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Dec 20, 2012 | 09:57 AM

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Plasti dipped my roof with glossifier, looks pretty good ill see how long it lasts lol possibly goin with the vynal later

Dec 20, 2012 | 11:01 AM

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^^^ pics?

Dec 20, 2012 | 11:12 AM

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How do I post pics?

Dec 20, 2012 | 11:21 AM

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Dec 20, 2012 | 11:26 AM

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Dec 20, 2012 | 11:27 AM

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How many coats of gloss did you use? Just curious.

Dec 20, 2012 | 11:30 AM

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Three probabl should have used more

Dec 20, 2012 | 11:44 AM

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doesnt look bad, im contemplating doing this to my trunk since i already have the carbon fiber vinyl on the roof...

Dec 20, 2012 | 11:47 AM

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how many coats of plastidip, and only 3 glossifers?

Dec 20, 2012 | 11:48 AM

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Yeah you should its like 8 bucks a can and I got it from ace hardware, don't use the glossifier, I used 2 1/2 cans black and two cans of glossifier ( wish I had more gloss)

Dec 20, 2012 | 11:53 AM

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im kind of woried about zebra stripes tho, did my hood a while back and it didnt look too bad but you could see some streaking....

Dec 20, 2012 | 11:54 AM

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Yeah you gotta watch the overlapping lines when spraying

Dec 20, 2012 | 11:56 AM

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still looking for the one cobalt with the REAL carbon fiber roof wrap

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lol not gonna happen...i talked to my bodyshop about doing it and its almost $500 to get it done and they need my car for like a week

If anyone is in the Baltimore MD area there is a guy named Bill I bought some wheels off of who does real CF and he quoted me $400 for the hood, trunk, and roof and said it would take about 3 days... If anyone wants his contact info PM me.

Dec 20, 2012 | 12:02 PM

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I tried to pm you but it didn't work, I am very interested

Dec 20, 2012 | 12:02 PM

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Yeah you gotta watch the overlapping lines when spraying

yea i went to school for auto collision and have my certs in painting and body repair but for the life of me i cant paint with spray paint, i did my wheels and those turned out fine but large flat surfaces seem to be my demise.

Dec 20, 2012 | 12:48 PM

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I dipped this too

Dec 20, 2012 | 01:11 PM

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the tip?

Dec 20, 2012 | 01:15 PM

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Yup

Dec 20, 2012 | 01:16 PM

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i bet that wont stay long, i had the rear evo mod on mine and the heat from the exhuast kinda ruined it

Dec 20, 2012 | 01:42 PM

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Rear evo mod???

Dec 20, 2012 | 02:05 PM

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im at work and dont have any pics of mine but here is what im talking about.

Dec 20, 2012 | 02:07 PM

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im at work and dont have any pics of mine but here is what im talking about.

I don't like that, but maybe the center v blacked out

Dec 20, 2012 | 02:11 PM

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i honestly loved it on the car but like i said the heat from the exhuast caused it to peel around the edge so i ripped it off need to get teh whole car painted and ill probably do it then.