Cybertruck Owner Spends $4,200 On Stainless Steel-Look Wrap To Avoid Headache Of Actual Stainless Steel

An aerial view of a Tesla Cybertruck being driven on July 24, 2024 in Burbank, California (not the Cybertruck mentioned in the story)Photo: Mario Tama (Getty Images)

Stainless steel often proves to be anything but—anyone with stainless steel appliances can tell you that—but the Tesla Cybertruck’s steel body panels have made a mockery of the adjective. What is a Cybertruck owner who wants the benefits of blinding body panels without the hassle of near-constantly cleaning to do? One owner had a brilliant idea, and it only cost him $4,200 on top of his $100,000 truck.

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Spotted over on the CybertruckOwnersForum, user KRTRW (first name Kyle) posted a detailed review of the experience, including an itemized recipt for services rendered:

Had our Cybertruck wrapped and ceramic tinted at Empire Custom Wraps in Temecula, California. We live in Arizona but Empire Custom had wrapped over a dozen cybertrucks and decided I wanted to go with an experienced shop. They were also less expensive than our local shops. Everyone who commented on the truck didn’t realize it had been wrapped.

I love to spend $4,200 on making my car look exactly the same. The wrap color was Flexishield Shining Silver. Images on the board posting (which you can find here) show a Cybertruck looking very much like any other Cybertruck, only without the fingerprints and smudges. They also got ceramic tint done as well, which, cool.

Wrapping Cybertrucks became very popular once the problems of having a stainless-steel body truck became apparent. The trucks were arriving with rust issues (that engineers claim were just rail dust) but that wasn’t the only issued with the bodies. The slightest smudge shows up, and the owners manual recommends washing the car immediately when encountering any dirt, grime or bird poop, but don’t wash it in direct sunlight! And those are just the cosmetic problems with the stainless steel body. There’s also the repair costs to think about, the difficulty of manufacturing and the potential dangers of having a vehicle made out of such tough material in the even of a crash or pedestrian strike.