Roof Overlays

[dreVanHalen]

So there is a guy who makes precut vinyl overlays for cars, however, he doesnt have any for b5 a4s. solution? I am going to be headed down and he should be able to use my car as a test car and get precut overlays for our cars. I will keep you updated. Let me know if you are interested so I can tell him about how many people may want them.

[4A Play]

Considering its a single piece of Viynl, as long as the price is right im sure you could get a order made up quick.

[GetBoosted84]

Don't say I never gave you anything.

http://www.audizine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=225996

Check that out... Autobahn Exotics is selling for $10 per foot or something.

Hope that helps.

[dreVanHalen]

should only be around 80 I believe for the precut vinyl. Makes your life easier than buying from autobahn because you dont have to worry about cutting to the curve or cutting out the sunroof.

[Vreihenmotor6]

who has the precut stuff?

I know that guy in CA bluebatmobile or something like that was willing to make some, but he needed a test car

[lanoueb5er]

Interested.

[dreVanHalen]

I am going to be that test car for blue bat mobile.

[Vreihenmotor6]

so do it already and post pics so I can get a set :p

[dreVanHalen]

I am not going to be going down until the 17th of september, so you guys must sit tight. I just wanted to give you an idea on what is to come. And trust me, I will get pictures as soon as it is put on :)

[gabe-real49]

keep us posted. ive always wanted to paint my roof black, but vinyl would be cheaper and id be able to test it out to see how it looks. thanks!

[Vreihenmotor6]

try to get some pics of the steup too,I'm interested to see how the sunroof hole is handled

[SykoraA4]

any other colors besides black? like say a gun metal grey?

[offroader1006]

i am interested

[mike-2ptzero]

I will be taking my car to a shop next week to have them measure the whole car for a wrap. I guess I will talk to them about just the roof, but since mine doesn't have a sun roof anyone that would buy it would have to cut that section out.

[onemoremile]

It will be easier to lay the whole sheet on and cut around the sunroof than it will be to get a precut hole lined up just right. This stuff stretches and moves so you won't really be working with straight lines anyway.

[dreVanHalen]

ok well I am sure he will be able to make them for cars with both sunroofs and non sunroofs. I will talk to him about other colors and see what he can do.

[dreVanHalen]

It will be easier to lay the whole sheet on and cut around the sunroof than it will be to get a precut hole lined up just right. This stuff stretches and moves so you won't really be working with straight lines anyway.

They will have a little bit of excess around the edges so you dont have to line it up perfect. It is designed this way so you then tuck the excess down and it wraps the whole roof as opposed to leaving edges. As long as you spray the sticky part with soapy water first, you will be able to move and slide it around to get it about right. Then squeegee out the water and let it dry out.

[mike-2ptzero]

It will be easier to lay the whole sheet on and cut around the sunroof than it will be to get a precut hole lined up just right. This stuff stretches and moves so you won't really be working with straight lines anyway.

Correct. Plus you pretty much want to stretch it since the surface is never going to be perfectly flat. If there was a hole it would be impossible to get those lines to stay perfectly straight as you apply it to the roof surface.

[dreVanHalen]

Correct. Plus you pretty much want to stretch it since the surface is never going to be perfectly flat. If there was a hole it would be impossible to get those lines to stay perfectly straight as you apply it to the roof surface.

did you read the post above this? It is designed to have excess so it will tuck into the crack. It doesnt have to be a perfect cut hole and you don't have to line it up perfectly.

[mike-2ptzero]

did you read the post above this? It is designed to have excess so it will tuck into the crack. It doesnt have to be a perfect cut hole and you don't have to line it up perfectly.

You would still need to cut it then. It just seems like it would be easier to put on a solid piece and then cut out the hole for the sunroof then to try playing with a piece that had a huge hole in it.

[dreVanHalen]

I will talk to him to figure it out and see what he thinks. After all, he is the one who has installed plenty of them in the past.