vinyl for my roof!! I am seriously thinking of this....

[boneybradley]

Well as the paint on my roof has issues with peeling, I am thining about sticking some vinyl on there.... much cheaper than paint and changeable

heres my own photoshopped idea.... the poles round my area will really love me no doubt?

and heres someone elses


Whats your opinions etc and has anybody here vinyl'd a whole roof before? and if so how simple is it?

[LazyLunatic]

it is easy to do m8, i work for a sign company, so i guess im biased. Only problem you will have is access to the roof.

You could do it yourself, but it is best to get a sign company to do it if you want it to look right.

the camo looks mint, but not sure if suits your black mk3 and imo, the german flag doesnt look good. i think it is wayned who has a red/black stripy crossed over pattern, looks good on his black mk3. I reckon a funky design would look best, contrasting colors or use just red.

Maybe red/black camo. You can use red vinyl for the red parts and the black paint for the black parts.

LL

[GOLF_STU]

sounds interesting would like to see the finished article though

[bigman_10]

dude



may need to re jig that one

[boneybradley]

ha ha....I didnt bother checking the actual flag! 

[Guy]

two colours might work better... interesting thought though 

[...joe]

bit 'scene' for you isn't it?

what lazylunatic says, vinyl/sign company... should be do-able for about £50.

[LazyLunatic]

actually tbh, having looked at the thread again, a german flag might look good...

would be easier too as you wouldnt need to use black vinyl, just a red stripe and yellow stripe and it would be much easier to apply too as you can put the red stripe on one side and the yellow one the other side, you dont need to be able to reach the middle of the roof. Would take 30mins.

measure roof across, divide by 3 - this is the stripe width
measure length, this is the stripe length
Cut out both stripes and prep
clean roof very thoroughly
spray roof with soapy water, allows you to slide vinyl around before sticking
peel backing off vinyl and spray sticky side of vinyl of with soapy water too. dont be too excessive with water.
lay the vinyl on the roof. best having two people for this one each end.
starting from middle squigee water out and apply vinyl. be careful not to move vinyl.
repeat for other stripe

this is general overview of what is done. The actual applying part wouldnt long at all. The long bit is laying up on the computer and prepping.

You are probs talking about £60-70 if you went to get it done by a sign company, maybe more if you need them to do artwork for it. I can lay it up for you, cut out vinyl and send to you for a good price; thats if you feel confident doing it yourself. Shame your not closer really.


LL


edit - ok didnt notice the flag was wrong lol! still same principles apply.

[boneybradley]

two colours might work better... interesting thought though 

Yeah I've got several idea's....but can't do the cammo effect from the other pics as he's local to me!! and £50 is much better than £300 min to get it repainted. oh and my local mini dealer will be fitting it (for free  )

[kells]

not sure...

have it one colour...same as the rims....