My silver-top Volt

[notaguru]

With summer heating up, I decided to have the roof of my Summit White 2012 wrapped in anything-but-black. I picked a bright silver vinyl in a carbon fiber pattern - it's almost like chrome, and the pattern adds a very high tech flavor. It was tough deciding between the chrome and a similarly bright gold that would have been reminiscent of the Space Station.

It's easy - even an (old) caveman can do it. I applied some of the scrap to the front and rear bowties, and like the way it looks. There's enough material to do the black on the sides next weekend, if the urge strikes me.

Using a remote IR sensor after due time under the sun this afternoon, I got 102degF on the vinyl. The black top showed 165degF under the same conditions.

There's a valid argument that regardless of color/reflectivity, in any given thermal environment a chrome body and a black body will eventually stabilize at the same temperature - but under the same radiation conditions the chrome body will always absorb less energy. In any case, this car now LOOKS cooler... to me.

Roof.JPGBowtie.JPG

[SharkVolt]

Sounds "Cool" to me..... Bad Pun, Sorry

[DonC]

I like the silver bowtie. I think the black tops look better but that's highly subjective.

[BAZINGA]

How about a close up on the top?

[nhern202]

Is that skin easily removable? Would removing it cause damage to the paint? How great would it be to have a roof that could be programmed to change colors depending on the outside temperature? On cold winter days the roof could be black and on hot summer days the roof would turn silver or white.

[Mike McG]

I like the bow tie! Lets see some up close of the roof! As for hurting the paint its just a big sticker. No harm done lol.

[Steverino]

I have seen matte black fake carbon fiber bra material (instead of clear). It think this silver carbon fiber might be a PVC vehicle wrap material instead. Either kind can generally be peeled without harming the paint.

http://autovinylsolutions.com/HEXIS/...ON_FIBER_GLOSS

[notaguru]

I have seen matte black fake carbon fiber bra material (instead of clear). It think this silver carbon fiber might be a PVC vehicle wrap material instead. Either kind can generally be peeled without harming the paint.

http://autovinylsolutions.com/HEXIS/...ON_FIBER_GLOSS

That's exactly the material on my car!! I didn't realize that it's not vinyl but PVC.
I was told that removing it is easy -- just warm it (with a hair dryer) and peel.

The top appears to be plastic, colored through-and-through rather than painted.

[Sphyrna]

With having a 2013 on order I was kind of disappointed that they're changing the roof to body color. But then I thought on the plus side it will keep the car cooler since I got Summit White.

[notaguru]

Volt top.JPGRoof close-up.JPG


Two more shots of my silver-top...