TV personality wants brand-new SUV replaced after botched wrap job

[foresterx]

The TV personality very recently purchased a brand-new FJ Cruiser as a gift for his wife, who is also in the media industry. The SUV was to be a replacement for the latter's seven-year-old Fortuner, also a gift from her husband in 2006.

Two days after they got the green FJ Cruiser from the showroom, they turned it over to a car-wrap shop so that a clear wrap could be installed. Now, the wrap had been sponsored by a company that distributes a car-wrap brand. According to the wife, the wrap was offered to them for free after her own TV show had featured a Mini Cooper that sported the wrap being marketed by the company. She agreed. After all, she wanted to preserve her new SUV's pristine paint job.

When the couple got the FJ Cruiser back, they were disapointed by the result. There were many bubbles and the overall appearance simply didn't look professionally done. But since they got the wrap for free anyway, they just shrugged it off and went to another foil-wrap shop to have the clear wrap removed and replaced. This is where they got the shock of their lives.

The second wrap shop informed them that scratches were all over the car, most of which looking like blade cuts. Worse, there were dents in the roof, which the wife believes were elbow dents resulting from the wrap installer's carelessness. So they canceled the planned installation of a new wrap and instead brought the vehicle to Meguiar's Philippines, a distributor of car-care products that also provides buffing and waxing services, to see if the scratches could be fixed. The couple became livid after seeing the checklist from the buffing shop: Their FJ Cruiser looked like a guinea pig used for training and experiment

TV personality wants brand-new SUV replaced after botched wrap job | TopGear.com.ph


sayang ang fj cruiser, this is why i only advise foil-a-car if you want to wrap your car not banawe or other cheap shops. san kaya itong shop na ito? posted it at goon squad para malaman natin kung san at mabawasan ang biktima niya.

[tr1ck5h07]

TV personality wants brand-new SUV replaced after botched wrap job | TopGear.com.ph


sayang ang fj cruiser, this is why i only advise foil-a-car if you want to wrap your car not banawe or other cheap shops. san kaya itong shop na ito? posted it at goon squad para malaman natin kung san at mabawasan ang biktima niya.

I think asking for a brand new replacement is irrational. There's a clue in Top Gear Philippines Facebook on the shop.

[vinj]

Tough really. If you were in the owner's shoes and are particular about the paint, you'd really ask for a brand new unit indeed! The only next best option i can think of is a carshow level paintshop (Alex?).

[_Cathy_]

This car caught my attention, I just had to take a picture Is this wrapped as well?

[romeocharlie]

Mahilig kase sa libre...


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[jhnkvn]

TV personality wants brand-new SUV replaced after botched wrap job | TopGear.com.ph


sayang ang fj cruiser, this is why i only advise foil-a-car if you want to wrap your car not banawe or other cheap shops. san kaya itong shop na ito? posted it at goon squad para malaman natin kung san at mabawasan ang biktima niya.

I have full confidence in Banawe shops actually. A clear foil isn't a hard-to-do job at all.. many people can do it DIY. That's why I cannot advice paying double for the Foil-a-car name. It's like paying for an air conditioned tint room when applying tints at twice the price -- you don't really need it.

[jhnkvn]

This car caught my attention, I just had to take a picture Is this wrapped as well?

Yes it is Cathy

[Retz]

Nasa Php600/can nyan kay sir sidney.


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[foresterx]

I have full confidence in Banawe shops actually. A clear foil isn't a hard-to-do job at all.. many people can do it DIY. That's why I cannot advice paying double for the Foil-a-car name. It's like paying for an air conditioned tint room when applying tints at twice the price -- you don't really need it.

iba iba din kasi pang dikit ginagamit nila, you get what you pay for. kahit san ka pumunta or diy ka pa if na bili mura nga pero pang dikit panget di ganon din damage pa din sa pintura pag tanggal mo if gusto mo magandang klase na di madadamage kotse mo mahal mga ganon pati yung finish iba talaga at di nag fafade. mas ok na ko mag bayad ng mahal basta sure ako sa quality ng product at work kesa risk ko sa mura nga di ka naman sure.

so it's totally up to you kung san ka papagawa since it's your car pero ako i will only advice don sa sure ball kahit mahal. in shops like foil-a-car it's not just the product you're paying for but also the quality of work they do.

[monty_GTV]

Mahilig kase sa libre...

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according sa write up, sabi ng wife they offered for free naman daw so sayang tumanggi sa grasya. yung nga lang disgrasya ang inabot...

any clue sinong mga tv personalities yan?

[IMm29]

I don't think the demand to replace the FJ Cruiser with a brand new car will prosper.

[Syuryuken]

iba iba din kasi pang dikit ginagamit nila, you get what you pay for. kahit san ka pumunta or diy ka pa if na bili mura nga pero pang dikit panget di ganon din damage pa din sa pintura pag tanggal mo if gusto mo magandang klase na di madadamage kotse mo mahal mga ganon pati yung finish iba talaga at di nag fafade. mas ok na ko mag bayad ng mahal basta sure ako sa quality ng product at work kesa risk ko sa mura nga di ka naman sure.

so it's totally up to you kung san ka papagawa since it's your car pero ako i will only advice don sa sure ball kahit mahal. in shops like foil-a-car it's not just the product you're paying for but also the quality of work they do.

plus may warranty ang gawa

[ghosthunter]

This car caught my attention, I just had to take a picture Is this wrapped as well?

Could be PlastiDip.... a rubberized spray paint that gives the same look (as in the picture).

[dcph172]

Julius babao and tin bersola?


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[cast_no_shadow]

Or Karen davila and dj sta ana?


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[foresterx]

yeah i doubt that they'll get a new car, i mean i could understand why they want it replaced with a new car. i'm sure anyone in their position would want the same. if i was in their position i'd want it to be replaced with a new one also but i'd settle with a new paint job by a shop that i choose plus additional cash payment for damages done and sa abala na din.

[kinyo]

damandahan na para magka-alaman na

[jave]

Doubt they'd succeed in getting a brand new replacement, but if they wanna hit the wrap shop owner really hard without replacing the car, they could demand the car be repainted at the casa and that all panels with dents be outright replaced.

[gearhead000]

Napakahirap din talaga nyan especially for a "new car" owner. Straight from the casa dinala sa shop, paglabas scratched na. O wow! And to think kaya nga pina-wrap is exactly to protect the oem paint. Iba pa rin talaga yung factory paint. Kasi nung ini-spray yan per component or per disassembled panel pa. Kaya I could relate to the new owner's grief. Yung kotse ko nga na plenty of scratches na nanghihinayang pa rin ako sa orig paint niya kaya di ko pa rin napa-repaint. Well, not sure nga that they will be able to realize their demand, but it is to the shop owner's discretion din to suffer the same grief later on what the subsequent backlash may bring to their business.

[lowslowbenz]

I can't understand the thing behind "wrapping" up a car.

If they want it preserved and undamaged (due to normal everyday wear and tear) ....... then display the damn thing inside the living room!