Painting the top of a 1g? yes or no

[Pyrice4]

The black top part of my 91 eclipse is faded and has spider web cracks all over so im going to paint it. The car is Brazil Green right now. I going to keep it that color but put 2 black racing stripes down the middle. What should I do with the top? Paint it black with a heavy coat of clear coat like it is stock? or Paint it the same as the rest of the body(brazil green) and continue the stripes across it?

 

[matt98eclipse]

I would paint it black but blacks a harder color to paint, it will show up every little mistake! U should check out my 98 eclipse that i painted http://www.myspace.com/matt98eclipse let me know what u think!

 

[Dorifto]

I think the 1G cars look best with a black top for the most part. Of course, there will always be some exception, but I say stick with the black top. I suppose you could "Targa Stripe" it and paint the B pillar and roof section body color, with the actual roof black still.

Hope that made sense.

 

[codyw]

i would paint the roof to match but not do the racing stripes. i think stripes should stay on older american muscle cars

 

[oneyedfatguy]

I agree with Codyw but voted for the green w/stripes just because there wasn't an option for no stripes.

 

[Cs4g63]

Keep it black. They just dont look right when the top is painted the same color.

 

[brute]

Cs4g63 took the words out of my mouth.

 

[TSIMonsteR]

I painted the top of my 1g to match (white) and did not like it near as good as when it was black. If I paint it ever again, the top will be the black that it is suppose to be.

 

[boostin92awd]

I say black with no racing stripes.Racing stripes just look out of place on a dsm.

 

[Pyrice4]

I have a 1991 Pontiac Firebird and 1998 Firebird so im used to the muscle car look, which racing stripes look good on. From the bird to dsm is a BIG change..

 

[Cs4g63]

You do have a point. Muscle cars look good with stripes but DSM's dont fit that look

 

[LordZed]

Well if your a GM man, how about emulating the famous ZR-1 fender stripes. Except use say, Road Race Enginerings color scheme. Just across the driver side fender.

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[wvturbo2]

I have a 1991 Pontiac Firebird and 1998 Firebird so im used to the muscle car look, which racing stripes look good on. From the bird to dsm is a BIG change..

Good choice to leave the firebirds in the past. Very few cars look good with racing stripes imo. Look into carbon its my rice mod of choice

 

[brute]

Look into carbon its my rice mod of choice

I prefer the underbody neons

 

[antlip]

Paint it the stock color and put on several coats of clear, not just 1 big time heavy coat.

 

[Pyrice4]

Alright, I post some pictures soon, I got the car for $550 and Im planning on "riceing" it out, but im going for preformance too. I think im going with a green scheme.

 

[LordZed]

Alright, I post some pictures soon, I got the car for $550 and Im planning on "riceing" it out, but im going for preformance too. I think im going with a green scheme.

WTF Your....intentionaly riceing your car out? thats awsome

 

[Dorifto]

That's brutal honesty, right there.

LordZed, you're tempting me to stripe the "good fender" on my car, RRE/ZR-1 style. Very class idea.

 

[adiffrentcity]

do It Dorifto!

 

[LordZed]

That's brutal honesty, right there.

LordZed, you're tempting me to stripe the "good fender" on my car, RRE/ZR-1 style. Very class idea.

Thanks!
I have a white Talon and I thought it would look good on mine. I like there colors....they kind of remind me of B.A.R. Honda's F-1 color scheme.