New owner to 2008 IS250; Carbon Fiber Roof Wrap
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New owner to 2008 IS250; Carbon Fiber Roof Wrap
Hi guys! Just bought my 1st IS250, Glacier Fost Mica - I am planning on wrapping the roof with carbon fiber, I was thinking of leaving the Shark Fin white; what do you guys think?
Thank you,
Kayla
Thank you,
Kayla
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Grats on the purchase
When I had my roof wrapped, I told them to leave the antenna alone for a bit to see how the silver would look with the black. I ended up having it wrapped a few days later as I ended up not liking how the antenna looked like it did not belong on the roof.
edit: errrr, now that I remember, I just plastidipped the antenna instead of driving out to the installer. Looks the same as the wrap after 2 coats of black plastidip + 2 coats of plastidip gloss
When I had my roof wrapped, I told them to leave the antenna alone for a bit to see how the silver would look with the black. I ended up having it wrapped a few days later as I ended up not liking how the antenna looked like it did not belong on the roof.
edit: errrr, now that I remember, I just plastidipped the antenna instead of driving out to the installer. Looks the same as the wrap after 2 coats of black plastidip + 2 coats of plastidip gloss
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No. And it's only used for sat radio I believe. Do not leave it white because you will go back to your installer and do it over.
I've been wrapping for 4 years now and carbon fibre wraps on roofs in my opinion look obvious it's a wrap. It is very hard to find a good Cf that is realistic, although I go with 3M when a customer requests CF.
Material is also much cheaper for Gloss Black (and much cleaner in my opinion)
I've been wrapping for 4 years now and carbon fibre wraps on roofs in my opinion look obvious it's a wrap. It is very hard to find a good Cf that is realistic, although I go with 3M when a customer requests CF.
Material is also much cheaper for Gloss Black (and much cleaner in my opinion)
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I do have to agree, I haven't seen a 6D in person but with that said, if you have or plan to have anything real CF on your car it will be a very obvious difference. If that is the only thing you plan on wrapping or intend on other things being vinyl wrapped you should be okay
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This will be the only thing I plan on vinyl wrapping and being "CF" for now - maybe down the road I will take it off and get a rear trunk spoiler
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Grats on the purchase
When I had my roof wrapped, I told them to leave the antenna alone for a bit to see how the silver would look with the black. I ended up having it wrapped a few days later as I ended up not liking how the antenna looked like it did not belong on the roof.
edit: errrr, now that I remember, I just plastidipped the antenna instead of driving out to the installer. Looks the same as the wrap after 2 coats of black plastidip + 2 coats of plastidip gloss
When I had my roof wrapped, I told them to leave the antenna alone for a bit to see how the silver would look with the black. I ended up having it wrapped a few days later as I ended up not liking how the antenna looked like it did not belong on the roof.
edit: errrr, now that I remember, I just plastidipped the antenna instead of driving out to the installer. Looks the same as the wrap after 2 coats of black plastidip + 2 coats of plastidip gloss
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again just my opinion, make sure you do the roof rails too! plastidip works fine and blends with the rubber around the windshield. The car has such clean lines that without doing the rails it stands out drastically, check out the link above, i think it looks great but the wrap doesn't match the front or rear window lines.
are you DIY or having someone else do it?
are you DIY or having someone else do it?
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again just my opinion, make sure you do the roof rails too! plastidip works fine and blends with the rubber around the windshield. The car has such clean lines that without doing the rails it stands out drastically, check out the link above, i think it looks great but the wrap doesn't match the front or rear window lines.
are you DIY or having someone else do it?
are you DIY or having someone else do it?