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Painting my hardtop

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  • wesholeW Offline
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    weshole
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    Rising sun FTMFW!!!!!

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      capitlj
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      White power, non paint matched body parts FTMFL, like a black hood on a white car = gaysauce.

      legacy image
      > Mitch Hedberg wrote:
      > I'm sick of following my dreams, I'm just going to find out where they are going and hook up with them later.

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      • bubbaB Offline
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        Black hood on any color car is hot..

        Current Cars:
        08 Honda Ruckus - Stunt Machine
        93 Subaru Impreza L - DD/ Winter beater
        90 Honda CRX - Project car
        90 Honda CRX Dx - Burnt (R.I.P.) - Racecar

        Past Cars: 85 Chevy C-10, 87 Dodge D-50, 91 Honda Prelude Si, 91 Buick Regal, 91 Acura Integra Ls, 87 Mazda RX-7, 90 Honda Civic Si, 91 Honda Civic Si, 89 Chevy S-10, 91 Honda Crx Hf, 91 Acura Integra Rs, 95 Subaru Impreza L, 92 Acura Integra GSR, 89 Mazda RX-7 (LT1), 88 Mazda RX-7, 92 Civic Cx, 87 Mazda RX-7 TII

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        • wesholeW Offline
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          weshole
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          bubba;209146 wrote:
          Black hood on any color car is hot..

          Says El Ricer.

          Alot of people that do that remind me of someone that was too fuckin cheap to paint an aftermarket hood. Same goes for the roof, trunk, fenders, etc. If it was CF, that'd be a different story. If it was sooo L33t, then why doesnt Ferrari, Porsche, Lambo do that on their ultra st00pah stupendous cars? Or anybody else these days for that matter?

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            pink

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              Krazy_Kling
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              ...........rainbow!!!!

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              90 Nissan Sentra
              87 Honda Helix

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              > cmk is the weakest of sauces

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              • JoelJ Offline
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                Joel
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                The only color I would ever consider is black. No I would not paint the hood, a pillars or above the windshield. The reason I would go black is because...

                1. Black makes it appear smaller. The white Hardtop looks too big for the car, and just looks a goofy.
                2. Black is the color of the FACTORY soft top. obviously mazda thought it looked with a black top, as does everyone else. Putting a black hardtop on would be refining the look of the factory soft top, IMO.

                The only reason I would paint it white right now is because of the resale value.

                no race car? becuz homeowner...

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                  Joel;209158 wrote:
                  Black is the color of the FACTORY soft top. obviously mazda thought it looked with a black top, as does everyone else. Putting a black hardtop on would be refining the look of the factory soft top, IMO.

                  The only reason I would paint it white right now is because of the resale value.

                  Mazda offered the hard top as an after build option for someone purchasing a Miata and kept them black to keep manufacturing costs down. It had nothing to do with it matching the factory soft top color. What about the tan soft tops? It never came on the car as from the factory itself. It was a dealer offered option. <u>Do some more homework man</u>. As far as resale value, your right about the resale value being higher with color matched body parts. What do you suppose the reason for that is?

                  It's painfully obvious that you have had your mind made up before you even made this thread and just want to accepted in everyone elses eyes and need further justifcation in making this decision. Man, just do what YOU like. There's no way I'm leaving a decision like that to anybody but myself.

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                    yeah i second the decision of this NOT being made based upon what people on the interwebz think.

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                    • wesholeW Offline
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                      weshole
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                      DelSlow;209166 wrote:
                      yeah i second the decision of this NOT being made based upon what people on the interwebz think.

                      Holy shit d00d. We agree on something. I'm writing this down. LOL.

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                      • DelSlowD Offline
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                        DelSlow
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                        already wrote it in my diary.

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                          JohnW
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                          bass boat fuschia

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                          D16a6/y8 mini me

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                          • JoelJ Offline
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                            weshole;209165 wrote:
                            Mazda offered the hard top as an after build option for someone purchasing a Miata and kept them black to keep manufacturing costs down. It had nothing to do with it matching the factory soft top color. What about the tan soft tops? It never came on the car as from the factory itself. It was a dealer offered option. <u>Do some more homework man</u>. As far as resale value, your right about the resale value being higher with color matched body parts. What do you suppose the reason for that is?

                            It's painfully obvious that you have had your mind made up before you even made this thread and just want to accepted in everyone elses eyes and need further justifcation in making this decision. Man, just do what YOU like. There's no way I'm leaving a decision like that to anybody but myself.

                            LOL, I don't think you get what im saying.... The car came with a SOFT stop that is black. I don;'t get what your saying about black hard tops from the factory. The hard tops were offered colormatched only. I was pointing out the fact that the car has a black soft top and it looks ok...

                            no race car? becuz homeowner...

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                              KA-T_240
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                              If you do black, you should do the a-pillar and the piece above the windshield also.

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                                bill
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                                go black

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                                • wesholeW Offline
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                                  weshole
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                                  Joel;209203 wrote:
                                  LOL, I don't think you get what im saying.... The car came with a SOFT stop that is black. I don;'t get what your saying about black hard tops from the factory. The hard tops were offered colormatched only. I was pointing out the fact that the car has a black soft top and it looks ok...

                                  You didn't get what I was saying. I <u>also</u> said that they made a tan soft top for them. (even white cars had em). Paint the thing tan, black, pink, purple, little rainbows, a bunch of dicks, pictures of your ex gf on there. I could give two shits what you do. You wanted an opinion, and you got it (with sensible reasoning for the opinions). You seem to think you need to justify it further... you don't. Just leave it black for fuck sakes. It's what you want to do anyway. You'll be accepted just fine in your jellybean no matter what you do.

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                                  • wesholeW Offline
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                                    weshole
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                                    KA-T_240;209212 wrote:
                                    If you do black, you should do the a-pillar and the piece above the windshield also.

                                    Hell no!!

                                    That would look like complete ass if the top did come off for any reason down the road.

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                                      bubba
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                                      Wes has a good point, paint it pink and purple rainbows with dicks and pics of your ex gf...

                                      Current Cars:
                                      08 Honda Ruckus - Stunt Machine
                                      93 Subaru Impreza L - DD/ Winter beater
                                      90 Honda CRX - Project car
                                      90 Honda CRX Dx - Burnt (R.I.P.) - Racecar

                                      Past Cars: 85 Chevy C-10, 87 Dodge D-50, 91 Honda Prelude Si, 91 Buick Regal, 91 Acura Integra Ls, 87 Mazda RX-7, 90 Honda Civic Si, 91 Honda Civic Si, 89 Chevy S-10, 91 Honda Crx Hf, 91 Acura Integra Rs, 95 Subaru Impreza L, 92 Acura Integra GSR, 89 Mazda RX-7 (LT1), 88 Mazda RX-7, 92 Civic Cx, 87 Mazda RX-7 TII

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                                        Erik
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                                        God I love you Wes

                                        They call me, old man...

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                                        • JoelJ Offline
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                                          bubba;209224 wrote:
                                          Wes has a good point, paint it pink and purple rainbows with dicks and pics of your ex gf...

                                          I should just paint it skin colored and do the border black. Then I'll wax the top up really nice and it would look like your head!

                                          no race car? becuz homeowner...

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