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Old Apr 18, 2008 | 07:18 PM
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Has anyone painted their roof?

Ordered my MCS this week in Laser Blue with white top and stripes,and now am thinking that it would look better in a silver top and stipes, but could not find it on the web site. Has anyone painted their roof, or would the rubber seals around it be too much of a problem...Any pics? Thanks!!
 
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Old Apr 18, 2008 | 07:27 PM
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Yes, folks do this...although some use vinyl to they can more easily revert b ack to the original color. Silver is pretty classic, though, so if you wanted to paint I think it would stand the test of time. You shouldn't have any trouble at all, save the cost.
 
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Old Apr 18, 2008 | 08:59 PM
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Sounds like you have a sunroof. The guys at Alta had the roof of one of their cars painted. See this post. They estimated the job would cost $1000. They took the sunroof out as that is the way to do it right, they say. I imagine the price would vary somewhat from place to place.

Vinyl is a less expensive way to go. You can also use perferated vinyl graphics on the sunroof.
http://www.aestheticreations.net/roofgraphics.htm
 
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Old Apr 18, 2008 | 09:50 PM
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Originally Posted by 6spd
Ordered my MCS this week in Laser Blue with white top and stripes,and now am thinking that it would look better in a silver top and stipes, but could not find it on the web site. Has anyone painted their roof, or would the rubber seals around it be too much of a problem...Any pics? Thanks!!
I'm pretty darn sure my local dealer had a laser blue ms (or mcs - not which), 07/08 with a silver roof about a month ago. It looked ok but not as nice as I would have thought from the "idea of it". The white was a sharper look, IMO.
 
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Old Apr 18, 2008 | 09:52 PM
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Originally Posted by 6spd
Ordered my MCS this week in Laser Blue with white top and stripes,and now am thinking that it would look better in a silver top and stipes, but could not find it on the web site. Has anyone painted their roof, or would the rubber seals around it be too much of a problem...Any pics? Thanks!!
If you just ordered, then you might be able to change it before it goes into production...
 
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Old Apr 18, 2008 | 10:10 PM
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Excellent! this is the way I'll go if I want to add hood stripes, etc. I ordered one of the "actual size" decals - that's just too cool.
 
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