Wrap lifting, bubblingor peeling?
If somebody else wrapped your Tesla and it is coming off, we will take it off. On its own — you do not have to buy a new wrap from us to have the old one removed, and we are not going to make that a condition of helping you.
$3,500 flat in Northern Virginia. Quoted with travel anywhere else, agreed before travel is confirmed.
One number, on its own.
The fee covers standard removal of an existing vinyl wrap from the vehicle before your new installation.
Northern Virginia: $3,500 flat removal fee.
Outside Northern Virginia: the $3,500 removal fee plus travel, quoted for your location and agreed before travel is confirmed.
That is the whole number for taking the old film off on its own — no new wrap, no project attached, nothing else due.
If you do want a new wrap afterwards, that is the normal price on top: from $7,000 for color-change vinyl, so about $10,500 all in.
What the fee does not cover.
It does not cover every situation. Unusually difficult removal, excessive adhesive, multiple layers, severely deteriorated film or other abnormal conditions are reviewed and priced before work proceeds — we tell you, we do not surprise you.
- Paint protection film (PPF) removal
- Ceramic coating removal
- Paint repair
- Body repair
- Dent repair
- Collision repair
- If removal reveals damaged, peeling or unstable paint, we review whether the vehicle can proceed. Certain minor chips and imperfections are still perfectly suitable to wrap over. What we will not do is repair the paint — that is not a service we offer.
What we find underneath.
Film is designed to come off, and most of the time it does. What nobody can promise is that a car comes back exactly as it went on, because the risk lives in the paint rather than in the film.
Old paint, a previous respray, panels somebody else repaired, film that has been on a long time or baked in the sun — those are where it gets slow, and where paint can lift with the adhesive.
3M’s own warranty expressly excludes paint pull during removal, and we are not going to make a promise the manufacturer declines to make. What we will do is look at your car first and tell you what we think before you commit — including when the honest answer is that a panel is a risk.
Why repainted and older panels are where it goes wrong
The part worth knowing is that the risk sits at the other end of the job. Removal is where repainted panels, older resprays and panels somebody else repaired can lift — because refinish paint does not always bond to the panel as well as factory paint does. That is a property of the paint, not of the wrap, and 3M’s own warranty expressly excludes paint pull during removal.
If it was a cheap wrap, that is the usual reason
This is not brand loyalty and it is not a supplier deal. Before settling on 3M and Avery Dennison we bought and installed several of the budget import films — the ones that cost a fraction of the price and look identical on a roll and in a photograph.
They came off. Not in year three, in the first weeks. Edges lifted where they had been laid perfectly. Panels bubbled after sitting in the sun. A Virginia summer puts a black roof well over a hundred and forty degrees and cheap adhesive simply lets go at that temperature — it is not an installation problem and no amount of post-heating fixes it. Once film starts releasing on a hot panel there is nothing to do but strip it and start again.
None of that is your fault and we are not going to lecture you about it. It is worth saying only because it explains what you are looking at, and because it is the reason we will not install film we cannot trace.
Start with a photograph.
Text us a picture — wide enough to see the panel, close enough to see the edge. We will tell you what we think it is and roughly what it takes, before you commit to anything.
Do not pull at a lifting edge in the meantime. That turns a small job into a bigger one.
We wrap the Model 3, Model Y and Cybertruck. The Model S and Model X are not vehicles we take. Removal is a different job — if you have an S or an X, ask before you pay.
Check the total before you tap Pay. Square offers a tip on these links and it arrives already selected. It is optional and it is not part of your project price. The amount on the button is what you owe us. Anything above that is the tip — clear it, change it, or leave it. Your project is identical either way.
We do not carry insurance on your car. There is no commercial garage-keepers policy covering damage to your Tesla while it is with us, and no policy number to give you, because there is no policy. What we do instead is document: the car is photographed and its condition recorded at intake, and we walk it with you against that record at handover. That deters and it evidences — it does not indemnify you. Your own insurance is the coverage that applies. The full terms.
The deposit is non-refundable. Paying it commits the project. We do not decline work over timing or difficulty — what we do instead is tell you the truth about your car first. Failing clearcoat, rust or an old wrap underneath change what the finish can look like, and we will show you what to expect on your car rather than after it. The decision is yours. If we do decline a project after you have paid, the deposit is returned in full. What we tell you before you pay.
Before you pay: refundable in full if we decline the project or have not begun. Once removal has started the fee is not refundable, because the work has been done. We do not decline removals — the full terms.
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. TeslaWrapper™ is a trademark of Raoul Shah.