Want to alter the look of your car but need some professional help? Here are the best car wrappers in the US and UK.
So you’ve looked at our guide to the best wrap trends, decided on a color or design and you’re ready to go ahead and treat your car to an impressive wrap makeover. There’s just one problem. Fixing mechanical components or swapping out trim is one thing but having the skill to execute a perfect wrap finish is a completely different discipline. Wrapping is something that takes patience, meticulous attention to detail and a steady hand. So here’s some of the best wrappers in the business in the UK and North America.
Best Car Wrappers in the US
Dream Wraps – Kentucky, USA
One of Dream Wraps’ signature jobs was a 2022 Corvette wrapped and overlaid with reflective neon yellow Tron lines to create a weird cartoon look. Its ambitious wrap services pay a huge amount of attention to detail, it offers everything from brake caliper color changes, to wheel wrapping, race car wraps and air tank makeovers. Whilst the company wraps any type of car, you can tell the team are real car enthusiasts. The website has a whole page dedicated to GTR wraps so if your Godzilla is local to Cincinnati, be the next one on the list. At the very least, its gallery offers some great inspiration for an eye catching wrap transformation.
First Class Autosports – Miami, USA
Miami-based First Class Autosports offers a range of wrapping services covering vinyl wraps, paint protection film, ceramic coating, solar tinting and wheel powder coating. The company applies Xpel, Ceramic Pro, SunTek, 3M, Hexis and Avery Dennison products. First Class can do chrome delete wrapping, accents, full or partial exterior wraps, custom designs, race stripes and interior trim components. Thanks to its large range of suppliers, First Class can complete brushed metal, carbon fiber, satin, matte, gloss and chrome finishes. If you go for contrasting powder coated wheels these come with a lifetime warranty too.
CarWraps.com – Los Angeles, USA
On the West coast, Car Wraps has all your wrapping needs covered. With experience on trucks, vans, buses, motorbikes and cars, it has quite the portfolio, even including helicopters. In this neck of the woods, electric cars are mighty popular so if you’ve traded in a noisy-engined beast for a green machine that doesn’t mean your car has to look boring too. Car Wraps dedicates a section of its website to its customized Tesla wraps that give you the chance to see how the car will look with a full 3D render before the wrap goes on. Its gallery of funky designs details how long it took to apply the wrap and when the job was completed.
Designer Wraps – Pittsburgh, USA
Award-winning Designer Wraps has been giving cars new looks for nearly two decades. In 2021, it was recognized as one of the top 10 best wrapping shops in Philadelphia based on its availability, qualifications, reputation, experience and professionalism. Designer Wraps won the Avery Dennison artist award in 2019 and featured at its booth at SEMA that year. The company has completed more than 12k wraps over the years covering race livery, custom designs and reflective graphics. They also do full wall wraps so if your garage is in need of some love, Designer Wraps can overhaul your car and where it lives.
Best Car Wrappers in the UK
Yiannimize – London, UK
Founded by Yianni Charalambous, Yiannimize is a vehicle wrapper based in London. The company offers chrome, gloss, matte and satin finishes. Yiannimize has formed its brand and reputation wrapping cars for celebrities such as professional footballers like Bacary Sagna, William Gallas and John Terry, Mavin Humes from the pop band JLS, Gordon Ramsay and Harry Styles among others. The company has also built a large social media following with more than 2 million subscribers on YouTube where, amongst other things, it shows off wrapping projects. This is a great way to familiarize yourself with the brand and see its team in action – check out the channel here.
The Vehicle Wrapping Center – Leeds, UK
Based in Leeds, The Vehicle Wrapping Center specializes in vinyl wrapping alongside commercial branding services. To ensure wraps are applied in the optimum state, the center had a purpose built climate controlled facility. Its portfolio includes everything from Formula One cars to international fleets and privately owned vehicles. The Wrapping Center offers a range of wraps from different suppliers including 3M, Avery Dennison, Oracal, Hexis and more. As well as mono-color finishes, textures, and chrome films, the center does bespoke designs in the form of traditional vehicle sign-writing, cut graphics and full digitally printed wraps. If real carbon fiber parts are too much of a strain on the budget or the car will need returning to its original state at some point, carbon fiber wraps are also available for specific parts or sections of a car.
Wrap Kings – West Midlands, UK
As a 3M authorized vehicle wrapper, Wrap Kings is part of a national network of 3M workshops in the UK. This means the facility has undergone extensive assessments and training to ensure its level of service and installation matches the global standards set by 3M. As a result, Wrap Kings only uses 3M products which cover matte, gloss and textured wraps. The benefit of being an approved wrapper means every job comes with a five-year warranty from the manufacturer. Whether you’re looking for a moody matte black finish, a new factory-fresh looking paint job or some carbon fiber accents, Wrap Kings has the 3M products and expertise to complete the look you’re after.
Top Notch Wraps – Hampshire, UK
Located near Portsmouth, Top Notch Wraps uses 3M, Oracal and Avery products for everything from component wraps like bonnets or roofs to full body makeovers. For more ambitious looks, it can also recreate famous liveries, add custom details or execute shiny chrome finishes. Whilst most wrap jobs are generally seeking to completely change the look of a car, Top Notch Wraps offers subtler finishes. De-chroming has become a popular way to change and modernize a car with very little wrapping involved. The process involves covering any external trim around the windows, doors and grilles with a vinyl wrap. This can either be matte, gloss black or carbon fiber. Alternatively, chrome delete can be used to add pops of color to a build without sourcing expensive or bespoke trim components.
Wrap Cube – London, UK
They say that the proof is in the pudding, and when we had our boss’ Porsche Taycan wrapped in bright yellow, the folks at Wrap Cube did a blinding job. Watch the video above to follow their process!
Wrapper Locators
If you’re sold on a particular wrap and don’t know where to go to get it done, some wrap providers list the workshops they supply. TeckWrap distributes its wraps across five continents and lists installers across the USA, Canada, Europe and Chile. Similarly, 3M offers a similar locator tool to find approved installers in its network.
