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WK black matte vinyl roof

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#1 ·
I initially wanted to do a full wrap like Marty did here but could not find anybody locally with the expertise to pull off a full wrap. I settled for the roof but then decided to give it a try myself.
It took a bit under five hours. There were two of us with an occasional third pair of hands joining in. Local installers said they could do it in an hour and a half. I believe them.

We used Oracal 970. Its listed as black matte but I'd say is more semi gloss. 60” wide.

Here are some pics of process out outcome




It all starts like this ...




Its not like you apply he entire piece at once. You need to unwrap the vinyl piece by piece as it is applied. This video shows it better than I can explain but we used magnets instead of tape to secure the vinyl in place.




Further down the roof. To make the vinyl follow the relief of the roof you need to (gently) use a heat gun and that's where the cotton glove comes in handy. It slides well and you do not get burned.





If I were to do this again I would leave the roof open and save me a great deal of time (and stress) in trimming the edges.




The vinyl on the right side will need a bit of heat to conform to the roof contour. Its amazing how much the material can give.


At this stage we were more or less half way done. Cutting the it off and doing the finishing is the real tricky part. You just do not have a lot of space to play with and there is a lot of potential for screw ups. I practiced with small strips on vinyl on other parts of the car and when I was not sure of a cut, I tried on the roof of another car.


It was a fun, cheap project with an outcome that I really like ....













I did this late November and have driven close to 3,000 winter kilometers with it and there is no visible sign of wear.



What you guys think about adding the hood and/or the grill in black matte ?
 
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#6 ·
I phucking love it. I want to try this myself this spring. But what about the part above the back window?
 
#18 ·
I'm guessin' he took the roof rack off first!


Awesome job man, look's really nice!
 
#20 ·
ok i am going to do this it looks awesome, where did you get it and what size did you get?
 
#34 ·
Looks sooo sick!!!
Did you have any trouble getting the vinyl to lay flat to the paint even over the bumps on the roof? That to me would seem like the toughest part. Although heat would certainly help. Is the seem line hard to spot?
Not really. By wrap standards the WK roof is really, really flat. You got to use the heat gun but only gently. This means that you do not need to get the best vinyl either but the Oracal 970 is supposed to be able to wrap the front bumper.

Most car wrap vinyls have two glues. The first is just to position the vinyl and allows for it to be repositioned a couple dozen times without too much trouble but this is not what makes your vinyl stick. The second glue is contained in pressure sensitive micro capsules sop when you vinyl is in place you use a cloth (or your hand with the cotton glove) to apply pressure that releases the final tack. Its a two stage process of sorts.

Its easier done front to back or back to front rather than side to side.

If its real cold outside, your gonna want to let it rest and settle in at least an hour before exposing it to freezing temps which could contract the vinyl and cause it to lift on some parts.


I want to do it but I want a semi gloss black. I'm getting gloss black SRT reps so I want to do the pillars and roof in semi gloss black. How did you do arount the antenna on top?
If I were to do it again, I would probably wrap over the antenna without any cuts. If you are to cut, you just go over the antenna, use the heat gun to bring the edges as close as possible. You can make a cut on top of the antenna to make the "molding" easier and then trim as the very edge of the antenna.

This is about the time that I realized that I probably did not need to cut it out.


Here are the roof rack attachment.


And here one is trimmed ... think it shows the idea.
 
#27 ·
I want to do it but I want a semi gloss black. I'm getting gloss black SRT reps so I want to do the pillars and roof in semi gloss black. How did you do arount the antenna on top?
 
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#29 ·
Scott I think you should go gloss black with the gloss black wheels!!!
 
#30 ·
oh yeah I am....but I was quoted $600 for vinyl and $400 for paint. But if I can get a 60" roll for $123...and then have someone install it....it wouldnt be perm. like paint. I was gonna do paint because vinyl I was quoted $600
 
#31 ·
i'm confused, trying to figure out how much i need. how do i do that? i know that probubly sounds dumb but just want to make sure i get the right thing.
 
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