Thread: I hate Black! Only white is worse

seems like lot of effort

Just do the roof, we had a black xtreme (was the demo that dad drove) and he painted the roof a really silvery grey, I still see it getting around and it looks good!! Defenders were designed to have a different colored roof, all the other stuff will look bad IMHO, it will over complicate it. And DON'T do the flares silver!!!

Cheers
Will

Have a look at this webpage

WHAT IS A CAR WRAP? - PROvinyl - Sydney's leading Car Wrapping Company.

You can give the defender a silver roof (et al) and later on return it to normal if you sell it.

I've seen a few sedans and RR sports driving around with this sort of coating, and it's a decent look.

No idea of the price though.

my 110 is dark grey with black bonnet/roof and flares with lots of black checker plate[my personal choice!] i have a roof rack with a full sheet of checker plate in natural alloy colour that reflects the heat and is a handy platform

If it's a heat related thing then throw a full length rack on it and put a flat base on it...thick Perspex, alloy, stainless. I did this on my black puma and it cooled things down a huge amount...and besides 110 wagons look the goods with a full length rack..

Originally Posted by langy

Have a look at this webpage

WHAT IS A CAR WRAP? - PROvinyl - Sydney's leading Car Wrapping Company.

You can give the defender a silver roof (et al) and later on return it to normal if you sell it.

I've seen a few sedans and RR sports driving around with this sort of coating, and it's a decent look.

No idea of the price though.

That's what I was going to say
I think top gear mag did it to one of their demo cars, and it was far cheaper than paint. As langy said it peels off and is made from a thick denim plastic that will protect your paint.

I wouldn't mind the idea of a white roof and black body. Makes me think of Guinness

On a more serious note I have seen a white material probably like that described above stuck on the roof but not all over it. Just a mat on the flat bits and not the sides if you get what I mean. On a tall vehicle like a Defender you'd never know it was there looking from the ground. The car I saw it on was a Tr**py, only saw it as I was passing some stuff up on to a short rack.

Blacks or any dark colour is awful on an off road vehicle I think. Shows every scratch and bit of dust.
My elder bro scratched his wifes brand new Vogue some years ago and didn't he cop it!
I'll stick with white 'cos I'm getting lazy and don't want any washing and polishing as I had enough of that with the plasic Prado. But if you really must the idea of a long rack with a decking is best for keeping the Sun off.
Or go in the pub until the Suns gone down.
AlanH.