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  • Nissan Cabstar 2003 vinyl wrap, how much vinyl?

    Posted by Nigel Poulter on 4 October 2019 at 15:50

    Hi
    Has anybody wrapped a nissan cabstar, its a chassis cab so l have to do all round but no shuts, just wondered if anybody could tell me how much vinyl to save me a long trip to see the customer for a measure up.
    Thanks in advance
    Nigel

    Robert Lambie replied 5 years, 12 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Hugh Potter

    Member
    4 October 2019 at 20:08
    quote Nigel Poulter:

    Hi
    Has anybody wrapped a nissan cabstar, its a chassis cab so l have to do all round but no shuts, just wondered if anybody could tell me how much vinyl to save me a long trip to see the customer for a measure up.
    Thanks in advance
    Nigel

    I’m unsure but, can’t you do a rough working out on a vehicle outline? Then add a couple of mtrs!!

  • Fred McLean

    Member
    5 October 2019 at 09:36

    no one beside you not got one??

  • Robert Lambie

    Member
    5 October 2019 at 10:56

    We did about 20 Nissan Cabsters, of around 60 vehicles in total for Astra a few years ago. Solid colour change with reflective white and silver graphics on-top.
    I do not have a vehicle template handy to check and I forget how much was used on each cab.

    The amount of vinyl you will use will be determined on the wrap itself.
    If it’s print, it will be one amount of vinyl required, solid colour change another, 3D film or metallic and price meterage will go up again. It is all down to the orientation of the vinyl grain or print direction etc.

    If you look at the picture of the Blue Nissan Cabster below. The following are just rough guesses.

    2m for the Front.
    2m for the Rear.
    1.5m Drivers Door.
    1.5m Passenger Door.
    1.5m Roof.

    from memory, there is a lot of off-cuts on the Cabster because you have a 60-inch wide roll.
    as ours was a solid colour change, we could cut-up vinyl kits for multiple vehicles at the same time which saved a lot of vinyl. but regardless, you "should be rounding-up" your metre use of vinyl and charging accordingly.


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