Don Nguyen

Here are pictures of a silver E55 AMG Mercedes that I vinyl wrapped the roof with in gloss black material. The owner of this car came down from Malibu to me in Orange County to have it done. It's good to know that gloss black vinyl roofs don't just look good on white cars only, but on other colors as well









-Don

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Don Nguyen

Here are pictures of some tail lights that I tinted with my vinyl/material film in a gunsmoke shade on a blue E60 530i I believe. The owner of this car drove from Fullerton out to me in Orange county to have it done. The tint really toned the tail lights down to flow with the rest of the car fairly well.









-Don

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Don Nguyen

Here are pictures of an Lexus ISF that I vinyl wrapped the roof in the 3M Di-noc material. As you can kind of see in some of the pictures, from a distance away, the material will almost give you a matte/flat black look. However, as you get closer to it, you'll be able to see the design and weave of the cf vinyl appear. The owner of this car came out to me in Irvine/Orange County. Hopefully these pictures will also help give an idea of how the 3M di noc carbon fiber material looks like on darker car and cars with sunroofs.













-Don

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khmergod

Wish I lived in Cali lol

yamahazing

Don, in your opinion, what are the pluses/minuses of wrap vs painting the roof of a C63? some things to consider would be cost, durability, aesthetics, etc. Thanks

Don Nguyen

Vinyl - Reversible, cheaper (usually), and can be done while you sit there and wait.
Paint - Only advantage I see is that if you can get a good/perfect paint job, it'll be glossier than the vinyl. Paint in the end, is always going to be better in this area than vinyl.

However, that advantage paint has is only as good as the body shop that you're having it painted at. I've seen painted roofs that weren't properly masked or sprayed on there, and they would have been better off just getting it vinyled. Although this can be said the same about vinyl (importance of installation), it can be easily reversed and redone if necessary.

-Don

Don Nguyen

Some pictures of a white E46 M3 that I vinyl wrapped the roof in gloss black. The owner of this car lived around Westminster/Orange County. The owner of this car parks it outside quite a bit, so with the vinyl roof, it'll end up help protect the roof/paint from weathering. Don't mind the pictures. It was a bit dark when I took the pictures, so that's why some of the pictures may look a bit different/off.









-Don

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Don Nguyen

Here's pictures of a car you don't see too often, or at least I don't. I applied a gloss black vinyl roof on this 1 series BMW E82. The car belonged to a fellow Irvine/Orange County resident. I also did his window trim in matte black vinyl, which I'll post up some more detailed pictures of those later. Also don't mind the antenna cover, I didn't put it back on yet before I took the pictures.

Let me know if you guys have any other specific requests, and I'll see if I have any of those kinds of pictures, of if I can take them the next time I do it.











-Don

donathon@gmail.com

Don Nguyen

Here's a white BMW E90 335i sedan's roof that I did a while ago with gloss black vinyl. This will help those who have roof spoilers already painted/body color and want to get black vinyl roofs to see how it'll look if they left it. The owner of this car was from Garden Grove/Orange County, I believe.

I ended up wrapping his roof spoiler later on, but wasn't able to take pictures of it with it on the car.











-Don

donathon@gmail.com

Don Nguyen

Here's pictures of the same 1 series that I vinyl wrapped the roof in gloss black vinyl in. These are closer/more detailed pictures of his window trim that I also vinyled in a matte black material/finish, to cover up the old chrome/aluminum finish. Everything is done seamlessly in as a single piece.











-Don

donathon@gmail.com

yamahazing

Hey Don, one more question, what about a full car wrap? Thinking of turning my black C63 white, but keep the roof and mirrors black. Thanks

Don Nguyen

Yes, I can do full car wraps.

-Don

Don Nguyen

Here's an Audi B8 tail lights that I tinted/vinyled in a smoke tint shade. I also cut out the reverse light portions for him. Come to me in Orange County to get it done.

I thought it turned out very nice and went fairly well with the rest of his car.











-Don

donathon@gmail.com

Don Nguyen

Every once in a while, I get a car that's not white, haha. I did this Subaru WRX for Puente Hills Subaru, to get it ready for SubieFest (that tells you how long it takes for me to post some of these pictures), which was in November.

I wrapped the roof in the 3M di-noc carbon fiber material. It turned out very nicely. This is for those of you who were asking me how the black 3m dinoc carbon fiber vinyl looks like on a roof with cars that have a sunroof.

Let me know if you have any questions.











-Don

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Don Nguyen

Forgot to post the pictures of the tail lights to that Puente Hills Subaru WRX that I also did that day. I vinyled/tinted the tails in a red film, with the reverse sections cut out.

Just as a visual, this is what they looked like, to show how drastic the improvement is.

Before:



After:







-Don

donathon@gmail.com

olszowa12

Looks like Mesrati Gran Turismo talilights

Chill1524

I would love to use your services however I live in Oklahoma. (I have a 2009 C300 sport)
Just had a couple of instillation questions.
Do you recommend removing the antenna or roof railing for install of a Gloss vinyl top?
Or should I be able to tuck the film around the antenna under the rubber seal.
Do you recommend holding the rubber seals around the roof railing and front and back glass back with tape or should I just be able to tuck the film all the way around.

Thanks for your assistance.

Don Nguyen

Roof rails for sure, antenna is optional, although I personally highly recommend it, especially for someone who doesn't do the install on a daily basis as I do. You can tuck it, if there's enough room.

-Don

Chill1524

What’s the best way to get to the antenna?? Thought the rear dome light I assume?
Last question I promise.
What’s the best way to get the roof rails off? I've looked everywhere and can’t find how to remove them without breaking them.

Thanks
-Don

Don Nguyen

It's been a while since I posted some pictures. Been busy getting some of my own stuff done lately, but I am starting to finally have time again.

Here's pictures of an E46 that I vinyl wrapped the roof in the gloss black material. I believe this car belonged to a fellow Irvine/Orange County person as well. This is a change of pace from the 95% of white colored cars that I do. It'll give you guys a slightly better idea of how it looks on different/darker colors. It's noticeable, but still subtle at the same time from different/various angles.







-Don

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stangxs

How much for a clear bra on a c63 (installed) I'm in HB.

Don Nguyen

I have decided to put clear bra installs to the side for now.

-Don

Don Nguyen

I have so many pictures to go through, and a lot of cars that I did that I really like. I guess I have to start somewhere. This car was another fellow Irvine/Orange County enthusiast. I vinyl wrapped his roof in gloss black material. His rails were already matte black, so we left those alone. I think I did this car earlier this year in January, just to give an idea how far back some of my pictures that I still have yet to post goes, haha.













-Don

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Don Nguyen

I vinyl wrapped the window trim on this silver E39 5 series in gloss black material. This car belongs to a fellow Orange County/Cerritos member. The owner of this car originally had the window trim painted, but it kept flaking off, and he had to reapply the paint about two or three times a year. So he asked me vinyl his window trim, for a longer lasting solution. So far so good, and this was several months ago.











-Don

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Don Nguyen

I am going to go a bit out of order here, and try to post pictures of cars other than white, just to keep things interesting

This is a grey Z4 that I vinyl wrapped the roof with in the 3M di noc carbon fiber material. I did his roof and the center areas/portions of his front and rear bumper in the carbon. Don't mind the weather stripping around the top of the front windshield. It seems like it has just deteriorated from age and over time. I've seen this happen on a lot of BMWs that I work on, which is quite unfortunate, since it's really only on the newer more recent models that I've seen this have happen to. I believe the owner of this car came out to me from Los Angeles to Orange County to get his all of that work done.













-Don