Bored with your tractor’s current paint colour? You can now change the livery to whatever hue you want without having to go to the lengths of actually repainting anything.

It is called vinyl wrapping and it is a well-established technique in the exotic sports car world.

Celebrities such as David Beckham, Wayne Rooney and Kourtney Kardashian have all vinyl-wrapped their cars.

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It is also what one Surrey contractor has done to make his latest tractor stand out from the herd.

Paul Whitehorn, based at Cranleigh, reckoned vinyl wrapping would make his Claas 620 stand out in the cut-throat world of contracting.

Vinyl-wrapping expert Shane Jewell used a 2-3mm thick vinyl to coat all the exterior paintwork.

The vinyl is first heated to 30deg, laid over the surfaces and then heated up further to 90C by a heat gun.    

It is not a quick or cheap process – it took five days to do it, at a cost of £1,275 (£675 for materials and £600 for the labour) – but Mr Whitehorn is delighted with the final product.

However, he said it was worthwhile as it made his business, Agri-Equi Contracting, a bit different from its rivals.  

It also helps protect the tractor’s panels, he said, which is good news when a lot of your contract work involves hedging.

Not just that, the tractor’s vinyl second skin should help keep values up when the time comes to chop the tractor in.  

“Now I have the perfect contractor’s vehicle,” he said. “A tractor that is easily recognised from a distance, yet underneath has untouched factory paintwork should I decide to sell.”