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| 08-13-2010, 05:35 PM | #1 |
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Vinyls or Paint?
Looking to make the roof of my car Flat black. cant decide whether to put vinyl or to get it painted. Any suggestions?
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| 08-13-2010, 06:26 PM | #2 |
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One of the guys here painted his roof glossy black. It looks pretty good. I think Oli (spector88) said it only cost him 300 euros. Here are some pics of his roof/car from that BMW car show in Wuerzburg back in May.
    Btw... I also like the way the fake carbon fiber looks too. it is made by 3m called: DiNoc. The price is about the same over here for vinyl vs paint. |
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| 08-13-2010, 08:06 PM | #3 |
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Always did like his Sedona Red. Good stuff
 Most ppl in North America go with vinyl. You can always return it to it's original colour |
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| 08-13-2010, 08:54 PM | #4 |
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looks good! any pics of the wheels?
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| 08-13-2010, 10:30 PM | #5 |
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Definitely have it painted. Then when you decide you hate it, you can fun wringing your hands a lot.
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| 08-14-2010, 02:57 AM | #6 |
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Im not in Italy anymore, Im in New Mexico now. :-/ i forgot to update my location. But anyway I think I am gonna go with painting it. The gloss black looks great, no you got me thinking weather I should get the flat black or the glossy look.
 What do you guys think? I have the matte black grills, 135i emblem, and roundels for the BMW emblems. I also want flat black rims. and this body shop here wanted to charge me 600 to paint the roof. wtf? pretty high don't you think?
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| 08-14-2010, 05:10 AM | #7 | |
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   Btw.... Oli told me the reasonw why he went with paint - was some guys over here who went with glossy vinyl have problems when the car gets dirty and you touch the roof, it scratches the finish of the vinyl. I like the 3M DiNoc look better though. |
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| 08-14-2010, 05:18 AM | #8 |
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I found some pics of a e36 hatch at thet same car show. It had the 3M DiNoc on the roof. Only that bad was the molding on the windhsield was starting to peel/bend. But the film/vinyl looked realy cool! And when you step back from the car it also looks a bit glossy.
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| 08-19-2010, 04:24 AM | #10 |
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or get the 3m and finish it with clear-coat
 @all i will do a foto shoot in september with all new moded stuff and hopefully i will becar of the month |
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