-you

 

Q_2_

What is the process with the Thai authorities that I must follow Re; changing the color appearance of vehicle ?

 

 

Regards,

 

Our Man in the Tropics

[transam]

Dunno to all....

[Our Man in the Tropics]

Hi Transam,

 

U would have been 1 of the posters that I had high hopes for having good handle on this topic.

But, alas ... 8-)

 

Still, I reckon that u are very interested.

 

Regards,

 

Our Man in the Tropics

[Just Weird]

Good grief.  Couldn't you have made it a bit harder to read and understand?

 

What you plan will make no measureable difference whatsoever to your fuel consumption and if you change all or part of the colour of a vehicle, in theory, you need to advise the LTD. 

[Barty]

A few years ago I owned a company that had a  fleet of pickups. I originally painted the pickups in to the company colours. The last few years that I ran the company I started using the the plastic wrap to change to the company colour. 

 

Q_1_1. I’ve been out off the game for a while so I would not recommend any company at this point. I would stick with 3M. Google “Bangkok car wrap” and you will find plenty of suppliers. 

 

Q_1_2. I cannot say how much for the roof only but the full wrap was 15 - 20,000 Baht. 

 

Q_2_. There was a bit of a debate amongst the staff if it was necessary to inform the DLT that we had changed the colour (because technically we hadn’t).  In the end I told them to get book changed to show the new colour just to prevent hassles with the police. 

 

A couple of of other points to consider. 

 

Even if you just do the roof, in my opinion you will still need to add the extra colour to the vehicles book. 

 

If if you do the full wrap, and if you have an accident, the insurance company will repair the vehicle and respray the panel with the original colour, but the will not replace the wrap.  So you will have to return the vehicle to the wrap shop to have the panel redone. 

 

The colour our of the wrap fads over time. After five years, even the 3M was looking dull. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Our Man in the Tropics]

Very informative helpful answer Barty.

 

Much appreciated.

 

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THB 15,000 -- THB 20,000 for Vehicle Body Wrap on Pickup then.

 

 

I wonder ;

 

What would the cost of full re-spray have cost then ?

 

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My pickup has much less area, & is much more basic looking, in the body department.

Thus, I expect the price to be at least a few thousand THB cheaper than for typical pickups on the market since circa 2004.

 

Again, much thanks, Barty, for great reply.

 

Our Man in the Tropics

[Barty]

You can get a "cheap" paint job for about 20,000 Baht.

 

The paint jobs that I got done on my fleet vehicles were between 30 and 50,000 Baht. This was using high quality paint and skilled workers that did really good work.

 

I went with the vehicle wraps because they were cheaper and much faster. A wrap takes a day and they would come to our workshop. A paint job could take over a month to get done.

[Our Man in the Tropics]

Again, much thanks Barty for more very helpful info.

 

Regards,

 

Our Man in the Tropics