matte or glossy black for roof?

[floodgatez]

hey, this will be my first post (woot woot)...

i have a red mazda 3 2010 HB. i'm planning to add a black vinyl to the roof of the car. what would your suggestion be? matte black; or glossy black?

[JSI]

Glossy black gets my vote. Though red with flat black might look good.

[SonicBoy]

Go glossy. You doing just stripes or the whole roof?

[floodgatez]

Go glossy. You doing just stripes or the whole roof?

i'm doing the entire roof. thought about doing stripes, but decided to go simple.

i like the glossy look. but maintenance may be a hassle. keep the thoughts coming, i'm getting this done on august 31. i will post pictures of the end/final results then.

[SonicBoy]

Go Glossy, if it fades then you can see what flat looks like.

[FoXy]

Go Glossy, if it fades then you can see what flat looks like.

lol hahaha this is true

[klym]

Go Glossy, if it fades then you can see what flat looks like.

+1

Glossy FTW

[midnightfxgt]

Carbon!

[floodgatez]

http://www.torontomazda3.ca/forum/sh...f+vinyl&page=2

scroll down to the bottom of the thread. it shows two pictures of a mazda 3 with the black matte vinyl roof.

after seeing those, do you still stand on the side of glossy?

carbon! haha...no $$$$$$$$

[Darkfrosty7]

matte black for sure

[MPS]

don't do it
it looks like crap on a red car plus do you need the extra attention from yorks finest
i know i dont lol

[floodgatez]

hi MPS,

i didn't really understand your post - sorry :p

i like the matte you did on your car. that is definitely where i got the inspiration from to get my roof matte vinyl. i initially wanted glossy until i saw your picture. that's where the dilemma began...

what's your say?

[MPS]

its all about the theam of ur car
on this one i went all flat
but on my white MS3 its glossy

[YesMazda]

thats a nice 3 man

i vote for glossy.
but either way, glossy or matte your 3 would look great.

[Malcolm991]

Glossy roof has my vote!

[Manpreet]

i say matte since im doing that to my car also next week

[-cj-]

That picture is hilarious MPS... Did they make you pop the hood?

[MAZDA Kitten]

MATTE hands down

[MSMitch]

Theme is key - I'd go gloss IF you paint it, otherwise, go matt for scratches etc. I may be painting my roof pearl black or "just" gloss black. Was thinking about it for a while and almost did it at the beginning of the summer - then I saw a certain MPS's CWP with black roof - very nice - now I NEED to do it!!!

[MPS]

you bet ur @ss they did
this was after CSCS race day and i still had race number on the windows

That picture is hilarious MPS... Did they make you pop the hood?

[MPS]

okay i give up i think im just going to change my roof theam
way to manny ppl are doing this now

Theme is key - I'd go gloss IF you paint it, otherwise, go matt for scratches etc. I may be painting my roof pearl black or "just" gloss black. Was thinking about it for a while and almost did it at the beginning of the summer - then I saw a certain MPS's CWP with black roof - very nice - now I NEED to do it!!!

[MSMitch]

okay i give up i think im just going to change my roof theam
way to manny ppl are doing this now

Suck it up trend-setter!

[MPS]

you know its true

[floodgatez]

you know its true

trend-setter (lol)

i think i'm gonna go for glossy to match the texture of the paint job and the theme i have in mind for it. i'm not planning to do much to it. but we'll see.

anyone know how to treat/clean/maintain vinyls?

[MPS]

just was and dry
and only car soap