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?

[jhnkvn]

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

Yes it is Cathy

[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).

[Fortune R]

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

Irrational nga... pero kung gamitin ang media powers pang-leverage paano na?

[romeocharlie]

Mahilig kase sa libre...


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[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.