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Old May 11, 2010 | 01:55 PM
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Black. Easier to Resell, easier to paint match. Look at a Yellow CR for reference. Plus - that's a lot of yellow.
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Old May 11, 2010 | 09:32 PM
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I think this decision comes down to what wheels you will have ont the car. If you want to do a Rio car, Rio top and white wheels that would look ok. Rio car, black top, and black wheels would look good to. For me yellows and reds are the hardest colors to match. No matter how long you spend mixing the paint its always a little off.

Any nice gloss or semi gloss would look good. It would also be a little easier in the long and short term.
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Old May 11, 2010 | 09:47 PM
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I'd probably paint it BB, it'll look good + easier for resale because it matches pretty much any body color.
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Old May 12, 2010 | 04:36 AM
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Originally Posted by shadow36,May 11 2010, 09:35 AM
Do what you want, but my personal opinion is that yellow looks TERRIBLE with a body matched hard-top
I wouldn't say terrible but I haven't like the yellow hardtops that I've seen. Go with what you want, OP. If you listen to popular opinion you might as well go with pink IMO.
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Old May 12, 2010 | 05:53 AM
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I think I'm gonna go with black and paint it BB.. I have powder coated black rims and I think it'll look great.
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Old May 12, 2010 | 06:07 AM
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Originally Posted by 04sss2000,May 12 2010, 05:53 AM
I think I'm gonna go with black and paint it BB.. I have powder coated black rims and I think it'll look great.
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Old May 13, 2010 | 07:09 AM
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Originally Posted by shadow36,May 11 2010, 12:35 PM
Do what you want, but my personal opinion is that yellow looks TERRIBLE with a body matched hard-top. Not to mention that Rio is a REALLY hard color to match even for body shops.

I personally would definitely go with black (doesn't really matter what kind since the car is not black) if I were to go for a hard top.
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Old May 13, 2010 | 07:22 AM
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black
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Old May 13, 2010 | 09:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Vinsfeld,May 13 2010, 07:09 AM
don't worry i saw a spa locally with a hardtop and it was sexy. color matched tops ftw!

to the OP i would go rio. but it's your car so you do what you want.
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Old May 13, 2010 | 12:00 PM
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Yellow.

Black looks like you bought a used hardtop and couldn't afford to have it colormatched.
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