White Z - Glossy Black Vinyl Roof
 

Just put on a glossy black vinyl wrap last night, only took about 2 hours. They wanted 180 and to leave my car over night to do it around where I live, I paid $100 for the vinyl (have a bunch extra left over) and the tool kit with free shipping. Ill put more pics up tommorrow all I have is the one from my phone for now sorry.


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Cool! How hard was it to do and where did you get the kit?

Was a lot easier than I thought. Def do it with 3 people though, I did it with one other person and at some points I really could have used a third. If your doing it on a 350 it will most likely be much easier, the roof contours on the 370 screwed me a few times. And when using the heat gun be real quick and before you use the tool to smooth out the bubbles let it cool, I have a few little marks (like 1/4" lines) where it looks like it was melted when I tried to push bubbles out. I got the kit from stickercity. Shipping to NJ took about a week

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Thank you, it was embedded but when it got moved from General Discussion, I don't know what happened

not so long ago black (cf) hood was cool... then now you young ones are thinking black roofs are cool. then a few years later from now black trunks will be cool....followed by the rear bumper, then..

huh?

Yea not to sure where your heading??? Its a good look.

Op looks great. esp on white.

Chris

Looks good :tup:

Not every section of the forum has html enabled.

Well no matter how you feel about this particular mod or how you choose to express your feelings on the subject, keep in mind he used a vinyl wrap, which is removable and actually protects the paint at the same time.

In for finished (better) pics :tup:

I'm looking forward to some better pictures. :tup:

These pictures will decide whether I go with a gloss black or a flat black on my roof. Thanks! Haha.

i wanna do this real bad but i dunno if i can do it haha is it hard??

any close up pix?

looks good! my friend had a white 350 with a black painted roof and looked really good.

Better Pics!
 

Wish I had practice on another car first, but I don't think it came out that bad for my first time.

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Hardest part was cutting the sides, without scratching the paint or cutting the rubber, this is where I screwed up a little, but only if you look really close will you be able to tell.
http://i966.photobucket.com/albums/a...3/CIMG0079.jpg
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Cutting the front and back was pretty easy, just cut along the glass.
http://i966.photobucket.com/albums/a...3/CIMG0080.jpg
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good job. looks like a clean install. no white showing on the edges. did you tuck it under or take the side bits off the roof?

Yeah good work. If you didn't say otherwise I'm sure people would think you'd done it before easily.

I'm not a fan of the haziness.... Is that the norm with a product like this?

Yea I thought it would be more glossy, almost looking like glass, but I guess not

if you want it glossy, after letting it dry for a week try some wax. :)

i use to wax my MINI's bonnet stripes all the time. very glossy like the rest of the car.

How hard is it to cover the xm radio/navigation "fin" for people with the touring/nav package?

very hard..
my installer spent roughly 30 minutes to get it down perfect

@Mattkim85

what does your installer charge for something like this?

that looks good .. good job

i dont remember the exact amount but roughly around $150-$200 for the install and the overlays. its been almost a year and they look good as new

can you get better pics?

outside etc

Would this get too hot and start to bubble?

did you check the date on the thread?

my wife is wrapping her mini cooper right now, so we had to do some looking. it depends on the vinyl. the higher quality stuff breathes, so no.

but a cheap vinyl won't let air through, so it has the potential for problems. of course, it's cheap by definition, so if that happens you just pull it off and forget about it.

Nice Job
will get my done later..

I make this overlay :). See my gallery below.

B@t

370z gloss black roof vinyl wrap in Sydney:

http://carbonfibrevinylwrap.net.au/w...s/wppa/405.JPG

http://carbonfibrevinylwrap.net.au/w...s/wppa/410.JPG


Mike, Sydney Australia

That looks awesome Mike!

B@t™

Thanks! I love it.
Every 370z SHOULD have a black roof IMO.

http://carbonfibrevinylwrap.net.au/w...s/wppa/409.JPG

Mike