Textured black or body color match hard top?

[Swaybird]

Textured black or body color match hard top, what’s your preference?

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[jay21mojave]

Ordered mine Black to break up all the solid color Snazberry. some colors do look very good with fenders & top body color.

 

[Swaybird]

Ordered mine Black to break up all the solid color Snazberry. some colors do look very good with fenders & top body color.

Yeah I have the black textured on Hydro Blue Rubicon with body match fenders and it looks great! I agree it does create some contrast.

 

[A 2]

Black textured is my vote. I had a color matched top on our old JK. I was always afraid of scratching the freedom panels taking them on an off all the time.

 

[dstephns]

Black texture painted top, body-color fenders on white. Had a choice for either all painted or mine. For me, it was just a little too much white all painted body color so I took the black top. I will admit that living in Phoenix AZ the white top would have been the practical way to go but who's practical if you own a jeep. LOL!
Dave

 

[Weasel Caesar]

Black, 100%. I've always liked the "default" bi-tone color of a classic Jeep. Heck, a lot of car manufacturers charge extra for dual-color options. Jeep is probably the only one in the game that charges extra to make it all one color ?

For me, the black top (and fenders, to a lesser extent) make the Jeep "pop" - and as others have pointed out, helps break up the color. It's just the way Jeeps are "supposed" to look. But as with all things aesthetic, your opinion may vary!

 

[NachoRuby]

I think it depends on your base color, but for me, on my nacho vehicle, I like the look of the black top and fenders. A bright color like nacho needs something to tone it down a little. But then, I saw an all nacho gladiator on the interstate the other day and it looked good too. I like the black fenders on my jeep though, because they tend to hide my scratches a little more. When I scratch the black fenders, it's just more black underneath. Unfortunately, the hardtop is just white fiberglass underneath. Ask me how I know

 

[mog]

I have to say for me it depends on the color. I like matching Nacho and Gobi but on some of the other colors, the two-tone look is nice. Or be an oddball like me, unpainted black fenders, Sting-Gray body, and Granite Crystal Metalic roof.

 

[NachoRuby]

I have to say for me it depends on the color. I like matching Nacho and Gobi but on some of the other colors, the two-tone look is nice. Or be an oddball like me, unpainted black fenders, Sting-Gray body, and Granite Crystal Metalic roof.

So who has your roof? Or did someone else switch to a soft top?

 

[Swaybird]

Black texture painted top, body-color fenders on white. Had a choice for either all painted or mine. For me, it was just a little too much white all painted body color so I took the black top. I will admit that living in Phoenix AZ the white top would have been the practical way to go but who's practical if you own a jeep. LOL!
Dave

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[mog]

So who has your roof? Or did someone else switch to a soft top?

I think my Gladiator ran through the paint shop on the day Old Man Johnson retired and there too much beer flowing on the low-low during the retirement lunch?

Na, it worked out really well. Another board member has a Granite Gladiator and is installing a Go-Fast Camper that is textured black, so we swapped tops. My unpainted texture top will make a perfect transition from that camper to his truck with my top on, and I like the painted, but a darker color top on mine. As they say win-win . . . . well other than he is rollin' on 37s and looking awesome, so now I 'need' 37s on mine.

 

[BLK HOLE]

To me colored fenders and tops look like shit.
More than that the tops chip easily if you remove them. So the painted ones always look even worse as they age.

 

[TexasTJ]

I have to say for me it depends on the color. I like matching Nacho and Gobi but on some of the other colors, the two-tone look is nice. Or be an oddball like me, unpainted black fenders, Sting-Gray body, and Granite Crystal Metalic roof.

Oddly enough, it works. But you’re making my eye twitch knowing they’re different grays.

I like the black top to break up the color match, and color matched flares. I hate the way the textured black flares turn gray over the years.

 

[JDMRN81]

It’s really personal preference. Most of the colors I like color matched top and fenders.

IMO color matched fenders are a must…..the flat black makes the body look narrow and doesn’t give any contrast with the tires. Color matched fenders make the tires/wheels stand out more IMO.

 

[GOCAMPN]

I really like the color matched roof on the JT, for Wranglers I prefer black but for some reason I switched on the Gladiator. Fenders I like either way. My personal JT has black for both but honestly, I just didn't feel like paying more. But I got lucky with the Crystal Metallic or whatever the official color is, in most light you can't even tell.

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