Is It Legal To Foil A Car ?

[fahim]

hi

i was woundring is it legal to foil a car instead of painting it ?

it would cost lots of money to foil but its better than painting the car

cuz i like the original color of the car to stay as it is

so if it legal were can i foil my car ?

other countries its legal to foil the cars and lots of the luxry cars out there are foiled

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

dont see why it would be a prob... not like you could be busted even it it is illegal tho

[PM-R33]

Can some one explain what "foiling" a car is? Cause in my mind im thinking something way different...

[_bobo_]

^^ haha yeah what he said above me

[cruzin33]

What he said^^^ lol

[QWK32]

hmmmm......

http://regmedia.co.uk/2005/02/28/tinfoil_car.jpg

close?

[WARLORD]

hmmmm......

http://regmedia.co.uk/2005/02/28/tinfoil_car.jpg

close?

wow thats a great idea.!!!!!! lol

[fahim]

aha so why should i ask if u people dosent know about foiling a car

its like this

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/2318/sick599cya6.jpg

http://rparmanik.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/0001.jpg

http://uaesm.maktoob.com/up/uploads/2df9a10328.jpg

[fahim]

Foilacar is a German company that opened a branch in Dubai. They specialize in things like windows tinting, car protection, color changing foil, and car design foil. www.foilacar.com it's actually pretty cool to be able to change your car color and protect the original color with their foil! here are some pictures of how they do it.

The car gets in the shop like this..

The foil is applied to it.. again like this..

More and more foil is applied! the thing is trying to make sense all of a sudden

The final and cool product!

[d1_drifter]

So is it like some kind of vinyl overlay or something?

[d1_drifter]

And with it being legal or not, I suppose you couldn't really tell if its foiled or just a respray I assume?

I guess this is kind of similar to what the Autosalon S15 DA car was like. Instead of painting it mirror chrome and risking the cost of having it painted after every round, they had a fullbody vinyl stuck on the car.

[fahim]

i wanted to do it cuz i use to do it back in dubai

but i called one of the shops back in dubai to order some colors or i dont know what they call them

but when ill get ill let u know

i think ill do my car in chrome i dont know if its legal or no

sorry i dont know the rules cuz im from dubai and i dont know OZ rules

[N1GTR]

Do they do inside the door jams?

HEAPS of racecars here have a similar treatment

[fahim]

n1gtr

yes u can

i think im gonna try to ask some tint shops if they can do it and for how much

if any one knows a guy can do it in melb plz tell me

[GTR-N1]

Foilacar is a German company that opened a branch in Dubai. They specialize in things like windows tinting, car protection, color changing foil, and car design foil. www.foilacar.com it's actually pretty cool to be able to change your car color and protect the original color with their foil! here are some pictures of how they do it.

The car gets in the shop like this..

The foil is applied to it.. again like this..

More and more foil is applied! the thing is trying to make sense all of a sudden

The final and cool product!

OH So THAT'S WHAT IT IS!

[urtwhistle]

http://www.ozicozi.com.au/index.htm

that might help you guys

[SLY-25T]

think this was in a movie. some chicks that rob a bank in a red 7 series beemer, drive around the corner, get changed and peel the red off so its silver or somethin along those lines.

good idea though!

[N1GTR]

Its in the movie "The Jackal" (sp)

[SLY-25T]

out of the movie Taxi with queen latiffa. they chase a red bmw 7 series, sexy chicks hop out and strip down then pull the red off to uncover a dark blue paint.

[PM-R33]

Well that makes a lot of sense now. For the record, yes i was thinking the alfoil thing lol but figured you ment the vinyl stuff like the Autosalon S15 did as mentioned.