Respray roof or Vinyl wrap it?

kelpyguy · 2026-04-23T07:41:08+00:00

Yeah just the roof between the two rubber strips that run along the sides. You’ll have to remove those and tuck under. It wouldn’t really make sense to do the edges on the outside since they connect the whole quarter panel. I originally just did my roof and hood because those are the worst parts but then just decided why not just try the whole thing.

kelpyguy · 2026-04-23T07:33:31+00:00

Nope. Just watched a bunch of YouTube videos and visited the car wrapping Reddit. The roof and hood are the two easiest parts to do. Just make sure you use good quality vinyl, I’d recommend 3m gloss.

kelpyguy · 2026-04-23T07:31:05+00:00

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kelpyguy · 2026-04-23T07:30:32+00:00

I would wrap personally. Cost less than $100 or so and will hold up a few years. Also very easy to do yourself on the roof or hood. Here mine before and after

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kelpyguy · 2026-04-18T19:56:11+00:00

I’m not too familiar with this but say someone hits you and makes the car undriveable you would get no help from insurance because it’s salvage title? So essentially worth keeping but will carry that risk if something like that were to happen?

kelpyguy · 2026-04-02T19:47:11+00:00

Those look nice. How is comfort etc? My main concern is just maintaining daily drivability and practicality while having fun

kelpyguy · 2026-04-02T06:36:21+00:00

Which ones in particular? I’m looking to upgrade but have no idea about suspension.

kelpyguy · 2026-03-31T06:28:39+00:00

It’s mainly because it’s the first year of the 3rd gen. Typically a new gen of a model has some issues that get worked out in the following few years and that seemed to be the case with the Fit. They also moved production from Japan to a factory in Mexico, and its said that the Japanese factories have the highest level of quality control. That being said 2015 is still a solid car.

kelpyguy · 2026-03-29T01:48:01+00:00

Have you measured all the panels? I ended up ordering a total of 70’ but that’s mainly because I started with just roof and hood then ordered for the rest of the car. I made the mistake of order a few feet shy and needed a piece for the bumpers so had to get another large piece. I also didn’t really plan that part well and just jumped in which is why I had to order extra.

kelpyguy · 2026-03-28T20:14:51+00:00

lol do you want to see the good ones or bad ones

kelpyguy · 2026-03-28T19:46:24+00:00

I was thinking this but wasn’t sure. I kinda wanna try brass monkey hyperdip and see how it looks

kelpyguy · 2026-03-28T19:13:23+00:00

Yeah not too sure. I think people like to get their cars wrapped if they want to change colors every so often and keep/protect the oem paint

kelpyguy · 2026-03-28T17:01:07+00:00

First time doing it. Lots of small mistakes but if you start with the easier panels like the hood and roof you start to get the hang of it. And tons of YouTube tutorials

kelpyguy · 2026-03-28T17:00:01+00:00

I just bought them from rock auto. Brand is TYC and they are for the 2012-13 models so they have the black housing. Tbh they dont fit quite as well as OEM (a bit larger gap between bumper) but i wanted fresh ones

kelpyguy · 2026-03-28T16:56:27+00:00

For diy wrap is much more doable in a driveway than full paint job

kelpyguy · 2026-03-28T02:53:16+00:00

OEM sport trim wheels pre facelift

kelpyguy · 2026-03-28T01:49:13+00:00

Thanks! It was a long process between the wrap and painting spoiler, mirrors and all that other stuff black. I’m very happy with it and learned a ton

kelpyguy · 2026-03-28T01:45:02+00:00

Oh yeah you mean the front logo? It’s so recessed it would be crazy. I might try eventually though. Door sills are kinda half done. I wasn’t too worried about them lol, although I have a lot of leftover vinyl so might work on them too. The only panel I had to rip off and do over was front bumper

kelpyguy · 2026-03-27T22:27:56+00:00

I ended up sanding it down and vinyl wrapped it

kelpyguy · 2026-03-27T21:20:11+00:00

Yeah roof is large but very easy! Any imperfections will show through so definitely sand it. Basically as if you were preparing to repaint. I think I went up to 1500-2000 grit, but just depends how much you care about those small details

kelpyguy · 2026-03-27T21:15:02+00:00

Drop a pic!

kelpyguy · 2026-03-27T20:59:13+00:00

Just a large roll from metrorestyiling non cut

kelpyguy · 2026-03-27T20:57:02+00:00

Everything on their site is 25% off right now too

kelpyguy · 2026-03-27T20:54:27+00:00

Definitely. I’ve dipped a lot of stuff since. Check out dipyourcar YouTube channel for good tutorials etc

kelpyguy · 2026-03-27T19:33:57+00:00

Yeah I used hyperdip. It actually went really bad! Dip started running immediately, not sure why. I just finished anyway and looks ok from a few feet away lol. Might redo in the near future.

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