Black Vinyl Roof + Sticker Mods make me a happy girl.

[Olaf the Golaf]

Sorry if this is repeating other topics, did a bunch of searches and didn't come up with anything...

i'm wanting to get the roof of my golf wrapped in gloss black (the car is white and i'm not really interested in other colours...), but i'm having concerns about the heat and sun in canberra.... in summer, along with being incredibly sunny, we regularly get days over 40 degrees, sometimes over 45, and my car is parked outside all day while i'm at work (trying to garage it the rest of the time but not always possible...

is getting it wrapped in black a bad idea? i'm assuming it will shorten the lifespan of the vinyl as well.

Cheers in advance!

[265coupe]

They say that everything old becomes new again. But no way I thought that would apply to that classis 70s option, a vinyl roof. Maybe go all retro and get it in grained texture with a couple of 'Continental' badges as a finishing touch. Don't forget to watch out for rust under it in 10 years time though.

[Lima]

Most signwriters should be able to sort you out. Try Tony at Screenmakers in Queanbeyan.

[Cossor]

Should look fantastic. Like, Man, Wow!:banana:
Contact Kevin Rudd re house insulation
OR, make a sandwich, eg, some of that reflective foil under the vinyl? (Just joking)
Seriously, I don't think rust will be a problem. And Canberra is rather far from the sea. But be careful re glue specification. Have you considered maintenance?
Re heat, how do all these cars with skylights make out? Red hot sticky leather upholstery? :blowtorch:
Also vinyl will actually add a small layer of heat insulation in winter, although BLACK WILL offset reflective properties of white paint, the inherent thermal resistance of vinyl should compensate. (including white vinyl, vs black, as the heat reflective surface depends on the shiny paint.)
Providing you can leave tops of windows open a little, will make a big difference.

[Nath]

they shouldnt need to use glue with the current vinyl wraps available, they are applied much like tinting on the windows, squeegie to apply and then heat shrunk after the bubbles are all pushed out, heaps of clips on YouTube of company's in the US doing Matte Black on a number of exotics. Have a look at stickercity.com they have some good info on whats available.

As for the heat issue I've been doing some reading and this has been done in hotter tropic climates like Singapore and they do say that eventually it will bubble in the heat, not sure how long it takes though. Good thing with the new vinyl wraps is that if you get the craps with them they just pull off and if done correctly should cause no damage to your paint (something like within 4 years I think).

Good luck to you, and congrats on being different. A friend has a CW GTI with an OSIR CF bonnet, good look the panda look >D

[Olaf the Golaf]

My door sill protectors. $10 from hongkong, w00t! did need more double sided tape than provided though...
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2010/06/Photo0723small-1.jpg

My inside instrument stickers, making the car much more powerful and James-Bond-esque... :P
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2010/06/Photo0715small-1.jpg

My peeking pedo bear:
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2010/06/Photo0711small-2.jpg

and last, but certainly not least!! My all new black vinyl wrapped roof :D
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2010/06/Photo0716small-2.jpg

Makes the car feel like mine now, personalised... not just a bog standard golf. :banana: will need to get to a better vantage point to take a pic of the roof... need to get the ladder out i think :P

Things remaining to do:
Golf floor mats (when i find nice ones which don't cost an arm and a leg...)
APR stage one reflash
new numberplate surrounds
and will hopefully be able to get a mate to turn on my instrument needle staging :P

[Stephy]

A very quirky and fun bunch of stickers! I do like!

[hooba]

Did the "Tacks" option get fitted at the factory? :)

Love the mods.

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2010/06/fonzie-1.jpg

[Maverick]

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2010/06/Photo0715small-1.jpg

They mis-spelt TACKY! It's with a Y not an S.

:P

[Olaf the Golaf]

Did the "Tacks" option get fitted at the factory? :)

Love the mods.

No, neither did the oil one, as you can see cause it's wonky which is irritating me so much i may have to take it off and replace it with another one...

[BBP]

Nice one.

The guy in the US selling those stickers must be making a FORTUNE. Even at only $15 a throw.

[hazrd]

lol @ tacks
its definitely a different look... i lost it when i saw the pedobear sticker :rofl2:

[BBP]

Where did you purchase the sill protectors from ?

They look very neat.

[Stephy]

They mis-spelt TACKY! It's with a Y not an S.


Ohhhh you so remind me of my husband! He said the exact same thing when i showed him. Next sentence was "they will be difficult to get off when you sell the car?"

[Tux]

The labels on the console switch blanks look good IMHO.. I'm sure you'd get some funny reactions from the odd passenger. Not so sure about the air con dials but it's your car and your call. Just out of interest how much was the black roof?

[Olaf the Golaf]

@BBP - the sill protectors were from ebay (VW Golf 6 MK6 Chrome Door Sill Scuff Plate 4 Doors New: eBay Motors (item 250647879001 end time Jul-08-10 23:16:22 PDT) (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250647879001))

@stephy - your husband has no sense of fun! lol. and they're not hard to remove at all, i've already taken one off and replaced it, if you wanted to preserve the sticker you might have trouble, but if you don't care and want to make sure you don't scratch the dials like me, then the stickers have to be sacrificed unfortunately.

and Tux, i think i agree about the aircon dials, but there were so many good stickers and so few buttons to put them on!! the roof cost me $400 and took 2 hours. 9 year guaruntee on it, 3 month warranty on the print, and because it's heat shrunk on it doesn't damage the paint at all they claim.

[Stephy]

Hehehe - I love the stickers! I may have to invest in some!

[Maverick]

Ohhhh you so remind me of my husband! He said the exact same thing when i showed him. Next sentence was "they will be difficult to get off when you sell the car?"

Your husband is obliviously a smart man with good taste :)

[team_v]

Loving the vinyl wrapped roof, looks awesome and should provide some protection from the elements/bird droppings

[Karlosovic]

By far and away the best one is


"Don't Panic"

reminded me of hitchhiker's guide

[flyingfridge]

Black over White roof is awesome!! love it

[Olaf the Golaf]

By far and away the best one is



reminded me of hitchhiker's guide

Yup. My favourite books ever!! that single sticker made the deal for me to buy the set :P

I figured the buttons go up in emergency... if traction control fails, use ludicrous speed, if that fails, fire the missiles, if they fail, eject, if that fails... DON'T PANIC! :D

[Olaf the Golaf]

The car is now being used on the graphics company website as an example:

Autografika Gallery (http://www.autografika.com.au/flash/gallery2.htm)

:D

[nau]

already got the stickers :) love 'dont panic' and 'eject' but I catch my self thinking what if it works this time plz plz plz .... (never does :(

question: where did u get your roof done and how much was it? is it carbon texture or just black ?

[Stephy]

Your husband is obliviously a smart man with good taste :)

Hehe - he does have great taste and has had some very cool cars, but they just don't have personality...(and yes i am aware that vehicles like Herbie do not exist in the real world, and technically a machine cannot have a personality - Matt told me that too...)

[Olaf the Golaf]

already got the stickers :) love 'dont panic' and 'eject' but I catch my self thinking what if it works this time plz plz plz .... (never does :(

question: where did u get your roof done and how much was it? is it carbon texture or just black ?

lol. i've had people press them because they were unsure, the graphics guys admitted to it when they did the roof. I had it done at autografika in canberra for 400. anywhere which does vehicle advertising with vinyl will be able to do it :P alternately, if you bought the stuff a window tinting place might be convinced? and it's just gloss black.

[G-rig]

They mis-spelt TACKY! It's with a Y not an S.

:P

The second word starts with an S.. Tacky S(hit).

[cameron4290]

Haha i just have one question, where oh where did you get the pedobear sticker, that is full of win :)

[Golfitup]

I did a quick search and could not find quite what I was after.

Essentially, I just wanted to know that would you expect the cost of a black roof wrap to be?

Also, any recommendations as to where to get this done in Victoria?

Cheers

[cbc118]

Mate i priced this up in Brisbane and was looking at around $500

[simonm]

Olaf the Golaf had this done in this thread: http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/f112/sticker-mods-make-me-happy-girl-46116.html