Matte black hood vinyl overlay
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[quote=Don Nguyen;254891]My friend got this idea from seeing other rovers online with this done, so he asked me to see if I could do it on his truck. I decided to give it a shot, and see how hard it'd be to do. This is the only picture I took of it, and it was kind of dark. However, I am just curious if it was worth making a template of this and make duplicates.
If you can make duplicates cheaper and with the same material and quality I'd definitely be interested! Also, I personally think it would look good running the same width across the roof. Not practical, but just for asthetics.
Any thoughts on how this would affect the average temp inside the truck and engine bay?
If you can make duplicates cheaper and with the same material and quality I'd definitely be interested! Also, I personally think it would look good running the same width across the roof. Not practical, but just for asthetics.
Any thoughts on how this would affect the average temp inside the truck and engine bay?
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Did you say a 'Dexcool' vehicle?
That's funny how this is a typical subject w/subjective views. Ironic that I just replaced my Dexcool w/Dexcool even w/the horror stories and pictures. I still am going to go green as I am skeptical of a Land Rover versus a newer design in the Liberty. I just caught your bottom shield of the Liberty.
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That's funny how this is a typical subject w/subjective views. Ironic that I just replaced my Dexcool w/Dexcool even w/the horror stories and pictures. I still am going to go green as I am skeptical of a Land Rover versus a newer design in the Liberty. I just caught your bottom shield of the Liberty.
Ok, back to our regularly scheduled program
#15
IMO a decal only really makes sense if you're not going to have it on for very long. Otherwise just paint it. Having the decal on for a long time will allow the uncovered paint to sun fade and then you'll see the difference when you remove the decal, so you might as well paint the blackout to start with and save the money.
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You're correct. To some, vinyl will make more sense, while to others they'll want to paint it. If someone was really inclined to, they could wrap the whole hood, instead of just that raised portion. Never knew why people didn't just do that, since it'd seem like it'd function better.
-Don
-Don
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Don,
You should know that the reason the one in the link looks "faded" is because it is extremely flat black. The material is designed to not reflect any light. Everyone does this now for looks, but the reason they are put on these off road vehicles is because it eliminates/reduces the glare off the hood from overhead lights on a safari rack for example.
You should know that the reason the one in the link looks "faded" is because it is extremely flat black. The material is designed to not reflect any light. Everyone does this now for looks, but the reason they are put on these off road vehicles is because it eliminates/reduces the glare off the hood from overhead lights on a safari rack for example.
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