Decided to get my WDP '10 TL roof wrapped in gloss black vinyl (3M 1080 material) afer seeing several members on AZ do the same. Always loved the look of black roofs on white cars, so I decided to taked the plunge. I'm pretty happy with the results! The work was done by a company called Autotize out of Mill Creek, WA.

 

Looks nice! Dare to be different!

 

I too love a black roof on a white car. The glossy one just like is. How much it run you if you don't mind to share?

 

Looks good. I did that to my old Altima and it really looked nice with tinted windows

 

i have black roof too!

 

$300 is what I paid. I recieved a quotes from 3 different shops, and this was the lowest. The install itself took about 1.5 hours.

 

looks great

 

Looks good!

The labor on vinyl wrapping is crazy though. That's probably $50 worth of material and $250 of labor.

 

 

Looks great. Did you have the shark fin wrapped too?

 

Nice, .......I like that you decided to go with the gloss black, instead of matte black.

 

Yeah, I was hoping it would be less expensive, but there are not too many shops that do this work in my area. The shop that did the work (Autotize) only does vinyl wrap work for cars and businesses, so I decided to go with them.

Thanks! Yes, I had the fin antenna wrapped as well. I wanted it to blend in with the rest of the roof.

 

Do you know how they wrapped it?

I will be wrapping my roof in gloss black soon as well but I have no clue how to wrap the fin. It's very curvy with sharp edges.

Did they remove it or wrapped it while attached to the car?

 

Damn, that looks excellent. It makes a white TL look so classy!

 

They wrapped it attached to the car. There is a small 'seam' on the back of the antenna where the wrap comes together. Not too noticeable unless you're looking for it.

 

Nice car you got there.

Last week i saw WDP 4G TL with black roof heading northbound on 405, not sure if its you or other guy with similar car like you

 

 

There's a good chance it was me.. I commute on 405 everyday.

 

Okay, thanks for the info. That's what I thought because I think you have to be at least a god of the vinyl wrap masters to be able to wrap that fin in one piece.

Do you know if they removed the chrome molding(or whatever it's called) on both sides of the roof?

 

Nice job, looks good!!

 

Do you know if they removed the chrome molding(or whatever it's called) on both sides of the roof?[/quote]

They did not remove the chrome molding. There is a strip of rubber grommet under the chrome molding that can be slightly lifted up, so the edge of the vinyl goes just underneath this rubber strip.

 

Thanks! You've helped me a lot.

 

Do you have any air bubbles on your roof? I just did my rood and got a lot of bubbles. Hopefully they'll go away.

 

No bubbles on my roof. The installer at Autotize did a good job.

 

well done

 

Looks nice! I just painted mine last week.

 

Nice! I debated painting mine, but I was too chicken to commit to a more 'permanent' solution..
Do you have any pics of your painted roof?

 

Now that is very clean. Great choice!!

 

Sure thing all pics in my thread https://acurazine.com/forums/4g-tl-photograph-gallery-296/car-complete-now-890730/