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hobbybob517
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 Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 12:27 pm Post subject: Custom roof, not sure how it would look |
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Hi guys,
i found a nice pic of a ford that has a factory installes vinyl roof,
apparently this was quite populair back in the day.
wonder how it would look on my 73 super, which is now all black and chrome.
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75smith
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there's a photoshop of what you would be looking at, normally you won't see black on black, but you could do white(only had a photo of white super so I can't show you what it would look like) |
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dan macmillan
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Want the look without the hassle and expense of vinyl...Mask the roof, sand it with 80 grit, spray it with black gravel guard using a shutz gun. If you like the look, top coat it with flat black. For other colors use tan gravel guard.
Gun and gravel guard $40.00
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i wouldnt do it. Its just one of those things that wont look good on a beetle. Also another hassle for the next owner to deal with and hes going to say how stoopid the PO was for covering the top of the car in bed liner. PLEASE DONT DO IT
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Look up Plastidip, you can easily remove it if you aren't happy with how it looks.
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kind of like this
sorry about the tiny picture, I just googled "vinyl car top vw"
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| Wouldnt it look like a fake convertible? |
That's why we did it back in the day  . I would do it just because you don't ever see it. Not to mine though 
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...and, to me, they were awful looking. But then again, whatever.
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hobbybob517
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thanx guys,
i like the look, but maybe i will just paint it on.
it looks pretty hard to do right anyway.
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hobbybob517
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Want the look without the hassle and expense of vinyl...Mask the roof, sand it with 80 grit, spray it with black gravel guard using a shutz gun. If you like the look, top coat it with flat black. For other colors use tan gravel guard.
Gun and gravel guard $40.00 |
got a shutz gun, did the underside with it , it kinda looks like tar.
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dan macmillan
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| dan macmillan wrote: |
Want the look without the hassle and expense of vinyl...Mask the roof, sand it with 80 grit, spray it with black gravel guard using a shutz gun. If you like the look, top coat it with flat black. For other colors use tan gravel guard.
Gun and gravel guard $40.00 |
got a shutz gun, did the underside with it , it kinda looks like tar.
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If done properly, right temp and pressure, it looks similar to vinyl. I would not do it to the top but have used it where it was designed to be used.
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It would look......not good.
Somehow black paint doesn't,look as bad. How about one of those aftermarket rag roofs from the 80's if you want some vinyl up there? |
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hobbybob517
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that last pic changed my mind, looks like sh#t
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| hobbybob517 wrote: |
| that last pic changed my mind, looks like sh#t |
Wise choice
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I personally wouldn't do it.
BUT if you want to.
Rather than a shutz gun, SEM makes an aresol texture spray that is much more sutble than gravel guard, and it's paintable. The texture is similar to a Jeep hardtop.
spray it with satin black and you'd probably have the look that you're going for.
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