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Old 12-15-2022, 09:47 AM
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WTB or WTT Coupe removable top in black or transparent, currently I have white,
Also looking for black A-post cover and rear roof piece in black
prefer local or within 200 miles from Dallas Tx
Old 12-15-2022, 09:57 AM
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Have you thought about having the pieces wrapped in Carbon Flash? All the pieces would be uniform and match the other CF trim. And it’s removable if you ever change you mind. Just a thought.

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Damn, to bad you are not in Norcal. I have EXACTLY what you need. I can't imagine shipping though. I bought a new tv last month, it poured, and the box was outside. damn it.

Look at some of my other posts and find my ad. It has pictures. If interested ping me. I just remembered we are currently retrofitting some of our conf. rooms at work with 75" displays. I just pulled tape and these tops are 4'W X 3.5'H I asked one of my technicians to snag a box and stuff it in our lab. I am going in the office next Wed and could likely package this up but I forewarn shipping wont be cheap but we can work it out.
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Originally Posted by NAVY_LDO
Have you thought about having the pieces wrapped in Carbon Flash? All the pieces would be uniform and match the other CF trim. And it’s removable if you ever change you mind. Just a thought.

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Wrap it 3M Gloss Black Metallic looks just like carbon flash I'm having mine done next week $200 plus their doing the piece behind the top to blend
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Wrap it 3M Gloss Black Metallic looks just like carbon flash I'm having mine done next week $200 plus their doing the piece behind the top to blend
good price, hope they can do a good job, personally I think CF is way too much flash, I'm planning on gloss black
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I have used these folks many times, I get a repeat customer discount otherwise it would be about $400 have you seen the 3M black metallic I have a small sample I can snap a picture for you and post if you’d like ?
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I have used these folks many times, I get a repeat customer discount otherwise it would be about $400 have you seen the 3M black metallic I have a small sample I can snap a picture for you and post if you’d like ?
see post above NO FLASH thank you
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If you are wrapping the a pillars and behind the roof and may go woth a clear roof later. Make sure to wrap in gloss black not carbon flash. Gloss black will match the clear roof better. Ask me how I know.
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Sort of feel like I am hijacking here but certainly not the case. I basically have done every do and don't mentioned here. LOL I bought a gloss black roof and it is wrapped in 3M CF. Looks great but I have no other CF, so my intention was to wrap it in Carbon Flash to match my current pillars and halo which we wrapped a few months ago. Then I asked myself, why wrap a black roof when you also have a Ceramic Gray roof? So I am going to just wrap it, that way if I ever decide I want to go back to stock and pull all the wrap off the roof will match my car. LOL I had a brain fart when I bought a 3rd top. It took my 19 year old son to educate me. HAHAHA As for everyone saying to wrap the halo in gloss black and not Carbon Flash, they are right OR if you wrap them like I did make sure you wrap the sides of the top so it esthetically looks in place. If you look at my car you can see a slight difference in my transparent top sides and everything I wrapped. Its enough to drive me crazy so I am going to wrap the sides of my transparent top in Carbon Flash, and then the whole Ceramic Gray top in Carbon Flash, and sell this 3rd Gloss Black, wrapped roof. LOL There you go.




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Very good advice and info thank you folks - I am chewing on this ... it is really plain to see the issue that the CF wrap causes if you eventually go with the glass roof - Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
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I will give you the same offer I gave Salmon057 yesterday. $1250 shipped and my top is yours. You dont want the CF pull off the wrap, but I think it looks good.
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Originally Posted by teddyca
I will give you the same offer I gave Salmon057 yesterday. $1250 shipped and my top is yours. You dont want the CF pull off the wrap, but I think it looks good.
Thanks for the offer, $1250 is too close in relative cost of a clear top

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