Roll Call - Roadsters with Hard Tops....

[deni2s]

I've had the headliner partially off to replace one of the latches, and there wasn't any insulation underneath. Still, it's quieter and warmer than the convertible.

Well I don't think it's actually warmer. Quieter - yes, as fiberglass still insulates sound better than soft top.

[rasmuw]

Well I don't think it's actually warmer. Quieter - yes, as fiberglass still insulates sound better than soft top.

When I bought the car two years ago, I drove it home from Florida in early January with the hardtop in place. I did not have to turn the heat up as high as I do now to maintain a comfortable temperature. Maybe it was fairly warm those two and a half days. I haven't had the hardtop on since so I'll admit that I haven't been able to try both tops on the same day. When my head and shoulders feel cold, I add some defrost into the mixture, and feel the top with my hand--it's cold. I think the dead air space between the hardtop and the liner functions as the insulator.

[Randy Forbes]

I mainly painted mine because the rest of the car looked like crap. I had a miss matched rear fender, failing clear coat, and scrapes all over both my bumpers. I like the top matching but I don't think it looked bad in silver with the blue either. I think Black would look pretty good on any color roadster also.

Agreed--at a glance, it would resemble most soft-tops.

You'd think that, but to my eye, and not being overly critical, it still doesn't look right. There are very few combinations that I could live with (I've added a few newly acquired and mis-matched hdtps on people's cars to see them firsthand); my black top on my gray car looks bad, but with no alternative, I could live with a steel gray top on the cosmos black car. The above mentioned silver top on a blue car I can imagine works okay; maybe it's the the lighter color on top that is the underlying factor?

Just as a case in point, I am aware of no factory-fitted hdtps that were painted in any color other than that of the car they came with. I expect the stylists in Munich toyed with many possible combinations to conclude that nothing improved on the same/same color combination (a lot easier to mix paint than sew up a batch of red or blue canvas tops, which were available).

[amancuso]

I finally got a factory matched color hardtop for my Topaz Z3.

[JRez36]

2001 Topaz Blue Metallic bought a few months ago. Picked up the HT this week in Estoril blue and plan to repaint to match. Don't have a pic as I haven't installed the top just yet but plan to this week after a main part comes in.

[Meeners]

I've been trying to find one for a while now to no avail. Most of them are far away and nobody wants to ship to Cincinnati. At this point I really just need a hardware kit.

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2001 Topaz Blue Metallic bought a few months ago. Picked up the HT this week in Estoril blue and plan to repaint to match. Don't have a pic as I haven't installed the top just yet but plan to this week after a main part comes in.

My car is Estoril Blue, any chance you would want to make some money? I'd be willing to pay more than you have in i to get a color matching one.

[Venom13132]

I have a silver Hardtop for sale now if anyone is looking. Located in Indianapolis.

[aba4430]

Sent you a PM. Thx.