Golf cart color change price....

[GraphicZone]

Customer wants a ballpark price to color change a golf cart. Anyone ever priced it out before. The film is a color flip, but I don't know manufacturer. Probably Avery.

Any help is appreciated

Shawn

 

[Gino]

Paint it

 

[unclebun]

Paint it

Many golf carts are made from plastic now. Paint is not really a good option because they are so flexible. We just wrapped one and charged $950 (it was printed to be both a color change and to have the resort name on it). We've found it is easier to wrap when the plastics are taken off the cart. You can get each body piece done with a single piece of vinyl that way. The resort had previously been going to a competitor who only does wraps and was charged $1950 three years ago. This year the other shop ghosted them when they asked for a price to do a couple of new carts. They wrapped it on the cart and had multiple pieces of vinyl on each body part to get it to wrap. When it's on the cart the cart gets in the way of where you need to stretch the vinyl.

 

[Modern Ink Signs]

We’ve done 20 or so. Figure $800-$900

 

[Gino]

Is paint really not an option as you cannot do it...... or have a professional painter do it vs you'd just rather wrap it ??

There are quite a few paints geared towards just about any plastic out there.

 

[unclebun]

I don't do that kind of painting. And painting flexible plastic (more flexible than a car bumper) is fraught with difficulty and problems. It requires adding flex agent and even then if the plastic is bent significantly (which can happen easily when they bump other carts or sit or put a foot on the nose of the cart) the paint will crack and peel, which it is prone to do with age anyway. In addition the wrap that we charge (and apparently others) less than $1000 for and spend a day and a half on will cost double or triple that at an auto body shop--scheduled 3 months in advance, and will take 5 days in the shop. So painting is neither an economical nor a timely alternative.

 

[Gino]

Not doing that kinda work, does not equate to it being cost effect, but only what YOU offer.
I had a rear bumper on my wife's vehicle a few years back done and it only cost $90 to do it. A frickin' little golf cart couldn't be much more time and materials.......even if ya dismantel it and paint it.

Just my opinion.

 

[somcalmetim]

Not doing that kinda work, does not equate to it being cost effect, but only what YOU offer.
I had a rear bumper on my wife's vehicle a few years back done and it only cost $90 to do it. A frickin' little golf cart couldn't be much more time and materials.......even if ya dismantel it and paint it.

Just my opinion.

Sounds like you got a quick cheap respray for your wifes bumper one time, good job...barely any masking required with a standard auto color they probably had laying around.
Your $90 cash bought 20 ft of taper and beer for the bodyshop boys on Friday afternoon....but it wouldn't even pay for the time to take the bars and seats off a golf cart let alone sand and prep the surface for any sort of warrantied paint job, logos, lettering or cart number...the cart resto shop around here is about 3 hours to remove the panels for paint or wrap.
But it doesn't matter...
the Original Poster isnt looking for paint, they are looking for what others would charge to wrap a golf cart...
The cart he is asking about is just a color flip but the next one could easily be a printed wrap your magical painter cant do for $5.
Wraps are also removable at resale time leaving original finish instead of 5 year old $90 paint job...

 

[unclebun]

Not doing that kinda work, does not equate to it being cost effect, but only what YOU offer.
I had a rear bumper on my wife's vehicle a few years back done and it only cost $90 to do it. A frickin' little golf cart couldn't be much more time and materials.......even if ya dismantel it and paint it.

Just my opinion.

And Earl Scheib used to do a whole car for $29.99 a few years back but that's not really germane.

 

[Gino]

Sounds like you got a quick cheap respray for your wifes bumper one time, good job...barely any masking required with a standard auto color they probably had laying around.
Your $90 cash bought 20 ft of taper and beer for the bodyshop boys on Friday afternoon....but it wouldn't even pay for the time to take the bars and seats off a golf cart let alone sand and prep the surface for any sort of warrantied paint job, logos, lettering or cart number...the cart resto shop around here is about 3 hours to remove the panels for paint or wrap.
But it doesn't matter...
the Original Poster isnt looking for paint, they are looking for what others would charge to wrap a golf cart...
The cart he is asking about is just a color flip but the next one could easily be a printed wrap your magical painter cant do for $5.
Wraps are also removable at resale time leaving original finish instead of 5 year old $90 paint job...

Actually, the OP started out by saying a color change. Since this industry has gone from talent and know-how to pushing buttons and applique, most people only go one route anymore. Not a debate which way is better, but try to consider all options, so people in the future reading this thread will have the opportunity to ponder other avenues.

My bumper was an example of painting plastic. That happened around 2010 and now 15 years later, it still looks perfect. So my cheap paint job lasted 15 years..... would your vinyl ?? All of your silly baggage to make my suggestion appear bad/wrong is just your bullsh!t talking.

Your few worthless comments have so many 'ifs' and 'could be's'' in it, it doesn't really help the OP, but does help towards confuse anyone trying to follow along.

 

[Gino]

And Earl Scheib used to do a whole car for $29.99 a few years back but that's not really germane.

You do realize that was in the 30s til 50s. In the late 50s throughout the 70s the price increased with the times. That continued at a faster rate after that. You also had the choice of paying more if you wanted better paint and so on. That 29.99 cost was basically to make a piece of sh!t look better for a quick sale.
What's with all the worthless posts lately ??

 

[somcalmetim]

Actually, the OP started out by saying a color change. Since this industry has gone from talent and know-how to pushing buttons and applique, most people only go one route anymore. Not a debate which way is better, but try to consider all options, so people in the future reading this thread will have the opportunity to ponder other avenues.

My bumper was an example of painting plastic. That happened around 2010 and now 15 years later, it still looks perfect. So my cheap paint job lasted 15 years..... would your vinyl ?? All of your silly baggage to make my suggestion appear bad/wrong is just your bullsh!t talking.

Your few worthless comments have so many 'ifs' and 'could be's'' in it, it doesn't really help the OP, but does help towards confuse anyone trying to follow along.

The OP was using industry short hand for wrapping when he said "color change"...
the next part where he said "The film is a color flip, but I don't know manufacturer. Probably Avery." should have sorted this out.
Relax bud, your suggestion is just off topic...you got a good price way back then on painting a bumper...
Go back and get your wifes bumper requoted now...
-let us know if that shop is still in business...
-ask them how much they would charge to spray your golf cart in fancy color flip paint...
-ask what they would charge to repaint your bumper now...
Any of these would be helpful
but you think you are helping future generations adding
"Paint It"
to a discussion on wrapping golf carts in color flip vinyl...lol