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Old 01-08-2012, 11:19 AM
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Best Vinyl to Use for Roof?

I am going to change my roof to black with vinyl. I looked on ebay and it seems there are a bunch of options. I am looking for glossy black, whats the best product to use?
Old 01-08-2012, 12:34 PM
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i wouldnt anything but 3M vinyl..but thats my
Old 01-08-2012, 12:38 PM
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+1 for 3M.

I loved buying from Metro Restyling.

Get the 3M 1080 Vinyl.
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I have 3M on mine and it looks great. Make sure the stuff you order doesn't have a texture/pattern on it. Mine has a very fine square finish to it, almost like pixels on a tv screen. You literally have to be on top of it to see it, but sometimes it bugs me.
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^clothe, where did you get it from?
Old 02-10-2012, 09:14 PM
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Originally Posted by CLtotheTL32
I have 3M on mine and it looks great. Make sure the stuff you order doesn't have a texture/pattern on it. Mine has a very fine square finish to it, almost like pixels on a tv screen. You literally have to be on top of it to see it, but sometimes it bugs me.
Pictures???
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You really can't tell unless you're on top of it. I didn't order the vinyl myself, the shop that did the install had it in their inventory.
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CLtotheTL32 are your taillights 07-08s blacked out? I love the look
Old 02-11-2012, 03:01 AM
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go to the 3M website and get a sample packet for the 3m 1080 vinyl. i got mine in the mail and wow it is awesome. too bad i dont have what it takes to tackle the a vinyl job.
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3m ftw
Old 02-11-2012, 08:27 AM
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CLtotheTL32, thanks for the post. Looks great!
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Originally Posted by seeya1
CLtotheTL32 are your taillights 07-08s blacked out? I love the look
You are correct!

Originally Posted by laziebun
CLtotheTL32, thanks for the post. Looks great!
No problem.
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Clothe, care looks great! spring mod for me! need to see if a local place does it or I am doing it on my own... dont mind doing it but time is always an issue..

thanks for the pictures!

seperate questoin... how do you like your gunmetal wheel look with the rest of your car? I was debating between black and gunmetal or black chrome.. the gunmetal wheels on your car looks good.. how is it in person?
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So I keep coming back to doing this to my Carbon Bronze but have another thought. I want to get a rear window spoiler too, I imagine they can wrap the spoiler too, so should I ever want to remove the vinyl, I can remove it from the spoiler and it will be matched already.

Has anybody done the roof vinyl with the spoiler on a non-black car?
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