Wrap a thing happens to be the roof

MR. · 06-03-2016, 07:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Aust350z

I'd love to know the brand of wrap this is.i

Please reach out to the guys from Elite Wrap in Cannes. Ask for Vadim or Igor.

They told me it is their little secret, but perhaps you can get it out of them where they got it.

MR

MR. · 06-03-2016, 07:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Prodigy.

Wrap looks great MR.

Have you had your tail lights tiinted?

Yup also tinted! We did a lot last week...

MR

ashburyn54 · 06-03-2016, 10:04 AM

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That looks great!

Any more pics?

Yup more coming. I will upload a few below after this post.

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How do you feel about it? The overall quality is good but it can't quite match the OEM shine. I used collinite 845 on mine. 2 layers and it was super slick.

It matches it really well imo. You cannot get any closer than this. The wrap is extremely expensive and fitting it is a really hard task. The wrap is really thick and putting it on is a though task. The guys from EliteWrap in Cannes fitted it for me and they know what is required.

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looks good. Is this the VVivid Black Tech Art Gloss Carbon foil? i used it at the car of my wife and there it looks darker

This is a different wrap! Hardly anyone uses it since it is extremely expensive. I think a roll costs 5000 EUR. It was about 500 EUR to fit on my roof, and that is expensive for a wrap.

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Aw shit, there goes my checkbook...

Any chance you can snap some far away shots? Also, how's the color compared to the spoiler, diffuser, etc.?

I have a small piece of wrap available so that I can hold it next to the carbon fiber parts for you. I hope to do it today if I have time.

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looks good! Curious did you have the shark fin wrapped or you bought a separate painted one?

Shark fin and the two roof rack fitment lines on both sides where wrapped in black.

MR

Yes it is super thick! It's as good as you get

ashburyn54 · 06-03-2016, 10:05 AM

It should be Vivvid Techart gloss

MR. · 06-04-2016, 03:41 PM

Another photo of the wrap...

MR

MR. · 06-05-2016, 05:07 AM

Two more photos of the wrap... If you need more than let me know!

MR

dj2020 · 09-13-2017, 02:18 AM

For those who wrapped their roof, was the shark fin antenna reattached with BMW Betalink adhesive? I'm concerned that Automotive double sided tape, i.e. 3M, would potentially leak.

*mt* · 09-13-2017, 01:26 PM

on my mineral grey M2, i wrapped around the shark fin

termigni · 09-13-2017, 01:53 PM

Fin was not removed for my wrap

dj2020 · 09-13-2017, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by termigni

Fin was not removed for my wrap

Awesome! The antenna did not have to be removed?! Your installer was able to stretch the vinyl over the shark fin and make it look right without any seams?

termigni · 09-13-2017, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by dj2020

Awesome! The antenna did not have to be removed?! Your installer was able to stretch the vinyl over the shark fin and make it look right without any seams?

I did it by myself. they sell fin covers in CF on ebay. Once you wrap the roof, just put the CF fin cover over the fin so that you don't have to worry about messing with original BMW glue.

many remove and wrap the fins. but the way the wrap materials are spec'd, they are not going to stay on it for long. the materials are supposed to only stretch 10%. In order to wrap the fin perfectly wrinkleless, installers have to stretch the material at least 20% which is possible only for short term.

dj2020 · 09-13-2017, 06:33 PM

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Awesome! The antenna did not have to be removed?! Your installer was able to stretch the vinyl over the shark fin and make it look right without any seams?

I did it by myself. they sell fin covers in CF on ebay. Once you wrap the roof, just put the CF fin cover over the fin so that you don't have to worry about messing with original BMW glue.

many remove and wrap the fins. but the way the wrap materials are spec'd, they are not going to stay on it for long. the materials are supposed to only stretch 10%. In order to wrap the fin perfectly wrinkleless, installers have to stretch the material at least 20% which is possible only for short term.

Ah! Never thought to put a fin cover over the OE fin cover. Has this affected any of your reception?

Do you have a link to the fin covers that are large enough to fit over the OE one? I'm looking for non-carbon gloss black one.

Thanks for the idea!

ashburyn54 · 09-13-2017, 06:40 PM

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Awesome! The antenna did not have to be removed?! Your installer was able to stretch the vinyl over the shark fin and make it look right without any seams?

I did it by myself. they sell fin covers in CF on ebay. Once you wrap the roof, just put the CF fin cover over the fin so that you don't have to worry about messing with original BMW glue.

many remove and wrap the fins. but the way the wrap materials are spec'd, they are not going to stay on it for long. the materials are supposed to only stretch 10%. In order to wrap the fin perfectly wrinkleless, installers have to stretch the material at least 20% which is possible only for short term.

Ah! Never thought to put a fin cover over the OE fin cover. Has this affected any of your reception?

Do you have a link to the fin covers that are large enough to fit over the OE one? I'm looking for non-carbon gloss black one.

Thanks for the idea!

Will affect reception heavily if it's CF. trust me I already did it haha. I wish it was that simple because the CF fin looked pretty good!

dj2020 · 09-13-2017, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by dj2020

Awesome! The antenna did not have to be removed?! Your installer was able to stretch the vinyl over the shark fin and make it look right without any seams?

I did it by myself. they sell fin covers in CF on ebay. Once you wrap the roof, just put the CF fin cover over the fin so that you don't have to worry about messing with original BMW glue.

many remove and wrap the fins. but the way the wrap materials are spec'd, they are not going to stay on it for long. the materials are supposed to only stretch 10%. In order to wrap the fin perfectly wrinkleless, installers have to stretch the material at least 20% which is possible only for short term.

Ah! Never thought to put a fin cover over the OE fin cover. Has this affected any of your reception?

Do you have a link to the fin covers that are large enough to fit over the OE one? I'm looking for non-carbon gloss black one.

Thanks for the idea!

Will affect reception heavily if it's CF. trust me I already did it haha. I wish it was that simple because the CF fin looked pretty good!

But would a non-carbon fiber one affect reception?

termigni · 09-13-2017, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by dj2020

Awesome! The antenna did not have to be removed?! Your installer was able to stretch the vinyl over the shark fin and make it look right without any seams?

I did it by myself. they sell fin covers in CF on ebay. Once you wrap the roof, just put the CF fin cover over the fin so that you don't have to worry about messing with original BMW glue.

many remove and wrap the fins. but the way the wrap materials are spec'd, they are not going to stay on it for long. the materials are supposed to only stretch 10%. In order to wrap the fin perfectly wrinkleless, installers have to stretch the material at least 20% which is possible only for short term.

Ah! Never thought to put a fin cover over the OE fin cover. Has this affected any of your reception?

Do you have a link to the fin covers that are large enough to fit over the OE one? I'm looking for non-carbon gloss black one.

Thanks for the idea!

Will affect reception heavily if it's CF. trust me I already did it haha. I wish it was that simple because the CF fin looked pretty good!

But would a non-carbon fiber one affect reception?

It has not affected my reception at all. Satellite radio works perfect, nav works, radio works, and BMW connected works perfectly.

Just type in bmw 2 series fin cover on eBay. It should be around $45 shipped. They are from china so it would take about 2 weeks to get to US.

dj2020 · 09-13-2017, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by dj2020

Awesome! The antenna did not have to be removed?! Your installer was able to stretch the vinyl over the shark fin and make it look right without any seams?

I did it by myself. they sell fin covers in CF on ebay. Once you wrap the roof, just put the CF fin cover over the fin so that you don't have to worry about messing with original BMW glue.

many remove and wrap the fins. but the way the wrap materials are spec'd, they are not going to stay on it for long. the materials are supposed to only stretch 10%. In order to wrap the fin perfectly wrinkleless, installers have to stretch the material at least 20% which is possible only for short term.

Ah! Never thought to put a fin cover over the OE fin cover. Has this affected any of your reception?

Do you have a link to the fin covers that are large enough to fit over the OE one? I'm looking for non-carbon gloss black one.

Thanks for the idea!

Will affect reception heavily if it's CF. trust me I already did it haha. I wish it was that simple because the CF fin looked pretty good!

But would a non-carbon fiber one affect reception?

It has not affected my reception at all. Satellite radio works perfect, nav works, radio works, and BMW connected works perfectly.

Just type in bmw 2 series fin cover on eBay. It should be around $45 shipped.

Thanks again for the info.

termigni · 09-13-2017, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by dj2020

Awesome! The antenna did not have to be removed?! Your installer was able to stretch the vinyl over the shark fin and make it look right without any seams?

I did it by myself. they sell fin covers in CF on ebay. Once you wrap the roof, just put the CF fin cover over the fin so that you don't have to worry about messing with original BMW glue.

many remove and wrap the fins. but the way the wrap materials are spec'd, they are not going to stay on it for long. the materials are supposed to only stretch 10%. In order to wrap the fin perfectly wrinkleless, installers have to stretch the material at least 20% which is possible only for short term.

Ah! Never thought to put a fin cover over the OE fin cover. Has this affected any of your reception?

Do you have a link to the fin covers that are large enough to fit over the OE one? I'm looking for non-carbon gloss black one.

Thanks for the idea!

Will affect reception heavily if it's CF. trust me I already did it haha. I wish it was that simple because the CF fin looked pretty good!

But would a non-carbon fiber one affect reception?

It has not affected my reception at all. Satellite radio works perfect, nav works, radio works, and BMW connected works perfectly.

Just type in bmw 2 series fin cover on eBay. It should be around $45 shipped.

Thanks again for the info.

Np. Even though I have no issues, Reception may vary depending on where you are. I'm in metro area so my reception could be very good. But it's worth trying for only $45 before messing up the factory build.

ashburyn54 · 09-18-2017, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by dj2020

Awesome! The antenna did not have to be removed?! Your installer was able to stretch the vinyl over the shark fin and make it look right without any seams?

I did it by myself. they sell fin covers in CF on ebay. Once you wrap the roof, just put the CF fin cover over the fin so that you don't have to worry about messing with original BMW glue.

many remove and wrap the fins. but the way the wrap materials are spec'd, they are not going to stay on it for long. the materials are supposed to only stretch 10%. In order to wrap the fin perfectly wrinkleless, installers have to stretch the material at least 20% which is possible only for short term.

Ah! Never thought to put a fin cover over the OE fin cover. Has this affected any of your reception?

Do you have a link to the fin covers that are large enough to fit over the OE one? I'm looking for non-carbon gloss black one.

Thanks for the idea!

Will affect reception heavily if it's CF. trust me I already did it haha. I wish it was that simple because the CF fin looked pretty good!

But would a non-carbon fiber one affect reception?

It has not affected my reception at all. Satellite radio works perfect, nav works, radio works, and BMW connected works perfectly.

Just type in bmw 2 series fin cover on eBay. It should be around $45 shipped.

Thanks again for the info.

Np. Even though I have no issues, Reception may vary depending on where you are. I'm in metro area so my reception could be very good. But it's worth trying for only $45 before messing up the factory build.

Mine dropped by about 60 percent. I believe we had the same one but yes I agree the area could play a factor. I loved the way it looked. It could have been a different material or something.

dj2020 · 09-18-2017, 11:51 PM

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Originally Posted by termigni

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Originally Posted by dj2020

Awesome! The antenna did not have to be removed?! Your installer was able to stretch the vinyl over the shark fin and make it look right without any seams?

I did it by myself. they sell fin covers in CF on ebay. Once you wrap the roof, just put the CF fin cover over the fin so that you don't have to worry about messing with original BMW glue.

many remove and wrap the fins. but the way the wrap materials are spec'd, they are not going to stay on it for long. the materials are supposed to only stretch 10%. In order to wrap the fin perfectly wrinkleless, installers have to stretch the material at least 20% which is possible only for short term.

Ah! Never thought to put a fin cover over the OE fin cover. Has this affected any of your reception?

Do you have a link to the fin covers that are large enough to fit over the OE one? I'm looking for non-carbon gloss black one.

Thanks for the idea!

Will affect reception heavily if it's CF. trust me I already did it haha. I wish it was that simple because the CF fin looked pretty good!

But would a non-carbon fiber one affect reception?

It has not affected my reception at all. Satellite radio works perfect, nav works, radio works, and BMW connected works perfectly.

Just type in bmw 2 series fin cover on eBay. It should be around $45 shipped.

Thanks again for the info.

Np. Even though I have no issues, Reception may vary depending on where you are. I'm in metro area so my reception could be very good. But it's worth trying for only $45 before messing up the factory build.

With my quick eBay and Google search, it looks like everyone sells the carbon version only of the antenna cover. No non-carbon black antenna cover that fits over the OE shark fin. I'll keep looking around but if someone finds this, please post back. Thanks!

subliminalaudio · 02-02-2018, 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by *mt*

on my mineral grey M2, i wrapped around the shark fin

Do you more pictures and can you share the brand and the size ?

*mt* · 02-08-2018, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by subliminalaudio

Do you more pictures and can you share the brand and the size ?

sorry didn't get an info, that you quoted me...

the brand is Elemento-6 and i bought 2m here for 150€

http://www.signothetimes.de/films/wr...&size=&length=

http://www.mt-video.de//tmp/M2/Folie/2.JPG
http://www.mt-video.de//tmp/M2/Folie/3.JPG
http://www.mt-video.de//tmp/M2/Folie/4.JPG
http://www.mt-video.de//tmp/M2/Folie/5.JPG
http://www.mt-video.de//tmp/M2/Folie/6.JPG

http://www.mt-video.de//tmp/M2/Folie/8.JPG
http://www.mt-video.de//tmp/M2/Folie/9.JPG

subliminalaudio · 02-09-2018, 09:31 AM

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Do you more pictures and can you share the brand and the size ?

Looks awesome !!! Thanks

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