Finally got around to painting the hardtop. Here in Az the heat gets unbearable with the hardtop. Anyone in a hot climate should know what I'm talking about...the top gets so hot it burns to touch it. I masked sanded and painted the top white using Rustoleum Universal White gloss. I masked off just around the inside edge and it's hardly noticeable unless you jump up to look at it. It performs even better than I had hoped keeping the interior MUCH cooler. I highly recommend this to anyone in hot climates and everyone comments it looks stock. While I was at it I also used duplicolor truck bed liner to cover the inside. It looks much cleaner all blacked out. IMO the tops should ahve come like this stock. For anyone who is considering this the rustoleum on the exterior covered easily and formed a nice shell. The duplicolor was much harder to apply evenly, especially with all the bends in the tops, and I recommend using 'many extremely' light coats rather than a few 'normal' light coats to avoid irregularities.

Can't even tell...you can see the ridges sometimes but only if your looking for it






Masked off just inside of the lip


Masked off just before the rear tapers off


Interior:




Many very light coats yielded an even layer

 

sounds like a smart idea. nice work!

 

other than to the touch does it really make anything cooler? here in florida it doesn't matter what color your vehicle is.... it's hot!

 

Does it work?

 

I put on my hard top 2 days ago....its alot hotter the the soft top....

So the soft top is going back on...

 

looks like an FJ.

but hey, if it works....

 

dude, very nice! it looks good and that should work very nice!

after going that far ... you should paint some cardboard with the same reflective white paint to put in the windows.

 

Yea it really does actually. Before my head would be sweating while the rest of my body was cool with the ac on cuz the heat would radiate down from the roof. It was 108 yesterday and the roof felt just warm on the inside instead of burning hot.

 

Hah..naw it doesn't you can't even tell unless your standing on the bumper to take pics of it

 

what is that circle thing on your sound/light/roll bar?