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      07-22-2019, 10:45 AM   #1
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Black roof on Alpine

I'm planning on getting my roof wrapped gloss black. Do you guys like the rails blacked out too? Which means down the sides of the front windshield. I originally was yes but then I saw an M car with carbon roof and it the rails weren't black out. They also don't black out the antenna cover. However the M5 safely car does have carbon roof and rails/antenna blacked out.

Other thought, I live in LA where summers get hot. Would I regret it for heat? Or is it getting tired to do? Everyone's got a black roof right now. Thoughts?
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... Or is it getting tired to do? Everyone's got a black roof right now...
IMHO, this.
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Wrap the rails in black on Alpine white so that the black look flows continuously from front to back. If you don't wrap the rails it does not look as natural. Just had mine done this way.
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Picture? Please?

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Wrap the rails in black on Alpine white so that the black look flows continuously from front to back. If you don't wrap the rails it does not look as natural. Just had mine done this way.
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Don't have any on my phone but there are plenty of pics of the two options on the net. Found this one as an example:

http://www.wannaberacerwraps.com/bmw...vinyl-car-wrap
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This is wrapped rails, looks great here but that's not really fair. If you don't wrap the rails it can look a bit off.
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