Hello, I have a stock 2017 Honda Accord Sport SE and owned it for about 4 weeks now. I am debating on getting it on my car. The car color is White Orchid Pearl. Opinions?
Do it, worse case scenario you don't like it well it just peels right off. I'm probably going to do mine. I have a SMR Coupe. It should look good.
Other guy on here has a *** like yours and it looks pretty damn sweet.
There are lots of pictures on the forum with roof wraps. Personally I think it goes best with a white car but only you can decide if you like the look. Just make sure you find a quality product and a reputable installer if you don't plan on installing yourself.
It's your car, do what you want with it! I personally would never want a black roof on my car, but I live in Colorado where the sun is absolutely brutal.
I want to do mine too. @Accord2014LX
quick question does the antenna come off easy, it looks like a Bia to wrap, what if instead of wrapping it you buy a black one and just put that on and keep the red one for when we finally remove the black wrap. No? Yes? dumb idea?
There are a million threads and pictures on this very subject- and I've said it a hundred times: Black roof on a White car is a tasteful mod.
What is up with the yeah or nay from Texas? Is it because of darker colors absorbing heat?
I have an uncle in Houston who worked as an oil man in Saudi Arabia for a number of years- they would ONLY drive white cars there, and forget about leather interiors....
the sun can be brutal here in texas especially summer months when its constantly 100 degrees outside, so light colored cars fair well due to heat im sure. and yes leather in summer is brutal too.
I'm definitely doing this soon. Right now I'm replacing the clutch and brakes on my MK1 TT. Soon as I recover financially I'm doing the wrap. Best part, it's totally reversible.
@mofoD I would think that you would want something to protect the roof being that it gets beat up by the sun prob more than any other piece of the car? I don't think it would make a big difference Heat wise.
i agree with you. thats one reason why i wrapped my roof to protect the sun from beating on the white orchid paint. and the other reason it just looks great.
but come in 2 years or so when and if the black is faded because of the sun, ill just peel the wrap right off and get it re-wrapped again.
imo its not that expensive. in fact wrapping is way more affordable than painting the roof black and clear coat.
Would surely recommend this. One of my favorite mods. Just know that it requires some maintenance. More prone to scratches, etching from droppings, weathering. I put spray wax on and 303 aerospace every wash. I'd never park under certain trees or take to auto car wash. Evar!
I started with a gloss black roof wrap on my *** 9th gen coupe, but had a body shop remove it and shoot the roof with gloss black paint. I was never impressed with the shine quality of the vinyl. My roof looks better painted.
IMO looks best on a white car with dark tint. I've seen it on red and silver accord sports with dark tint and looks nice. Dark color 9-9.5 accords probably won't look good but I never yet seen it done.
Got my roof wrapped and tints all around on the way home from the dealership the day I picked her up...these are simple staple mods for any *** out there!
I got mine done in gloss black, I wish I would have done the mirror caps at the same time. Mine is 3m and it does seem to scratch eaisly but the guy said you can polish it like paint so I haven't tried that yet.
I wonder what other colors would look good on white? Maybe red?
Doesn't look cop car ish like I expected. Not really my thing though.
The sun blazes good and hot here too. White is better than black in the sun imho.
Looks Beautiful MofoD! I'm thinking about doing the same thing on my *** 2013 Coupe. I'm also debating making the "H" gloss black as well. Not sure yet.
Here's a little photoshop job I just did to help me decide.
If you don't mind me asking, how much did it cost to have that done?