Red Car, Black Hardtop - Paint it????

Anonymous · February 8, 2004, 17:52

This is my first post, but I should start by thanking everyone who replied to Leon's thread "Hardtop Fixing Guide" as that finally made my mind up to go out & find one!

I picked a black one up yesterday & would welcome your opinions on whether I should get it painted or not s:? :? s:?

Unfortunately I can't get a picture on line but you can imagine what it looks like!!

Anonymous · February 8, 2004, 18:07

At the mids karting meet, we got to see DimWit's red car black hardtop combo. He's thinking of repainting it, but to be honest I thought it looked pretty good.

Anonymous · February 8, 2004, 18:14

I'd second that...
Saw his Red with Black hard top again today and it looks better each time i see it. Is different but looks spot on!

Anonymous · February 8, 2004, 18:20

I think black on red would look ok too. You can always get it painted in the summer when your not using it i guess.

Lucky you aint got a blue car with a yellow roof or it could look like this!

*shudder!*

Slacey · February 8, 2004, 18:48

I take it you two did that for a laugh s:wink: :wink: s:wink:

markiii · February 8, 2004, 18:52

I fetched the blue for him on my car, it looked interesting.

So we thought we'd try it teh otherway, just incase any colourblind people wondered if it would look good or not.
s:lol: :lol: s:lol:

Anonymous · February 8, 2004, 19:25

Hmm, now i'm really confused - just saw the colour coded vents group buy & am thinking - gotta be red if I want some vents as well!!

markiii · February 8, 2004, 19:27

nah, red vents and black hardtop would be fine.

Anonymous · February 8, 2004, 19:31

its not a very clear pic but you get the general idea.
http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/street/pr37/mr2/9cars2.jpgthe one at the back.

Anonymous · February 8, 2004, 19:31

Markii, they are headed up as '03 vents, they haven't changed since 51 plate have they? would they definately fit??

markiii · February 8, 2004, 19:32

03 vents will fit pre-03 cars and vice versa if you really wanted too.

many including myself have already done this.

Anonymous · February 8, 2004, 19:33

Well if you do get it painted, get something creative like a Japanese rising sun motif so you can stand out for half the year and then back to the softtop s:wink: :wink: s:wink:

Anonymous · February 8, 2004, 19:33

check out the group buy.mine should be delivered tommorrow.4 days from japan, how thats fast.

Anonymous · February 8, 2004, 19:34

Quote from: "Roadblade"Markii, they are headed up as '03 vents, they haven't changed since 51 plate have they? would they definately fit??

They are a different design, this is what they look like:

m http://www.mr2-roadster.co.uk/photos/fi ... 300005.jpg m

Anonymous · February 8, 2004, 19:50

Thanks guys, I have just ordered the vents through paypal, hmm better hide from my wife for a while s:evil: :evil: s:evil:

I'm not sure about the whole Japan rising sun idea though!!

Tem · February 8, 2004, 20:41

JMHO, but you might wanna consider painting the windshield frame black, if you're using a black hardtop. I did some Photoshopping with the idea and I liked it...

Should go pretty well with the black softtop as well and it didn't look like it would look weird when you're topless either. Can't seem to find the pics I made, would've posted them...

Anonymous · February 8, 2004, 21:10

Roadblade

I think it would look great matt black!

Anonymous · February 8, 2004, 21:21

Roadsterman - good luck with that silvertop (by the way my ebay ID is pugblade - now u make the connection!!) remnants of owning a Pug a while ago!!

Chris · February 10, 2004, 14:33

Quote from: "jonboy"its not a very clear pic but you get the general idea.
http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/street/pr37/mr2/9cars2.jpgthe one at the back.

there are also some pics here (now very clear again though...)
http://www.mr2roc.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=2516

Anonymous · February 12, 2004, 21:03

Well, silver hardtop fitted tonight on chilli red 2.
Thought I might just put up with colour until summer and re-spray top then.

But it looks great! s:o

s:o

Might live with it... (picture tomorrow).

Anybody think silver/red is weird or embarrassing???

Anonymous · February 12, 2004, 22:06

Quote from: "roadsterman99"Anybody think silver/red is weird or embarrassing???

sounds pretty scary... must see photos though!

Slacey · February 12, 2004, 22:16

Not as scary as your blue car with Mark's yellow top on though I would have thought s:lol: :lol: s:lol:

Anonymous · February 13, 2004, 19:48

As promised pictures of silver hardtop on my chilli red 2:

Sorry about the small size but pinched them from my website.

Well, what do you think?

Slacey · February 13, 2004, 20:05

Initial impressions aren't too bad, some bigger pics would be nice.

heathstimpson · February 14, 2004, 07:18

Looks ok as the hood matches the alloys; different s8)

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