Opinion on buying a wrapped supra from a reputable dealer ?

[splv]

I personally would not buy a car sight unseen. This is essentially what you are doing buying a car with a wrap on.

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[604.Supra]

I personally would not buy a car sight unseen. This is essentially what you are doing buying a car with a wrap on.

The wrap was put on straight from buying off the dealer lot. I’m also going to see the car in person tomorrow so I can take a better look at the wrap

 

[jaimeslo]

is it this one???
https://www.augustmotorcars.com/used-vehicle-2023-toyota-gr-supra-3.0-stunning-wrap-c-1875/

the wrap is VERY thorough even wrapped the under side of the bonnet...trims pieces certainly have been off (during the wrap?) and it has some missing grommets/trim caps. removing the wrap will involve removing and replacing trim pieces thus increase cost.

looks clean enough though

 

[604.Supra]

is it this one???
https://www.augustmotorcars.com/used-vehicle-2023-toyota-gr-supra-3.0-stunning-wrap-c-1875/

the wrap is VERY thorough even wrapped the under side of the bonnet...trims pieces certainly have been off (during the wrap?) and it has some missing grommets/trim caps. removing the wrap will involve removing and replacing trim pieces thus increase cost.

looks clean enough though

Yes that is it. I’ll get a much better look tomorrow when I see it in person. But yah seems like they did a decent job

 

[puzzled]

I was assured by the place who wrapped the car that there should be no issues taking off the wrap since they wrapped it from new and apparently they don’t use the glue that other wrap places use? Not exactly sure if that’s good or bad

The issue for me is "new" does not equal factory paint. It can still have tranportation damage repaired paint which can have lower paint adhesion.. these repairs do not show up on vehicle history like Carfax.

Some non-factory paints have high adhesion as well.. it's just a matter of are you willing to take the risk? Chances are, might be A-OK too, never know. It's like a fortune cookie.. it might just tell me to go jump off a cliff.

 

[604.Supra]

The issue for me is "new" does not equal factory paint. It can still have tranportation damage repaired paint which can have lower paint adhesion.. these repairs do not show up on vehicle history like Carfax.

Some non-factory paints have high adhesion as well.. it's just a matter of are you willing to take the risk? Chances are, might be A-OK too, never know. It's like a fortune cookie.. it might just tell me to go jump off a cliff.

Yah true, as long as there’s no big paint scratch or dent I’m happy

 

[lucky phil]

Considering buying a 2000ish mile 23 auto supra that is wrapped but red underneath. Car has a clean history with one owner and is unmodified other than the wrap. The wrap was done by a specialist with good reviews.

Everything seems great except the wrap isn’t my favourite and I would be taking it off. My main concern is the condition of the car and paint underneath the wrap. Any thoughts appreciated

Seems easy to me. Tell the dealer you will buy the car pending the removal of the wrap and the original paintwork is all good.
Phil

 

[NINaudio]

Personally, I don't see why someone would buy a sports car like the Supra, wrap it with such low mileage, then leave every little other thing stock, unless they decided a wrap would be better or cheaper than getting the paint repaired/redone. The Supra is not particularly cheap to wrap after all.

It's very low mileage so there's a good chance there's nothing wrong with the paint, but unless the deal is really solid you're probably better off looking at other Supra's to be safe.

If I didn't find the color I wanted I was planning on getting whatever color I could and wrapping it from the get go. Since I got the color I wanted it was pff'ed from the get go.

 

[razorlab]

Seems easy to me. Tell the dealer you will buy the car pending the removal of the wrap and the original paintwork is all good.
Phil

Hahhaha. HIGHLY unlikely they will do that. That is time and money they won’t get back. Even if they do agree to do that, they will do it the absolute cheapest way possible which is definitely not what you want with wrap removal. Dealers here in the USA are very different than the rest of the world. Especially small specialty dealers like this one.

Sometimes I think living in Phil’s world must be like living in Willy Wonka’s world.

 

[lucky phil]

Hahhaha. HIGHLY unlikely they will do that. That is time and money they won’t get back. Even if they do agree to do that, they will do it the absolute cheapest way possible which is definitely not what you want with wrap removal. Dealers here in the USA are very different than the rest of the world. Especially small specialty dealers like this one.

Sometimes I think living in Phil’s world must be like living in Willy Wonka’s world.

Funnily enough I do love chocolate.
Phil

 

[razorlab]

Funnily enough I do love chocolate.
Phil

Much better than your original reply that was deleted. I do have receipts though.

 

[lucky phil]

Much better than your original reply that was deleted. I do have receipts though.

Yea the original was too serious and political although I know where your politics is. Better keeping it to cars.
Phil

 

[BMWAF]

is it this one???
https://www.augustmotorcars.com/used-vehicle-2023-toyota-gr-supra-3.0-stunning-wrap-c-1875/

the wrap is VERY thorough even wrapped the under side of the bonnet...trims pieces certainly have been off (during the wrap?) and it has some missing grommets/trim caps. removing the wrap will involve removing and replacing trim pieces thus increase cost.

looks clean enough though

That looks pretty damn good. When I last I looked into wrapping a car, I was told that installers generally don't wrap a car unless the paintwork is pretty much perfect and free from dings and scratches, because ultimately, they will come through and appear in the finished wrap.

Give it a good eyeball and if it looks on the money (and checks out mechanically of course), I'd pull the trigger. Great colour.

 

[oreobbq]

Before the previous owner wrapped it..

Kidding, chances are the paint is fine. Dealer has no reason to remove the wrap unless it’s been sitting for a very long time. Those red door hinges would bother me every time I opened the door.

 

[i3igpete]

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