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Originally Posted by seifrob
The reason behind white roofs is safety regulation, I guess. I asked local police about chrome roof and the answer was i would get pulled over for blinding other drivers.
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It's about fashion & technology. In the 50s-60s (when white roofs were common pre A/C days) chrome wrap hadn't been invented. Actual chromium plated roofs would have been expensive.
Today wrap only lasts a few years, that's OK if you can DIY it, not so much for an OEM. Today's fashion happens to be for black painted roofs.
Ask your local police to show you the law that forbids chrome roofs. As them if it's the same one that bans large chrome moldings or polished tanker trucks.
Shadow chrome is also an option. It performs about half way between chrome and white - looks almost exactly like metallic grey paint.