08-06-13, 11:56 AM
I had my tank vinyl wrapped as I had to buy a replacement which wasn't the same colour.
If I had the choice, I'd have a respray personally. Vinyl wrapping is cheaper but I don't think you get the same depth of shine from it. Now this may just be the guy who did mine, but he did say that I wouldn't be able to tell the difference when colour matching. That was an outright lie as the red used had much more of a cherry colour and didn't match the fairings - granted if you are doing the whole bike this is less of an issue.
Vinyl wrapping does have other advantages though - complex designs with different colours or graphics are actually possible without costing a fortune. It is cheaper and quicker which is always a plus. At the end of the day, if you are doing a solid block of colour on a bike, I would suggest a respray. Cars are much bigger and can be harder to get panels off and stripped down, whereas this doesn't need to happen with Vinyl
If I had the choice, I'd have a respray personally. Vinyl wrapping is cheaper but I don't think you get the same depth of shine from it. Now this may just be the guy who did mine, but he did say that I wouldn't be able to tell the difference when colour matching. That was an outright lie as the red used had much more of a cherry colour and didn't match the fairings - granted if you are doing the whole bike this is less of an issue.
Vinyl wrapping does have other advantages though - complex designs with different colours or graphics are actually possible without costing a fortune. It is cheaper and quicker which is always a plus. At the end of the day, if you are doing a solid block of colour on a bike, I would suggest a respray. Cars are much bigger and can be harder to get panels off and stripped down, whereas this doesn't need to happen with Vinyl
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