NEW COLOR.ORIGINAL PAINT.

No — on factory paint in good condition it actually protects it. The film shields the finish underneath from rock chips and UV. Where it can go wrong is on a car that's already been repainted with cheap work: if the paint is lifting or poorly cured, removing vinyl later can pull at it. We check the paint before we quote and we tell you straight if your car is one of those cases.

Five to seven years on a car that lives in Florida sun, longer if it's garaged. Horizontal panels — hood and roof — take the worst of it and age first. That's normal for any film, and those panels can be redone on their own without doing the whole car again.

Yes, and that's the point. It comes off with heat and patience, and the factory colour is right there underneath. Done at the right time it leaves nothing behind. Left on far past its life in the sun it gets harder to remove — so don't wait until it's falling apart.

Two to four days for a full colour change. It's not the wrapping that takes the time — it's the disassembly. Handles, mirrors, lights and trim come off so the film wraps into the edges instead of stopping at them. That's the difference between a wrap that lasts and one that starts peeling at the corners.

Yes. Roof only, hood only, mirrors, accents, chrome delete. A lot of people start with a roof or a set of accents to see how they like it before committing to the whole car.

A 3M Preferred Installer, in our shop in Orlando. Not subcontracted out to whoever is free that week. If something isn't right, you come back here and we fix it.