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Old 09-02-2009, 10:11 PM
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Blacking Out Roof Of Car With Tints?

The guy I do my window tints with... is offering me to tint the roof as welll

Now Im also thinking about my side mirrors housing he said he can also tint it...

Now my question is ... is it better than paint??

I know its cheaper... who did it and does it look good?

Roof will cost me 150
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Old 09-03-2009, 05:15 AM
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Originally Posted by slick101
The guy I do my window tints with... is offering me to tint the roof as welll

Now Im also thinking about my side mirrors housing he said he can also tint it...

Now my question is ... is it better than paint??

I know its cheaper... who did it and does it look good?

Roof will cost me 150
You must have the sky view...Isn't already tinted??
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Old 09-03-2009, 09:55 AM
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Originally Posted by 99custom
You must have the sky view...Isn't already tinted??
NOOO LOL

I have sunroof... I didnt mean the glass... I meant blacking out the roof itself with the tinting paper?

Is that better than painttt
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Old 09-03-2009, 10:14 AM
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VINYLLLL IS WHAT I MEANT!!! STUPID ME
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Old 09-03-2009, 10:27 AM
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Vinyl isn't going to last very long on top of the car if it's in the sun constantly. It will also scratch with every wash, and eventually peal I'd have to presume.

Naa, if you're going to do it, do it right with some paint.

On a side note, I never understood why blacking out the top is so popular. It's one thing if the whole car is already black, but if it's already a lighter color, why darken the top...only to make the car harder to keep cool???
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Old 09-03-2009, 10:41 AM
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I have vinyl on the top of my DD, it holds up fine
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Old 09-03-2009, 11:25 AM
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I painted my roof black and I payed 150 lol....
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Old 09-03-2009, 01:28 PM
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Originally Posted by secondtonone317
I have vinyl on the top of my DD, it holds up fine
I'm no D'DeeDee, but what's a DD?
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Old 09-03-2009, 01:32 PM
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and if you get some good quality vinyl, it should put up just fine. Good thing about vinyl is you can just peel it off and your car is return to normal.
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Old 09-03-2009, 05:13 PM
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Vinyl will do just fine, but like mention will fade and isn't as glossy as paint.

I just painted mine a couple weeks ago and its well worth it. I get compliments about it from strangers on a daily basis.

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Just get the overlay from bluebatmobile

http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y42...=mx6ro1svc.jpg
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Painting is better!




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Old 09-05-2009, 07:08 AM
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painting is better, i know i had good quality vinyl, but the paint looks way better
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