Wrapped roof LS460 L
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It was a long sheet. All vinyl comes 48" wide and the length needed for the roof is about 7ft. You can use the section you cut out for the sunroof for misc parts you may want to wrap. I've seen people use it for door pillars, cell phones, laptops, etc. It has and adhesive side. You use a bottle of water with a little bit of dish washing soap. Never use window cleaner or something like that. The ammonia in the cleaner breaks down the adhesive. Lightly soapy water works best...and use a liberal amount of the material and roof.
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its curious.. i thought of wrapping the plastics under the hood (which would rarely be seen) an i was accused of being too "RICE". now the entire roof is being wrapped an all of a sudden its a good idea????? i'm confused? someone plz explain?
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honestly i think it has to do with what you're actually wrapping. i would consider wrapping smaller things on my car if i also wrapped something large...like my roof. but i don't think i would wrap the smaller parts without doing something big first. its like i feel someone's trying too hard and bought a little bit of the wrap to wrap small things. i bought half a roll and dropped a good amount on it. resold most of it but had lots of it left to do my roof. I say you should do the engine covers. i was thinking of it too. im just concerned about the heat.
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honestly i think it has to do with what you're actually wrapping. i would consider wrapping smaller things on my car if i also wrapped something large...like my roof. but i don't think i would wrap the smaller parts without doing something big first. its like i feel someone's trying too hard and bought a little bit of the wrap to wrap small things. i bought half a roll and dropped a good amount on it. resold most of it but had lots of it left to do my roof. I say you should do the engine covers. i was thinking of it too. im just concerned about the heat.
now to put a piece of vinyl on THE ROOF is fine but to add a lil accent under the hood that'll never be seen unless i goto a show.. which was the only reason i even thought of doin it (engine bay is boring)
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Nothing against car wraps or any of that (still looking into doing it myself), I just don't like the fake carbon.
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For what it's worth, I feel the same way about this thread as I did about your previous thread. The difference in responses is due to "different folks with different strokes". I think OP would've been better off painting his roof black or wrapping is black (versus CF); but that's just my opinion because I'm not a fan of this fake carbon fad.
Nothing against car wraps or any of that (still looking into doing it myself), I just don't like the fake carbon.
Nothing against car wraps or any of that (still looking into doing it myself), I just don't like the fake carbon.
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I figure i'll pain when i'm ready to paint all the things needed to pain on the car like the small paint chips. for now this works well. Gloss black wrap is still dull so that's why i didn't do a black wrap. i don't think i'm really fakin the funk because everyone knows that it's a wrap. It's not like someone is even going to attempt to make a real one. as far as under the hood i'm not sure how it will hold up. My crew has a wrapped Suburban and that's been wrapped for about 5 years and is exposed to the elements...heat cold etc and it's held up ok. It's time to change it but it's held up
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it really is time consuming to make molds and form new pieces.. so it'll wait til i tear down for paint...
and paint under the hoods been done.(besides what color would i do.. my cars gray!). i want something a bit more original.. so the search continues...
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wrapping under the hood holds up just fine...the sample piece i put on last year... is still there an not going anywhere it seems... i'm still trying to find a more inexpensive way to make REAL CF pieces under there.. so i left it to give people an idea of the style i was going for..
it really is time consuming to make molds and form new pieces.. so it'll wait til i tear down for paint...
and paint under the hoods been done.(besides what color would i do.. my cars gray!). i want something a bit more original.. so the search continues...
it really is time consuming to make molds and form new pieces.. so it'll wait til i tear down for paint...
and paint under the hoods been done.(besides what color would i do.. my cars gray!). i want something a bit more original.. so the search continues...
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I'm tempted to wrap my whole car matte white or flat army green
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