3M 2080 GP240 Gloss White Gold Sparkle 5ft x 2ft W/Application Card Vinyl Vehicle Car Wrap Film Sheet Roll

I can't recommend this enough!!!The wrap came out incredibly beautiful on my car. I purchased 3M Gloss Blue Fire, and I was going for a color similar to Bayside Blue, from Nissan's famous R34 GTR. I have never seen one in real life, so I don't know if it is comparable at all, but i've fallen in love with the color. It has a very bright light blue shine in the daytime that the pictures don't show very well, and it turns to a much darker blue during the night when the highlights and reflections are not as visible. It has a great reflection that is comparable to a high quality paint job on a brand new car, and sparkles a lot.As for the actual wrapping process, you definitely have to consider whether you want to wrap this yourself or not. The car in the photos is a 2012 Honda Accord, a Midsize Sedan, and this was my first time wrapping ANYTHING. Overall, it took approximately 30 hours doing it by myself in my driveway. Originally I purchased a 5ft x 12 ft roll, because I read somewhere that the car required about 60 ft of wrap. Obviously they meant a 60 ft roll, not 60 square feet, so I ended up spending way more than I originally thought. You definitely have to value your time with this, while it is fun I'm not sure I would want to do this all again. It took me about 3 weekends to finish everything. The 30 Hours of wrapping do not include disassembling the car and prepping / cleaning.The material is extremely forgiving, you can push it quite a bit before it starts becoming damaged and losing its adhesive. The air release technology is a life saver, it slowly lets go of any air that gets trapped in the wrap. I had a couple of incidents where after having wrapped an entire section of the car, I found a spot that I did not fully squeegee and left air bubbles. For comparison, I finished wrapping the hood about a month before I wrapped the rest of the car, and 2 months later there are still air bubbles there from my amateur wrap.I don't think my money was wasted on this purchase. For those considering wrapping their cars, I highly recommend getting something from 3M. It's not worth cheaping out on something as major as the car's color, especially when you're going to be wearing it for the next 2-3 years. In total, this cost me about $1000, + $25 for the squeegee / blades / magnets.

Rvinyl needs to update both their item listing and their instructions for the 2080 film.The 3M Wrap Film 2080 vinyl has a thin, protective, plastic film on it that must be removed once you initially lay it down. I didn't know this either since I was use to the 1080 version which doesn't have the protective film. This item listing shows images with the 1080 model, which is wrong. The listing title is correct. That should have been changing by Rvinyl, as it's a bad oversight. I ordered based on the images.At first, I ended up wasting an entire section of a sheet (I cut this item in 3 equal parts) because I thought there was an issue with the vinyl itself. When I went to smooth it out, according to Rvinyl's printed instructions, the vinyl started to have surface tears. I removed that sheet and threw it away, thinking the 2080 was defective or this piece of vinyl was defective. But then the second sheet had the same issue. After playing with a small piece of scrap, I discovered that the 2080 comes with a thin, protective, plastic film on top, and that film was tearing when smoothing the vinyl.The biggest issue is that Rvinyl's instructions do not mention having to remote this protective film. They never bothered updating their instructions when switching from 1080 to 2080.The other big issue is that the 2080 gloss black is a little more glossy than the 1080 gloss black. So I did most of my work with the 1080 stuff, and had two sections leftover to do with this 2080 product I ordered. That's not Rvinyl's fault, but it is worth noting. It's not horribly different, but it is noticeable. If Rvinyl showed 2080 instead of 1080 in their images, I would have looked elsewhere for the 1080 vinyl.All of this is Rvinyl's fault for not updating things when they switched to 2080. So if you're new to vinyl, keep all of this in mind, or order from another seller of 3M vinyl that has better instructions.

The 3M 1080 series is the real deal. Due to tesla's thin/soft paint, I had a ton of rock chips all over my hood. Instead of respraying, I wanted to see how close 3M's gloss black wrap would match the factory back paint on my Model 3.I'm extremely happy with it. This was my first time applying vinyl wrap, and it took me less than 2hrs to do the hood by myself. It looks like the factory fresh paint! And, if it ever does get damaged, I can just peel it off and reapply for less than $100. Amazing. Thinking about doing my front bumper as well.

The order did not come with the application card so I had to go to the store to buy a vinyl squeegee. After I installed 2 pieces I noticed light scratches on the vinyl. When I checked the pieces of the roll that I had not cut yet, there were the same light scratches through out. With that said, the color is beautiful and the product itself is great. Unfortunately I have to remove what I applied and I cannot use the rest of the roll. Perhaps it was just carelessly cut and packaged but regardless, I lost my money.

My first ever attempt at wrapping - did the v-brace on my BMW X3MC.The G217 Gloss DEEP Blue Metallic color is a very good match for the BMW ///M caliper blue.The film was very forgiving (you can lift it) and easy to push out bubbles, but working inside the grill made it harder (not the fault of the film). The film will separate if it sticks to itself; however, if it is just a small corner it is difficult to separate.The film will stretch but it can also rip or distort so be careful.Overall I'm very happy with the looks of the film and hope it holds up. 5 stars for now!

Supper happy with it.