Black Canopy Mashups

[Klinn]

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Feeling nostalgic for the original NSX which helped popularize the black canopy look?
Indulge in a custom paint / wrap on your brand new C8 to bring back that fighter jet theme.



To get closer to the original NSX, naturally we'll need to start with a red car.



Wait a minute, how about a red canopy / blue car mashup? Hmmm, maybe not.

[George]

Th at's pretty cool. I used the 3M wrap material on my Jeep Grand Cherokee Summit to cover all of the plastic chrome that they use on that model Jeep. It turned out fantastic, in fact the local dealer thought I had it all painted out! Comes in tons of colors and carbon fiber, etc. Really nice stuff, my Jeep is two years old and the vinyl looks brand new...just like paint.

[John]

Thank you Klinn. Very cool option.

[ZoraC2]

Thats a kewl look for sure. Def makes it look more McLaren-ish.

[John]

Beyond exciting Klinn. In fact, very intriguing. Thank you very much.

[Meldoon]

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Feeling nostalgic for the original NSX which helped popularize the black canopy look?
Indulge in a custom paint / wrap on your brand new C8 to bring back that fighter jet theme.



To get closer to the original NSX, naturally we'll need to start with a red car.



Wait a minute, how about a red canopy / blue car mashup? Hmmm, maybe not.

Can you do that over white?

[Klinn]

Can you do that over white?

Sure thing. How about this? Note that I made the side mirrors black to blend in with canopy, but the rear spoiler white to blend in with the rear deck. Your preferences may vary.



For anyone actually considering this, note that it's difficult to create the lower edge of the canopy so it looks OK.

There are two body lines back there we can follow. One is the bottom edge of the side windows, then sweeping back and up a bit to reach the very tip of the C-pillar. This means the C-pillar itself is only about 2/3 painted / wrapped. Looks a little odd.

Alternatively, we could follow that natural line of the C-pillar base forward to about the door cut line, then sweep up slightly to head towards the base of the A-pillar. This means there will be a painted patch on the door below the window. Also looks odd.

Between the two, my preference would be the higher canopy line as shown above. But in both cases we're fighting against the natural lines of the car at one point or another.

[Meldoon]

Thanks Klinn!

[SgtMajUSMC (Retired)]

Awesome. I'm not exactly impartial though...

[RoketRdr]

It’s strange with the C8. Almost like you could go both ways and still look good. Going to be a very interesting first year to see what kind of exterior mods get done to personal rides.

[Klinn]

Awesome. I'm not exactly impartial though...

Beautiful job! Did you do that with paint or a wrap?

[meyerweb]

For anyone actually considering this, note that it's difficult to create the lower edge of the canopy so it looks OK.

There are two body lines back there we can follow. One is the bottom edge of the side windows, then sweeping back and up a bit to reach the very tip of the C-pillar. This means the C-pillar itself is only about 2/3 painted / wrapped. Looks a little odd.

At least in the render, I think this approach looks great. But understand in 3 dimensions it might look add. A very cool idea.

[SgtMajUSMC (Retired)]

Beautiful job! Did you do that with paint or a wrap?

Wrap. Avery and done by a shop just under 6 months ago. $250. I put two layers of HALO flexible film coating on it and it still looks new. Daily driver parked outside at work...in Florida.

[Ateupjoe]

..... parked outside at work....

What happened to the retired part?

[SgtMajUSMC (Retired)]

What happened to the retired part?

As it turns out, doing nothing is not all it is cracked up to be...after a month and a half I had enough of it. Veterans' Service Officer for the State of Florida. Still waiting on the Alamo Crew to make it this way. Jan for the Rolex?