I have seen 2 vinyl wrapped cybertrucks while driving around Los Angeles, so I know it’s being done.
this post was submitted on 27 Aug 2024
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They honestly look better painted/wrapped. I'm becoming more and more certain Elon went with stainless steel just to trick people into buying an unpainted car.
Probably a bulk discount with the rocket materials supplier too.
Aluminum sheets that didn't quite make the aircraft grade cut.
Actually 100% both of these. He stated it was a design goal early on and why its got so many straight edges is because the material did not do well with complex forming.
Just the standard Trump 2024, or tied-up Biden/Harris on the tailgate?
The ones I saw were a single color, one of them was all black vinyl.
If they're fine with leaving visible seams on the edges, yes. If they're trying to pull it over peaks with one piece, then no, it's worse than curves.
That may be, but I doubt many Cybertruck owners would want to make it less clear they own a Cybertruck.
There's that one that got wrapped in Trump 2024 shit.
I don't think any amount of vinyl wrap can make it look less like a Cybertruck.
Honestly I think I’ve seen more wrapped cybertrucks than non wrapped ones.
Good thing, too, because that cheap sombitch will rust to all hell if exposed to the elements.
No it doesn't. It's made of 300-series stainless steel which is highly resistant to rusting. Left out for the elements long enough it would be among the last vehicles in the world with something still left of the body. It'll probably even outlive Chevrolet Corvette which is made of fibreglass.
The rust you hear about is not the body that is rusting. It's iron particles in the air, mostly from brake rotors, called "fallout" that lands on the bare steel causing a chemical reaction which causes it to rust. That iron particle that is, not the stainless steel. It's surface contamination that can be cleaned off. There's no damage to the body itself.
Except for the losing fingers part maybe?
You have to use the flaw as a strength, the extra material on the sheet can be removed with the edges of a panel. The panel edges are like the tear blade on a tinfoil box.
"Tired of having all of that pesky blood INSIDE your body... YUCK!!!"
Sure, I mean shrink wrap is cheap. It's even funnier when you slap some Vaseline on there afterwards.