my freshly painted black roof!
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When I did it, it had nothing to do with copying the Benz; and I doubt Mercedes was the first company to do it either way but who knows... lt looks awesome to me and that's all that matters; and yeah, paint over vinyl.
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With that stated, OP you did a great job and do you. Just my opinion.
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Agree on that but I can't get that GS look like Benz no matter how I look at it. Not to mention KIA. I guess I've seen too few black roofed MB's to get the connection between the two.
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Since I painted it myself it didn't cost me a lot, all together I think I have about $1000 in paint mainly due to the high cost of diamond white but I think I did a better job and took more care than a paint shop would have.
The black paint is a standard jet black basecoat with clear coat on top so nothing really special, any automotive paint store could sell you some.
I used a sata 3000 spray gun that I've had for years from when I used to paint cars for a living. I was able to use a friends paint booth so that helped a lot.
I had no intention of copying a Benz and definitely not a kia but I understand what you're saying about it looking similar. I personally think it makes the car and the main color stand out more so that's why I did it.
I have nothing against vinyl but I have no intention of changing it back and black paint costs less than vinyl anyway.
The black paint is a standard jet black basecoat with clear coat on top so nothing really special, any automotive paint store could sell you some.
I used a sata 3000 spray gun that I've had for years from when I used to paint cars for a living. I was able to use a friends paint booth so that helped a lot.
I had no intention of copying a Benz and definitely not a kia but I understand what you're saying about it looking similar. I personally think it makes the car and the main color stand out more so that's why I did it.
I have nothing against vinyl but I have no intention of changing it back and black paint costs less than vinyl anyway.
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Ohhhhh, is that how you do it ?!?! i've seen GS's with black roofs before but I always thought it was either a special custom cover or something similar. Looks aight, maybe bcuz to shinny compared to the rest of the car. Keep modding !!
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