1) I wrapped because red paint job here was quoted 6-12k starting price. 2) This cost me just under 4K all in, which include 1k body work need to fill paint chips and couple rust spots. Car wrapped plus 6 pieces of aftermarket parts. Comes with a 2 year warranty. The shop owner has his car wrapped for over 6 years and still looked great, even through our rough salted winters. 3) The adhesion on the lower pebble area was better than the top areas as per the installer. He had doubts at first though. 3) Only about an inches, all my unexposed paint still looks new. Not sure about painting the vinyl, but they could have easily added a black accent stripe, I just chose not to.