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Old May 28, 2006 | 04:22 PM
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Roof Banner, Easy?

Alright you guys, im thinking of changing my cars look. Spending around a $1k or so, gonna get the checkered mirrors, checkered Bonnet and Boot stripes, prolly something else for the side pannel and then the Checkered Roof!

My question is this, how easy is the install? Me and my dad did my Bonnet and side stripes ourselves. Fairly straightforward but roof seems :impatient :impatient
 
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Old May 28, 2006 | 06:13 PM
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I did my roof graphic and found it was difficult to avoid folds and bubbles. There is a good set of instructions in an issue of MC2 magazine. Read those first, take your time and you should be able to do a decent install.
 
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Old May 28, 2006 | 06:25 PM
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Check out Cooper Flags... They do the best stuff

AND.. Good luck! You have a BIG task ahead of you!
 
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Old May 28, 2006 | 07:26 PM
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Originally Posted by MCLeonard
I did my roof graphic and found it was difficult to avoid folds and bubbles. There is a good set of instructions in an issue of MC2 magazine. Read those first, take your time and you should be able to do a decent install.
any idea how I can get my hands on that article?

Originally Posted by thefuturequeenofnebraska
Check out Cooper Flags... They do the best stuff

AND.. Good luck! You have a BIG task ahead of you!
Yea, Cooperflags is who I used before for getting my side COOPER stripe and they were awesome
 
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Old May 28, 2006 | 07:51 PM
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any idea how I can get my hands on that article?
What do you know, they put it online.

http://www.mc2magazine.com/Files/Iss...DIYSunroof.pdf
 
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Old May 28, 2006 | 08:10 PM
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I did my UJ roof, alone! It was a PITA, but do-able. If you've done other graphics, you can do it.
 
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Old May 28, 2006 | 08:34 PM
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Originally Posted by MCLeonard
What do you know, they put it online.

http://www.mc2magazine.com/Files/Iss...DIYSunroof.pdf
ohh good deal man, thanks! I had no idea of the existence of MC2 Mag
 
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Old May 28, 2006 | 09:14 PM
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With two people it isn't tooo bad, just take your time use lots of Windex so you can move them then squeegee the pieces, we marked the roof in pencil with the checker board all together in the three pieces it came in, that helped.

We never did get the front corners to round with the roof so we cut the front squares so they didnt have to round the corner and go all the way to the edge.

Check my gallery it didnt turn out half bad, though sometimes I see a corner peeling, little glue and the corner is fixed. GOOD LUCK!
 
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