What colour for hardtop ?

lsducati · Postby **lsducati** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 3:34 pm

I have a British Racing Green NA6 and I just picked up a red hardtop. I am about to get it painted and I have two options.

1 Paint it black, may be easier to sell later
2 paint it BRG like the rest of the car .

What do you guys think.

Regie · Postby **Regie** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 4:41 pm

id go green

if you had a white or silver car id say black

but since your car is a darker shade, id say go with the body colour

Hammer · Postby **Hammer** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 7:42 pm

How long do you plan in keeping the car? If quite a while, then paint it the same colour as the car.

I notice hard tops sell in the forum irrespective of the colour. I have to admit, black do sell quicker. But other colours will also sell. I also notice price (irrespective of colour) are about the same. Hard tops with demister usually fetch slightly more.

But in the long run, the condition of the hard top is what sells it. As a buyer, I'd choose a great condition hardtop with the wrong colour anytime over a hardtop with the right colour but has cracks/chips, deteriorating interior trim or shrunken rubber seals.

So make sure you look after it.

That's my 2c opinion.

Lokiel · Postby **Lokiel** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 9:59 pm

Check out the "Post your GREEN Miata/Roadster/MX-5 " thread on Club Roadster: http://clubroadster.net/vb_forum/showthread.php?t=10204

OR Scuba_Steve's beautiful NB: http://clubroadster.net/vb_forum/showthread.php?t=40559

This should convince you that matching BRG is the way to go (just about any other colour looks best in black though, but not on a BRG).

deviant · Postby **deviant** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 11:08 pm

BRG will look very smart on the car as it matches. It will also be a selling point if you decide to sell the car.

Black matches pretty much anything so will be saleable on it's own if you want to get rid of it and it will still look okay on the BRG body.

Davex3 wrote:Black, matt black would be my choice but might absorbe heat faster.

Black will absorb heat very quickly but it is probably no worse than the BRG. For a daily I would not fancy a black or dark roof with no AC! I am saving up for a hardtop and even though my car is BRG I will paint the roof white...It's a track car anyway but anything to keep the heat down in the car!

Matt black will be a massive pain in the arris to live with, dirt sticks to the texture of the paint and you can not do anything more than pour water over it to clean it. Wiping it or trying to polish it pretty much removes the matt finish straight away.

You could go with a satin finish or you could get a matt vinyl wrap which I have read is easier to live with than matt paint. A vinyl wrap is also a good option if the roof is in average condition and you want to hide it. You could also get a carbon fibre effect wrap.

RawSouth · Postby **RawSouth** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 3:33 pm

Another vote for BRG.

With a matched colour it look likes it is supposed to be on your car, rather then a seperate part. There is a BRG with a BRG hardtop who lives near me, it looks great!

aviper4u · Postby **aviper4u** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 9:28 am

i say brg also though i think if the colour of the car is light ie white then top would be awesome with black though if brg that theory would go with white which i think matching brg is the go...

anyways put some pics up when done though

Jeo · Postby **Jeo** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 11:04 am

Green.

lsducati · Postby **lsducati** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 11:13 am

I am leaning towards BRG after reviewing a lot of online pictures. It looks so bad in Red.

pcmx5 · Postby **pcmx5** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 3:27 pm

I have had a few over the years and think green is the pick but also silver looks great while IMHO black looks terrible!
Each to their own i expect.A mate borrowed my green top to see if he liked the hardtop concept and it looked great on his white car so I quite like the different top colour. Mid blue on white also looks sensational

Peter

dave2221 · Postby **dave2221** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 11:47 am

Thread ressurection

just instead of making a new topic, thought i would pop this here.

I ahve a Titanium SE, thinking of making my own carbon hard top.......

but what are peoples thoughts on this:

its a carbon kevlar hardtop, and how would it look on a titanium NB you think?

Jeo · Postby **Jeo** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 11:57 am

What do you mean when you say 'making your own'?

dave2221 · Postby **dave2221** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 12:12 pm

well you take a mould off a standard one.

then you construct out of carbon/kevlar/fibreglass a hard top

then you coat it in 2-pac for pimpness

then add 1 custom made rear window

then attach to the car, followed by satisfied look as YOUR THE BOSS.

All bullshit aside, you just make them.....

Jeo · Postby **Jeo** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 12:18 pm

Fair enough then. Best of luck if you do go down that route.

dave2221 · Postby **dave2221** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 12:43 pm

hmmm now thats not a bad idea.

Just in discussions with my Uncle about making a carbon top....

It looks like its giong to be WAY too much work for a 1 off... but if i can do it for the right price it still might be worth while.

i just cant justify 2,300 for one

alternativley i might go 1,500 for a OEM one (including a respray to titanium)