That's one of the nicest color shifts I've seen. Doesn't even look wrapped

 

New vinyl showed up and Im looking forward to it. The color difference when it is in the shade or light is very nice

 

Nice pick up craig, excited to see what the final look will be. Can't tell from the roll but looks similar to Interlagos?

 

What brand are you using or prefer a type. I want to do my roof in a gloss black and always heard 3m 1080 is the best or something along those lines. I got some before to practice on a trim piece some other brand and even with heat it stayed to stiff for my liking. I have a G and want to do pillars and door trim in gloss black also

 

I wrapped my whole car in Avery vinyl first time around. The gloss black roof is still holding up great. The gloss white I had yellowed and stained insanely fast. So now I'm giving 3m a try and hoping a darker color will last a little longer.

It is similar to Interlagos, but this black rose will have less of an extreme color change. Ive seen Interlagos look gold in certain lighting. This vinyl should go from a wine red to purple to black depending on lighting

 

So since you have some experience with vinyl. How long would it take you to wrap a car? Like after all prep is finished, claybar, cleaning.

 

To do it properly on my own I would say roughly 40 hours

 

I'd also agree with the 40 hour number. A large portion of your time will be dedicated to taking the car apart and reassembling it. The actual wrapping time is low, especially on areas like hoods, doors, hatch and fenders.

 

After reviewing this thread, I've decided to try wrapping my Carbon Silver Z's roof in "Gloss Black" to get that panoramic effect.

Can I get some guidance on what size wrap to order and where I should order from online? I'm going to measure the roof, but I don't know if stretching the wrap changes the number.

Also, I'm reading that Avery SW900 is a little easier to use for beginners than 3M 1080 - should this be my option since it is my first time?

Great wraps in this thread - it's inspiring!

 

a mod on here tried to wrap his roof and it didnt not go so well for him. i paid to have the roof of my vette wrapped, was about $400

 

$400 is crazy for a roof wrap. Im no professional buy people ask me to wrap their entire car and I tell them $1000.

Wrapping the roof is very easy. Pull off the exterior pillars to make it easier. It can be done with 5'x5'. Don't get a smaller piece. If you want extra feel free to get 5x10 so you can try it twice

 

meh, its money i can make more.

 

I'm not sure of the type but I've never been scared of a DIY thing. I had gotten some wrap to do interior pieces. The wrap I got was way to thick to do anything around corners or bends. I really hope I just had the wrong stuff and next batch like 3M 1080 is thinner/easier to work with.

 

Wrap experts. I'm gonna do the chrome upper door trim in a black wrap. The things is this door trim has about 5-7 small dings in it. Like normal chrome trim dings. Will these small indentions show up visibly after a wrap?

 

Yes. Any dings/dents will appear even when wrapped. The wrap really does not cover up the blemishes at all.

 

I don't know how many people watch this thread but does anyone have a reference to leather grain vinyl wrap for interior. I was going to re paint my interior pieces to a aluminum look but my phone has an amazingly real looking leather grained wrap and of there is anything thin enough for shaping with that leather look I'm all for it. I went to some sites looking for some but not sure on thickness. The last wrap I got was way way to thick for anything but a flat surface.

 

Well I finally managed to capture some of the great colors this black rose vinyl has

 

Looks great, Love the color

 

This is how much my white vinyl faded over a 9 month time frame of being my daily driver. First picture shows when I originally applied the vinyl, it was much whiter than the paint.

 

Come'on Craig......haven't you finished the black rose wrap yet?????