Roof wrapping party anyone?

[austin_ellas]

Originally Posted by stugray

How can you get half a roof done?
And were any of the ones completed using the 3M 1080?
With a clean roof and the antenna off, it should take less than 20 minutes with no water and wouldnt even require a heatgun.

I don't mean to be rude, but lol good luck with that. It's a lot harder then it looks. It's time consuming and frustrating. You definitely need a heat gun at parts. Our roofs aren't flat. The curves are a real bitch to get perfect.

[stugray]

Originally Posted by austin_ellas

I don't mean to be rude, but lol good luck with that. It's a lot harder then it looks. It's time consuming and frustrating. You definitely need a heat gun at parts. Our roofs aren't flat. The curves are a real bitch to get perfect.

The BRZ roof is essentially FLAT compared to other auto surfaces.

Have you watched any of the videos showing the installation of the 3M 1080?
I m guessing No.
I could install it on a BRZ roof with no tools other than my hands and an exacto knife.





with the 3M I did an entire door wrong, peeled it off and put it back on and you cannot tell.

[The Racers Line]

Originally Posted by stugray

The BRZ roof is essentially FLAT compared to other auto surfaces.

Have you watched any of the videos showing the installation of the 3M 1080?
I m guessing No.
I could install it on a BRZ roof with no tools other than my hands and an exacto knife.





with the 3M I did an entire door wrong, peeled it off and put it back on and you cannot tell.

Dang! That stuff looks cool. I was working while the guys were wrapping their roofs. It didn't look very fun. That 3M 1080 makes it look so simple!

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-4q8hTTHZw"]Carbon Fiber Vinyl Roof Wrap installation by metrorestyling.com using 3m 1080 install help video - YouTube[/ame]

[EzyBrzy]

How did you guys remove the sharkfins/antenna? More pics of that WRB with carbon fiber wrap please! Thinking of doing the same on mine.

[austin_ellas]

Originally Posted by stugray

The BRZ roof is essentially FLAT compared to other auto surfaces.

Have you watched any of the videos showing the installation of the 3M 1080?
I m guessing No.
I could install it on a BRZ roof with no tools other than my hands and an exacto knife.





with the 3M I did an entire door wrong, peeled it off and put it back on and you cannot tell.

I've watched several and did my research before even considering attempting. Three of us used gloss black 3M 1080 and none of ours came out very well. I even peeled mine off because I was unhappy with it. Feel free to prove me wrong and wrap your roof in 20 minutes with just your hands, but it was a hell of a lot harder than that for everyone yesterday. I'm not trying to be a **** either, it just looks a lot easier than it is.

[stugray]

Originally Posted by austin_ellas

Three of us used gloss black 3M 1080 and none of ours came out very well. I even peeled mine off because I was unhappy with it.

What was wrong with it? (Gloss would have been my last choice).

Originally Posted by austin_ellas

Feel free to prove me wrong and wrap your roof in 20 minutes with just your hands, but it was a hell of a lot harder than that for everyone yesterday. I'm not trying to be a **** either, it just looks a lot easier than it is.

That whole car in those pics above was done in 1080 by me.

The rear trunk took me longer to wipe it off than to wrap it.
The doors would take longer than the BRZ roof and I even peeled the material and applied it myself. Total time for one door (peeling it off and doing it a second time) 20 minutes.

Now the fenders and the rear valence are DID take a while, but I did the whole car in about 4 hours - not counting cleaning.
And I had no previous experience.

If it had been warm outside and sunny, you couldve rough placed the film where it was cool, then rolled outside until it was getting warm and it would have gone on like butter.

[SumthingClever]

I missed the party! I need to check these darn post more often...

[nyrip]

Originally Posted by megamarines

I'll try to be there around 10:45-11:00. See you nerds soon.

what happened to you nerd? get caught up at a comic book convention?

[megamarines]

Originally Posted by nyrip

what happened to you nerd? get caught up at a comic book convention?

Actually. Yes.

Lol girlfriend really wanted to go and I accidentally slept in by slapping my alarm when it went off.

[MisterSheep]

Originally Posted by stugray

That whole car in those pics above was done in 1080 by me.

Then why didn't you even bother to come help us?? We had 3 people use 3M 1080 including myself. It definately took us quite a bit because it continued to wrinkle and the humps in the roof made it the bitchiest part of the whole install.

biggest problem we had when doing mine was that it ended up stretching in on corner which actually ineviatably lead into a crease.

[stugray]

Originally Posted by MisterSheep

Then why didn't you even bother to come help us??.

That would have been a bit of a drive.

Originally Posted by MisterSheep

We had 3 people use 3M 1080 including myself. It definately took us quite a bit because it continued to wrinkle and the humps in the roof made it the bitchiest part of the whole install.

biggest problem we had when doing mine was that it ended up stretching in on corner which actually ineviatably lead into a crease.

If you watch some of the videos on 1080 install, it is nearly indestructible.

You can intentionally crease it and TRY to damage it, and then you can just peel it back, hit it with heat to restore it to new, and try again.


Try this one:
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTpsq7ivMD0"]NIGHT SHADES 3M 1080 VINYL DEMO - YouTube[/ame]

[MisterSheep]

Originally Posted by stugray

That would have been a bit of a drive.

I didn't see you were from Colorado.. That was my bad. lol.

Trust me we tried heating it back to normal. It was just too stretched to be heated back to normal. I'll get some pictures of how mine looks so you can see. It went on pretty well and was super easy where it was flat. Much much much better than the stuff @nyrip had. But the 3m is really stretchy.. When we get to the hump in the roof, it would make the vinyl have a weird angle. Ive poked holes in all of the bubbles we had and the hot california sun (It was freaking 102) is working it's magic and getting rid of the bubbles.

I would almost consider getting the stuff @nyrip had because his was thicker and seemed to go on by applying a sh*t ton of heat. All he had was just air bubbles. Which is probably doing the same thing my 3m stuff is doing right now.

One thing I think I'm noticing now is that since my roof is gloss black and my car is white.. I think the cabin of my car is getting hotter
But it doesn't help that yesterday it was 102 degrees..

[Kerune]

Originally Posted by austin_ellas

I've watched several and did my research before even considering attempting. Three of us used gloss black 3M 1080 and none of ours came out very well. I even peeled mine off because I was unhappy with it. Feel free to prove me wrong and wrap your roof in 20 minutes with just your hands, but it was a hell of a lot harder than that for everyone yesterday. I'm not trying to be a **** either, it just looks a lot easier than it is.

Are you the one that helped me with my BRZ? (first white 86 everyone did) you ended up taking yours off too?

[MisterSheep]

Originally Posted by Kerune

Are you the one that helped me with my BRZ? (first white 86 everyone did) you ended up taking yours off too?

Originally Posted by austin_ellas

I've watched several and did my research before even considering attempting. Three of us used gloss black 3M 1080 and none of ours came out very well. I even peeled mine off because I was unhappy with it. Feel free to prove me wrong and wrap your roof in 20 minutes with just your hands, but it was a hell of a lot harder than that for everyone yesterday. I'm not trying to be a **** either, it just looks a lot easier than it is.

Hey Austin! ^ He seriously was one of the only ones super prepared for this..
@austin_ellas did you end up taking yours off? @Kerune are you the one that took off the gloss off ur white BRZ?

I'm the one with the white frs that did the 3m gloss black. It's slowly getting better and havent ripped it off yet.
@austin_ellas & @Kerune have either one of you guys tried Gloss Black Autodip?? It's like plastidip but I heard it shines like the glossy black vinyl we had. Look it up. It's what I was originally going to do to the roof before I heard about the party.