The networkis being built.
TeslaWrapper intends to work through a network of approved installation partners. It does not exist yet. This page is the standard a partner will be held to, published before there is anybody to hold to it — so that the first person who applies knows exactly what they are agreeing to, and so that no customer is ever told there is an approved installer nearby when there is not.
There are no approved partners today.
Zero. Not one state, not one city, not one person. Every installation TeslaWrapper has ever done was done by our own team — at the studio in Ashburn, Virginia, or on travel to a qualified project. Until an installer has been evaluated in person and approved, there is nobody else, and this page will keep saying so in the same words.
If you are a customer. If anyone tells you they are a TeslaWrapper installer or an approved partner in your area, that is not true today, whoever is saying it. Your car is wrapped by our own team, at the studio or on travel, and that is the only arrangement that exists right now.
If you install film. If you install film for a living, the useful consequence is that nothing is taken. There is no incumbent in your market, no roster to displace, and no queue. There is also no work waiting — see what applying does and does not get you, further down.
How the work happens today.
One studio, in Ashburn, Virginia, open to a car driven or shipped in from any state. Beyond that we travel: established markets have a published travel fee, and everywhere else the travel is quoted for the project rather than taken off a list. That is the entire operating footprint. There is no second location and no partner network behind it.
What a partner will be held to.
This is written down first because a standard invented after the first partner is signed is a standard that bends to keep them. Eight areas, each of them a thing that can be checked on a finished car or in a file.
- 01
Materials
Cast automotive film from 3M™ or Avery Dennison®, specified per project by brand, series and color code — never chosen by whatever is on the rack, and never substituted for something cheaper after a price is agreed. A partner buys to the specification or does not do the job.
Being held to a manufacturer’s published method is not a relationship with that manufacturer. A partner is not certified, sponsored or endorsed by 3M or Avery Dennison, and neither are we.
- 02
Procedures
One written method for each film on each vehicle, followed in the same order every time: preparation, disassembly where the method calls for it, panel sequence, stretch and heat handling, edge and seam treatment, reassembly. A partner does not get to substitute their own sequence because it is quicker.
- 03
Training and evaluation
A hands-on evaluation on a vehicle or section we supply and assign, scored against published criteria, before any authorization exists. Authorization is per vehicle and per film — being excellent on a Model 3 in vinyl does not authorize anybody to put chrome on a Cybertruck.
Manufacturer training is welcome and it is not a substitute for the evaluation. Credentials demonstrate training; the work demonstrates skill.
- 04
Quality control
The same inspection at every location, in daylight, against the same checklist the studio uses — edges, seams, corners, handles, mirrors, bumpers and complex contours. A failed check is rework at the partner’s cost, not a conversation with the customer about what is normal.
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Intake
The vehicle’s condition recorded before anything is touched: existing damage, failing clearcoat, previous film, rust. The customer is told what film will and will not do on their particular car before the work starts rather than after, and that conversation is recorded.
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Photography
The car photographed at intake, the material roll photographed as the box is opened, progress recorded through the install, and the finished vehicle photographed in daylight. The photographs exist to evidence the work and to settle disagreements — not to fill a gallery.
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Warranty
A partner’s installation carries the TeslaWrapper workmanship warranty on the same terms as work done at the studio, and the partner stands behind their own installation. A partner who cannot put right what they installed does not get to use the name.
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Documentation
Brand, series and color code written down and given to the customer, the supplier order number for their material, the intake record, the inspection result and the handover. A project that cannot be reconstructed from its file was not documented, whatever the car looks like.
None of the above is unusual for a good shop. Writing it down before there is anybody to enforce it against is the part that is unusual, and it is the point of publishing this page early.
How somebody becomes a partner.
The same route as the installer bench, because it is the same assessment. Advancement is discretionary at every stage, and most people will not advance — usually about market, timing or current need rather than a judgment on the work.
- 01ApplyTell us about your experience. A few minutes, and it commits you to nothing.
- 02Send your workActual installations, photographed properly. This is the part that decides most of it.
- 03ReviewWe look at the submission against what we look for. We cannot respond to everybody.
- 04ConversationInstallers who look like a fit may be contacted. Being contacted is not an offer.
- 05Hands-on evaluationInstallation work in person, on a vehicle or section we supply and assign, scored against the published criteria.
- 06ApprovalApproved installers enter the corporate bench, authorized per vehicle and per film.
- 07Projects, if they existCorporate can then identify you for appropriate projects — when appropriate projects exist, in your market, at that time.
We receive a high volume of submissions. Our team reviews them based on current business needs, experience, portfolio quality, location, and other factors. Because we receive many submissions, we cannot respond to every applicant. Submitting an application does not guarantee a response, interview, evaluation, employment, contractor relationship, customer work, or approval.
What this is not.
- It is not employment, a contract, a franchise, an agency or a partnership in the legal sense.
- It is not a guarantee of work, of volume, of compensation or even of a reply.
- It is not a territory. Nobody is being handed a market.
- It is not a manufacturer certification, and it never becomes one.
- It does not let anybody use the TeslaWrapper name. Authorization to represent us comes in writing, after evaluation and agreement — never after an application.
Using our name
Applying does not make you a TeslaWrapper installer. Nobody may represent themselves as an authorized TeslaWrapper installer, employee, franchisee, agent or representative, or use TeslaWrapper branding on their own site or social profiles, unless Corporate has formally authorized it in writing. Authorization comes after evaluation and agreement, not after an application.
Be the first one.
Applying puts you in front of the assessment described above. It does not put you in a queue, because there is no queue — there is no network yet, and this page is not going to pretend there is one to make an application feel more valuable.
TeslaWrapper is an independent vehicle wrap studio. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, authorized by or in any way connected to Tesla, Inc. Tesla, Cybertruck, Model 3, Model Y, Model S and Model X are trademarks of Tesla, Inc., used here only to identify the vehicles referred to. We wrap the Model 3, Model Y and Cybertruck; the Model S and Model X appear as earlier work we no longer take. 3M™ and Avery Dennison™ are trademarks of their respective owners.