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Old Jan 29, 2013 | 06:27 PM
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I got my roof done today in black. I will get some better pics after I get it cleaned up.

Later this week i am getting all of the chrome blacked out and yes going the plastidip route
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Old Jan 29, 2013 | 06:29 PM
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Painted or wrapped?
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Old Jan 29, 2013 | 06:34 PM
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Plastidipped. There's an installer in my area I found. Looked at wrapping it but issues w antenna. Glad I went this route
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Old Jan 29, 2013 | 06:36 PM
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better pics?
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Old Jan 29, 2013 | 06:38 PM
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Just got it done and its dark out now. Tomorrow I will
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Old Jan 29, 2013 | 11:54 PM
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Looking forward to the pics! I had an idea about wrapping it in shiny Black instead of the matte, so will be good to see how that looks.
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Old Jan 30, 2013 | 09:04 AM
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I could have had a gloss or satin coat put on and i still may, but for now wanted to do everything matte
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Old Jan 30, 2013 | 09:31 AM
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that's pretty clean. i think i would opt for a gloss finish myself but that still looks great
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How durable is it?>
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Old Jan 30, 2013 | 09:50 AM
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Wow look good, the antenna does look better when matched with the rest of it, and yes they can't wrap the antenna cause it doesn't stick well.
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Old Jan 30, 2013 | 11:07 AM
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in the first pic your car swallows the Viper next to it. nice job on the roof.
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Old Jan 30, 2013 | 11:18 AM
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Originally Posted by jahdish
I could have had a gloss or satin coat put on and i still may, but for now wanted to do everything matte
Looks great! I did the chrome on the trunk and it was really straight forward. I'm curious to the about your installer. Are you in South florida?
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Looks great! I did the chrome on the trunk and it was really straight forward. I'm curious to the about your installer. Are you in South florida?
I am Tampa - the installer/shop owner is Jessie

http://www.dipngoautocolor.com/contact-us/

very detail oriented - i would def recommend him
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Old Jan 30, 2013 | 12:08 PM
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Originally Posted by jahdish
I am Tampa - the installer/shop owner is Jessie

http://www.dipngoautocolor.com/contact-us/

very detail oriented - i would def recommend him
Man thats too far from me. If I every decide to visit Tampa anytime soon I'll definitely look into it.
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Old Jan 30, 2013 | 12:53 PM
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I'm with you Yardie, I wanna do my roof also. I did everything else I wanted already, the roof is the last thing... well maybe I would do it myself, but don't know how the spray can vs powered sprayer would look in regards to blending aspects. It came out fine on the other stuff, but this is a large area that would easily show blend imperfections especially with the different light angles it's exposed to.
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