vinyl wraped roof

[evola4]

I vinyl wrapped my roof today all by my lonesome in my garage. It was a great learning experience and for my first time I don't think it turned out half bad. I will however be redoing it because there are some minor blemishes that I can't live with. I do like the overall look though and can't wait to try it again preferably with an extra set of hands. tell me what you think btw I have never laid vinyl down anywhere near this big and it was quite a challenge.

[absolutegtr]

Can you see any seams?

Looks legit from the "far away" pics....any close ups?

i want to go this route before I decide to paint my roof black....how much did it cost and from where

[Overboostin]

thats so funny, I was searching for this exact same thing a few minutes ago. Looks great!! where did you get the vinyl?

[evola4]

I got the vinyl from a local guy in town for a great deal. It was kind of a Pain in the ass to do by myself because it was such a big piece to work with. There is no seams at all but there is a couple of spots where a little dirt got underneath the vinyl and one small wrinkle. That's why I'm gonna redo it with the help of a friend. Hopefully it will be done next week. You really need to make sure everything is really wet. I used a solution mixture for doing window tint and mixed it with bottled water to help save the paint. I'll put more pics up when I redo it and maybe do a diy.

[Sammy7]

Oh, thank God... When I saw the title of the thread, I thought you installed a landau top. Yours looks much better... Did you take the shark fin off or just work around it?

[evola4]

I took it off so I could put it back on over the vinyl and you would not see the seems. what is a Landau top?

[evola4]

Can you see any seams?

Looks legit from the "far away" pics....any close ups?

i want to go this route before I decide to paint my roof black....how much did it cost and from where

cost was $40 for the vinyl and 2 squeegee's
$2.79 for shop towels
$3.99 for tint solution

[Overboostin]

could he ship the vinyl?

[evola4]

I'd be willing to bet that if you really looked around you might be able to find a similar deal. If you can't let me know and I will ask him for you. I'm sure shipping costs would increase the price a little.

[Maverick]

that looked great!!!!!!! props for all the hard work

[NVR STSFD]

cost was $40 for the vinyl and 2 squeegee's
$2.79 for shop towels
$3.99 for tint solution

That other guy was selling this stuff for $250.[O_O] He must be outta his mind. So how does this stuff hold up over time? The paint will probably be a little different once you remove it in the future I would assume. Hopefully not noticeable enough to affect resale, even though in a few years our cars won't be worth too much anyway.

[jcg05c]

^ exactly i told him for 250 you could get it panited and say fuck the v haha. Looks good to me

[HeHateMe]

looks good from the pics.

this is a landau top lol

[AudiBama]

looks good from the pics.

this is a landau top lol

so its just a caddy top?

i saw a civic the other day with a caddy top

[DGS4]

im putting a landau top on my car. with 12" gold spoke daytons.

[riot5alex]

nice man.. i was thinking of going the black roof route as well.. i have a grey b6 too. good shit

[Zoidbort]

Mmm that would look good on a silver Audi as well. Interesting! Easiest thing to use is good dish soap and water, cheap too!

[B6Lovin]

link to some vinyl that's priced WELL? (like the $40 the OP posted.)

i tried googling, but I'm not really sure what I'm looking for. is this stuff like a opaque-black window tint film? or is it more solid?

[doublezero30]

dude that looks mint! so how hard was the fin to take off? im going to have to do this soon...but im going to have to paint my sharkfin too since its silver lol....

[evola4]

dude that looks mint! so how hard was the fin to take off? im going to have to do this soon...but im going to have to paint my sharkfin too since its silver lol....

the fin wasn't hard. You just need to remove the dome light in the rear of the car and then there is a nut that needs to be removed once that is removed the fin pops right up. I didn't unplug it though. I made a template that was a bit smaller than the actual antenna but large enough for it to fet through. then just layed the antenna back on top. I am going to redo it because there are some blemishes that I don;t like. If you guys want I will write up a diy when I redo it.

[B6Lovin]

^writeup and link would be much appreciated otherwise I'm gonna go start asking around some different tint shops about where i could find something like this.. I'm just worried they're gonna try and rip me off on price

[evola4]

^writeup and link would be much appreciated otherwise I'm gonna go start asking around some different tint shops about where i could find something like this.. I'm just worried they're gonna try and rip me off on price

everywhere I looked wanted an arm and a leg for this and that didn't even include the install. That's why I took it upon myself to figure this out. Also now I can help my crew out when they want their stuff done. Soon as I get some more vinyl I'll write the Diy and stuff for you.

[doublezero30]

yea DIY would be great. think i could vinyl the raised 'v' part of the hood? or do you think it would peel off or something?

[A4TL]

you should have got the carbon fibre vinyl. its amazingly realistic. no joke.

[doublezero30]

but its carbon fiber. which is ugly. especially across the whole damn roof.

[evola4]

link to some vinyl that's priced WELL? (like the $40 the OP posted.)

i tried googling, but I'm not really sure what I'm looking for. is this stuff like a opaque-black window tint film? or is it more solid?

It's a solid black with a high gloss. I don't think you would want to use anything opaque.

[evola4]

yea DIY would be great. think i could vinyl the raised 'v' part of the hood? or do you think it would peel off or something?

I was thinking about doing that too but wanted to master the roof first, you might want to make a template first to do the V part of the hood though. that way you don't have to cut it while on the hood and risk scratching your paint.

[Overboostin]

are there any pictures of the carbon fiber wraps laying around?

[evola4]

there was somebody on here that did some on a couple small parts of the car but I think if you did the whole roof it might look gaudy. Plus I think that if you are going to add carbon fiber to your car it should serve a purpose, like weight reduction. It shouldn't be a simple overlay that only serves cosmetic purposes. Just my opinion

[VMRSport]

Was it a single large piece of vinyl, or two longer pieces that you use?

Must have been fun trying to install that by yourself if it was one piece. I don't know how you managed to get it to go across the entire side if you did it by yourself! haha

-Don

[doublezero30]

^i second that question. i cant find one piece of vinyl that big.

[evola4]

Was it a single large piece of vinyl, or two longer pieces that you use?

Must have been fun trying to install that by yourself if it was one piece. I don't know how you managed to get it to go across the entire side if you did it by yourself! haha

-Don

believe it or not, it was one single piece of vinyl. I used alot of wet stuff that I made with tint solution and water and soaked the back of the vinyl as well as the top. Don't be afraid of that wet stuff, it's a life saver. After that all I can say was I moved fast and squeegeed the all the liquid out starting from the middle working my way out. I little thing I did to was to take a disposable blue shop towel and wet it a little and use that with the squeegee so the vinyl didn't get scracthed.

[A4TL]

go to the bmw dealer, look at the m3. then decide if carbon look is lame.

they have some flawless carbon man. i've never seen such high quality work.

[VMRSport]

believe it or not, it was one single piece of vinyl. I used alot of wet stuff that I made with tint solution and water and soaked the back of the vinyl as well as the top. Don't be afraid of that wet stuff, it's a life saver. After that all I can say was I moved fast and squeegeed the all the liquid out starting from the middle working my way out. I little thing I did to was to take a disposable blue shop towel and wet it a little and use that with the squeegee so the vinyl didn't get scracthed.

I've done it on M3s before, and I was just curious. Cause it was a pain doing it with another person helping me. I could only imagine how hard it was doing it by yourself.

-Don

[AudiA4Turbo22]

any idea if this would look good on a ming blue car??

[B6Lovin]

still waiting on a link to, or phone number for somewhere to get the vinyl....

[VMRSport]

I have vinyl, what size do you need.

[audipotential]

Looks good!!!!

[Overboostin]

I have vinyl, what size do you need.

Black for the size of a b5 s4 roof

[Overboostin]

I'm leaning towards the carbon fiber. I mean, I hate overlay, but this stuff looks decent, and I think on a roof it'll look decent because you don't see it really that close up.

What do you think? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...229566133&rd=1

decent at all?