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[ChicagoMike]

- Thu Nov 15, 2007 3:11 am #30014 So today we decided to get a lil different.

I've wanted to paint the roof of my car black, years of AZ sunshine has taken its toll on my paint, but insted of painting it, we decided to use vinyl. A friend of mine works at a vinyl shop as an installer, and he did an awesome job on my car.

We used 1 big piece of 3M vinyl, 2 piece would've been easier but I didnt want the seam.

This pic is shortly after it was layed.


The 3M stuff is quality vinyl! The piece we used flows really well with the carbon fiber hood and duckbill. It has a tiny diamond pattern in it that you can kinda see in this pic.


The sun was fading in this pic and the pic quality didnt turn out as good as I had hoped. I'll get some fresh pics up tomorrow in daylight, but you get the idea of how it turned out.

Last edited by ChicagoMike on Thu Nov 15, 2007 4:01 am, edited 1 time in total.

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- Thu Nov 15, 2007 3:24 am #30018 Looks awesome man i like

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- Thu Nov 15, 2007 3:44 am #30021 that looks sweet, kinda interested in that

[ohDirka]

- Thu Nov 15, 2007 3:59 am #30026 looks like its painted

Race cars are like boats I guess. Time to bust out another thousand.

[ChicagoMike]

- Thu Nov 15, 2007 4:02 am #30027 Thanks everyone. Just wait till some daytime photo's, it turned out soooo sweet.

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- Thu Nov 15, 2007 4:23 am #30029 I like

I'll be back to check out the day pics!

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- Thu Nov 15, 2007 10:51 am #30052 Can youre friend make me up a sticker for my whole car? Would be sooooo much easier and cheaper than a respray

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[ChicagoMike]

- Thu Nov 15, 2007 1:35 pm #30059

Can youre friend make me up a sticker for my whole car? Would be sooooo much easier and cheaper than a respray

Hahahah, thats funny!! The funnier thing is.......YES he can.

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- Thu Nov 15, 2007 2:47 pm #30070 looks good!! i like it alot

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- Thu Nov 15, 2007 3:37 pm #30080

Can youre friend make me up a sticker for my whole car? Would be sooooo much easier and cheaper than a respray

Hahahah, thats funny!! The funnier thing is.......YES he can.

How much is shipping to the UK

Does it peel off okay? This could be a plan

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[ohDirka]

- Thu Nov 15, 2007 4:07 pm #30085 this guy that i know had clear vinyl applied to the front of his NSX..then he didnt have to worry about rocks and bugs chipping his paint...it was a great idea i thought

Race cars are like boats I guess. Time to bust out another thousand.

- Thu Nov 15, 2007 4:30 pm #30090 looks good!! did you do your hatch too?.. should have gotten Carbon fiber vinyl!

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- Thu Nov 15, 2007 5:43 pm #30097 looks great! but how did you do it so well with out getting any bubbles?!

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- Thu Nov 15, 2007 7:55 pm #30114

looks great! but how did you do it so well with out getting any bubbles?!

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- Thu Nov 15, 2007 9:00 pm #30117 Looks good man, now I'm not the only one on here with a black roof.