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Old Jun 1, 2006 | 02:56 AM
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Im replacing my completely worn out top next week... its originally black, but i was thinking of changing it to grey...

anybody done this before? my car is silver, anybody seen something similar? any ideas; light or dark grey top?

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Old Jun 1, 2006 | 09:16 AM
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Keep it black
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Old Jun 1, 2006 | 09:47 AM
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Where would you find a gray top?
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Old Jun 1, 2006 | 07:20 PM
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Originally Posted by 99SS'Vert
Keep it black
Indeed.
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Old Jun 1, 2006 | 08:35 PM
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Old Jun 2, 2006 | 11:14 AM
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my friend has a shop that custom makes tops... hes done them for a bunch of cars before and the fit is like its from the factory... so no one is with the grey top idea?

i was thinking of having the top a bit darker than the body color... anybody seen pix of stuff like this before?
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Old Jun 2, 2006 | 11:10 PM
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Stay black. Not feeling the grey idea. PM me the cost and how it turns out. I really need to have my top done aswell.
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Old Jun 3, 2006 | 09:10 PM
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I don't know. Gray sounds good to me. You should try to photoshop a picture.
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Good idea. A PS would help alot. Now that I think about it it would set it apart for sure.
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Old Jun 3, 2006 | 09:53 PM
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Originally Posted by 4ced
my friend has a shop that custom makes tops...
How custom can he go? This is probably over the edge, but can you also get the orange stripes on it?
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Old Jun 5, 2006 | 02:38 AM
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lol, i dont think so. actually im gonna repaint the whole car to be silver with darker silver ghost effect stripes (ie they show from one angle, and from another angle its like the car has no stripes). so i just want a plain grey top to match the whole silver theme
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