8 design tips for Tesla Paint Shop wraps
What looks good on a flat template does not always look good on a car. These habits make wraps read well on the touchscreen and in the app.
Paint Shop shows your wrap on a small 3D car, usually from a few fixed angles. Designs that work there are bold, clean and aware of where the panels meet. Here is what we have learned from building the studio designs in our gallery.
- Design on the car, not the flat layout. Keep the 3D preview open and rotate it often — the flat template distorts curves, especially on the bonnet and rear quarters.
- Go bold. The car is small on screen. Large shapes and strong contrast read; thin pinstripes and small text disappear.
- Respect the seams. Stripes and logos that cross from one panel to the next can shift slightly. Line them up in 3D, or let a graphic end at a panel edge.
- Use mirror for symmetry. Draw one side, then mirror it to the other so both doors match exactly.
- Fill every panel. Gaps in the template show as bare body colour. Start with a base colour, then add graphics on top.
- Colour, not material. Paint Shop renders colour only — real chrome or texture will not appear. Suggest metal or satin with gradients and highlights instead.
- Keep text short and large. A number or a two-word name works; a sentence will not be readable.
- Export at full size. Use the full template size and stay under 1 MB — the editor handles both automatically.