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Is It Legal To Foil A Car ?

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fahim Apprentice

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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

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fahim Apprentice

fahim

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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 Apprentice

fahim

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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..

fac-1.jpg

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

fac-2.jpg

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

fac-3.jpg

The final and cool product!

fac-4.jpg

d1_drifter Community Regular

d1_drifter

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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 Apprentice

fahim

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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

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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..

fac-1.jpg

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

fac-2.jpg

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

fac-3.jpg

The final and cool product!

fac-4.jpg

OH So THAT'S WHAT IT IS!

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