Well I'm debating about plasti-diping my roof of my GE8 over the weekend. Does anyone have any pro or cons that anyone would like to share.

I've done my emblems and my diffuser already and it looks good. The roof of the car is a BIG jump.

 

You might want to get a spray gun. Larger areas are harder to cover evenly with a rattle can IME. Other than that, Tape off everything that you don't want to get spray or over spray on and have fun. And I'd probably do 5-6 coats for a roof.

 

I would use vinyl wrap instead.

 

I've seen people do it on YouTube but they complain about the unevenness of it and streaks, etc.

 

I went with vinyl for my roof.

 

how much does vinly usually cost to cover the roof? i always wanted one but never found a price

 

thanks for the info I saw the videos on YouTube and I do see what you are talking about. How much was it for the vinyl and how is it holding up?

 

Quotes I got for the roof were between $280-325 for 3M or Hexis CF Vinyl.

I hope that helps.

Mine looks excellent and really changes the look of the car.

 

use vinyl wrap instead..

 

pics or it didn't happen...

 

 

that's rather sharp!

For a moment I was afraid it would look like a Fit with side-burns (vinyl down the pillars).

 

Yup, now all I need are my front winglets and perhaps a lip later on. :-)

 

i paid 50 bucks for my old eg i had. of course i did the work haha
pain in the ass by the way

 

I would not PD the roof, it will look very uneven, if your blacking the roof, do vinyl or paint...PD is not good on the roof.

 

i agree, you would have to have steady hand and add on even coats. iv seen pretty crappy jobs when doing bigs parts like hoods and roofs. some spots come out darker then other spots. just do vinyl

 

I've vinyl'd my roof twice now. One gloss black, but my roof rack fairing ripped it a little, and I saw a great deal on the hexis cf, so I used that. Gloss black is pretty cheap, about $80-$100 for the vinyl, then a 6-pack to get a couple friends to help w application.

 

Thanks for posting a picture (the vinyl looks great), I didn’t go with the Plasti-Dip. I’m going to look around for a place that does the vinyl around my neck of the woods.