good quality wrap vinyl will cover the old design...now if they are painted on(I know your Baja is not) you can still feel the paint edge if you do not sand it 1st

Will wraps stick to primer or sanded with 320grit for paint?

does a paint job hold up better than a wrap to say dock hits or bumpers rubbing?

PM Mr Vinyl here on oso. He was very helpfull with a project i did last year! You'll find him in the Magnum section. Rich

REALLY?? Thats cool!!

The colors will have to be dark where your colors are dark. Like EZ said...if you can feel a "edge" on your graphics you will want to sand the edges down or you will be able to see the outline

I sanded my whole boat with 400. Make sure you get in the edges and body lines real good

If it will scratch paint it will likely scratch the wrap. i had bumper covers maid out of orange fleece to match

For those of you that have a fully wrapped boat... How is tying up with other boats??? Do your bumpers do a sufficient job of protecting the vinyl? REALLY REALLY INTERESTED. Thinking of pulling the trigger on the Boat Wrapping.

Is it just a coincidence that your first post to the forum is about whether bumpers adequately protect vinyl wrapped boats and your screen name is "Taylormade" who is a popular producer of boat bumpers? A little market research perhaps??

Anyway to answer your question, no. A straight up bumper will mar the vinyl wrap from the rubbing back and forth, the easy fix for this is a bumper cover made out of fleece or something soft!

Thanks
Jim

Haha. Nope just a guy with a last name of Taylor and a Baja named Taylormade. Dbrock recommended the same but said to also be careful with your ropes marring as well.

I don't have a full wrap, actually I wouldn't call mine a wrap at all. ANyway, mine was a solid white hull (blank canvas) so I was able to get a nice graphic without a full wrap. My graphic ended up being $900 installed. I tried doing it myself..... It didn't take long to realize it is best to leave it to the pros...

As far as fender go. An uncovered fender will kill a vinly graphic in a matter of hours. Hell they tend to scratch gel-coat as well... FOr my primary set of fenders I bought a high quality Polyform fender cover. They were about $35 per cover. For my secondary set of fenders (seldom used) I bought a set of less expensive thinner covers for $30 for the set of two. Yes, I carry 4 8.5" fenders as I would rather carry a little extra gear, than rely on someone with too small fender for their boat or dealing with uncovered fenders.

http://www.bradzgarage.com/velocity/IMG_0382.JPG

Big time i like the way my wrapped looked, BUT>>>>> look at it wrong and it gets messed up!!!!

Skydog