Should I Vinyl Wrap Coupe Roof?

[mfanatic325]

Hehe yeah, mine is a matte CF finish as opposed to gloss/clearcoat CF. I paid only $175 materials + labor + tip !

I would've gone with the real CF rooftop but couldn't find one at the time for a reasonable price. Also was turned off by the work involved. I foresaw it costing me way too much

Here's another shot I have of my wrap job. You can get a better idea of the matte finish, and barely make out the fiber details:

[jdl1pt]

Originally Posted by dubsesd

thanks! here is a better pic showing off the roof following the window lines

That is just bad ass!!!!!

And FWIW, I've seen Mfanatics wrap in person and it looks fantastic.

[johanness]

dubsesd... Can we get a shot like mfanatics so we can see more of the actual roof?

[v3.0si]

i've been considering something a bit different for my roof...

http://www.topvinylfilms.com/product...l-1861-77.html

... 3M brushed titanium vinyl.

[dubsesd]

Sure. I'll post some tonight

[krusty]

Wrap rhymes with crap? I'm all for them -- leaves fewer authentic originals around

[ Must say that that painted job looks quite nice from the rear - nice flow ]

[esqu1re]

Black roof looks great. Do it!

[3002 tii]

Originally Posted by krusty

Wrap rhymes with crap? I'm all for them -- leaves fewer authentic originals around

[ Must say that that painted job looks quite nice from the rear - nice flow ]

So you have an authentic targa top? Or an authentic cf roof?

The whole point of the wrap is so that you can always go back to original, and to not permanently change the authentic aspects of the car.

[3002 tii]

Originally Posted by dubsesd

no problem. i cant see the roof costing more than 400...canadian or usd. the guy that painted mine did an awesome job. he lifted the front molding and got all the way under with the paint and taped up the underside of the rear window to leave all the hinges and body silver. looks really oem. I can get some closeups of the paint and details if you like

Got some local quotes, and each shop advised me of the SAME thing, that is to stay away from gloss vinyl wrap. Apparently it scratches and peels easily. They say I should go with matte wrap, cf semi-gloss or paint (paint being the best). So back to the drawing board but now leaning towards the paint job.

Dubsesd - did you specify a particular paint color?

[mfanatic325]

Originally Posted by v3.0si

i've been considering something a bit different for my roof...

http://www.topvinylfilms.com/product...l-1861-77.html

... 3M brushed titanium vinyl.

That brushed titanium/aluminum stuff is amazing. Tempted to wrap my entire car lolll

[dubsesd]

Originally Posted by Dubbedown

Got some local quotes, and each shop advised me of the SAME thing, that is to stay away from gloss vinyl wrap. Apparently it scratches and peels easily. They say I should go with matte wrap, cf semi-gloss or paint (paint being the best). So back to the drawing board but now leaning towards the paint job.

Dubsesd - did you specify a particular paint color?

I used pure piano black. BMW jet black actually contains some yellow and magenta I think. My painter just used raw piano black with no color variances