Trade transparent roof for your Torch Red roof?
#1
Melting Slicks
Thread Starter
Trade transparent roof for your Torch Red roof?
Thinking about picking up a C7 with the transparent roof, but really prefer the painted roof.
Does this type of trade happen often, or do most people prefer the painted roof?
Does this type of trade happen often, or do most people prefer the painted roof?
#2
Burning Brakes
I have seen a couple of posts recently where folks want to make the same trade as you do, from transparent to painted. If I remember correctly, it is because of how hot the inside of the car gets.
#3
Melting Slicks
I traded the transparent top that came with my car with local member who had the same color C7 and got an additional $500 towards the trade which was fair for both of us. I then painted the center section of the roof carbon flash metallic to go with the rest of the trim and still had a few hundred left.
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I have a red top and won't be parting with it, but I know others might.
I had a trans top on one of my C6 coupes and MAN did it get hot in the summer. Unreal. Trans tops are easier to buy later than a matching body colors also
You can buy them through your dealer but THEY paint them, not the factory, so you run the risk of it not matching. I bought one for the C6 that I had the trans top, and the dealer had the stones to paint the B pillar also (to blend it out) without asking me first. I was so PISSED. Never went back...
I had a trans top on one of my C6 coupes and MAN did it get hot in the summer. Unreal. Trans tops are easier to buy later than a matching body colors also
You can buy them through your dealer but THEY paint them, not the factory, so you run the risk of it not matching. I bought one for the C6 that I had the trans top, and the dealer had the stones to paint the B pillar also (to blend it out) without asking me first. I was so PISSED. Never went back...
#6
Drifting
Good Luck
If you're successful you should buy a lotto ticket too .
I ordered my TR and standard 'painted' roof knowing two things. How hot the tinted roof would make it and how good it looks in solid TR.
When I want the 'sky' vision, I just put the roof in it's cradle in the back .
I ordered my TR and standard 'painted' roof knowing two things. How hot the tinted roof would make it and how good it looks in solid TR.
When I want the 'sky' vision, I just put the roof in it's cradle in the back .
#7
Burning Brakes