Tesla owners report permanent damage from Vinyl Wraps and Graphics. +VIDEO

Tesla owners who have removed vehicle wraps off their cyber trucks report that they found the stainless steel permanently blemished. Either due to non-symmetric corrosion or chemicals, the Cybertruck’s stainless steel doesn’t hold up well under a vinyl wrap.

Since Tesla only makes the Cybertruck in a single exterior finish, exposed stainless steel, many Cybertruck owners have chosen to personalise their trucks by taking them to sign and wrap companies to have either vinyl graphics added, or completely wrapped.

As a percentage of the vehicles on the road, the Cybertruck might be the most customised and, more specifically, wrapped vehicle in the world.

This is all well and good. However, now that it’s been a year since Tesla started delivering the Cybertruck, some of the original owners are looking to change their wraps.

However, the Cybertruck owners are reporting that the wraps might have permanently blemished the truck’s stainless steel exterior.

Over the past few months, I have come across multiple posts by Cybertruck owners who say a vinyl wrap has permanently blemished their trucks. However, the latest and best-documented case comes from Aron Cash, who shared the situation with his wrap Cybertruck.

Aron is the owner of “ABetterTheater.com” a company focused on in-car entertainment.
Like most business owners who buy a Cybertruck, Aron uses his truck as a moving advert with cut vinyl graphics advertising his company’s name.

However, after 8 months, Aron decided to remove the vinyl graphics and when he removed them he found that the vinyl had permanently blemished his truck’s stainless steel exterior.

Aron shared his experience both on the Cybertruck Owners Club forum and on his personal X account.

“Cybertruck etched after removal of the vinyl logo (applied 8 months ago). The lettering was applied right after delivery 8 months ago. Removed yesterday and detailed with Windex and microfiber. It’s not surprising the stainless is now etched. The next step is blue Scotch-Brite and Bar Keepers Friend!

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As you can see, even after removing the vinyl, the letters ABetterTheater.com are etched on the stainless steel. The multiple scrubs using Windex and a microfiber cloth have helped somewhat, but his Cybertruck is nowhere back to its original condition.

What’s going on here?
There are multiple possibilities as to why the vinyl wrap might leave a permanent blemish on the stainless steel.
The first is that although it’s called “stainless” steel, “stainless steel” does rust, just at a slower rate than non-stainless steel. This means the area covered by the vinyl wrap might have experienced less corrosion than the rest of the vehicle, causing the discrepancy in the finish.
Another possibility is that the chemicals in the vinyl wrap might have slowly bonded with the stainless steel, causing the blemish and discolouration.

The second possibility is more in line with the experience of other Cybertruck owners who completely wrapped their trucks and said that once they removed the vinyl, the truck looked discoloured everywhere.

Overall, it’s surprising to see the Cybertruck’s ultra-durable stainless steel exoskeleton getting blemished by vinyl graphics or wrapping film.

Having said that, given that most Cybertruck owners haven’t yet removed their wraps, it’s still too soon to conclusively say vinyl wraps harm the Cybertruck’s stainless steel exoskeleton. However, we’ll be sure to update with the results as more Cybertruck owners remove their wraps.

Source: torquenews.com