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the cyber truck has to be the easiest vehicle to wrap (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I'm sure the wrap shops love getting those calls

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[–] [email protected] 71 points 2 months ago

Wraps are designed to bond to paint or clear coat.

I'm not sure how easy it is to bond to straight steel, but that makes it different than every other car, and while every cybertruck needs a wrap for protection, most don't and they're aren't many to begin with.

I'd doubt any business has done more than 5, really more than 1.

So it's essentially a one off and those are almost always a huge hassle regardless of industry.

Not to mention the client is someone dumb enough to buy one, so they're probably not easy to deal with

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I have seen 2 vinyl wrapped cybertrucks while driving around Los Angeles, so I know it’s being done.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They honestly look better painted/wrapped. I'm becoming more and more certain Elon went with stainless steel just to trick people into buying an unpainted car.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Probably a bulk discount with the rocket materials supplier too.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

Aluminum sheets that didn't quite make the aircraft grade cut.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Actually 100% both of these. He stated it was a design goal early on and why its got so many straight edges is because the material did not do well with complex forming.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Just the standard Trump 2024, or tied-up Biden/Harris on the tailgate?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

The ones I saw were a single color, one of them was all black vinyl.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago

If they're fine with leaving visible seams on the edges, yes. If they're trying to pull it over peaks with one piece, then no, it's worse than curves.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (3 children)

That may be, but I doubt many Cybertruck owners would want to make it less clear they own a Cybertruck.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

There's that one that got wrapped in Trump 2024 shit.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

I don't think any amount of vinyl wrap can make it look less like a Cybertruck.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Honestly I think I’ve seen more wrapped cybertrucks than non wrapped ones.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Good thing, too, because that cheap sombitch will rust to all hell if exposed to the elements.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

No it doesn't. It's made of 300-series stainless steel which is highly resistant to rusting. Left out for the elements long enough it would be among the last vehicles in the world with something still left of the body. It'll probably even outlive Chevrolet Corvette which is made of fibreglass.

The rust you hear about is not the body that is rusting. It's iron particles in the air, mostly from brake rotors, called "fallout" that lands on the bare steel causing a chemical reaction which causes it to rust. That iron particle that is, not the stainless steel. It's surface contamination that can be cleaned off. There's no damage to the body itself.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Except for the losing fingers part maybe?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You have to use the flaw as a strength, the extra material on the sheet can be removed with the edges of a panel. The panel edges are like the tear blade on a tinfoil box.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

"Tired of having all of that pesky blood INSIDE your body... YUCK!!!"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Sure, I mean shrink wrap is cheap. It's even funnier when you slap some Vaseline on there afterwards.