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roving disco2

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I just purchased my third d2 and the roof has a couple of patches where the clearcoat has been burned away from the Arizona sun. Anyhow, I thought about getting the roof sprayed a flat black to go along with the hood black out that I am putting on. Both would be sprayed on my 01 d2 that is kinda a sage color. Anyone ever seen one do this before? would it be to much black? or can people see my idea as something crazy wierd?:D

t.i.a.
 

Justin Kurosaki

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I'm going to rhino line the very top of mine. Not the whole thing, but just the top. I have a bunch of gouges from crap hanging off my roof rack. Though mine is black, so it shouldn't be too visible.

White is definitely cool looking on green.
 

LRflip

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Ive seen it just a few times but I think it looks great....the white. The white on the very top above the gutter rails looks great man. Especially with that green and a roofrack. and it will keep the heat off the car a little better.
 

Epsom_D2

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Next time my roof rack comes off I'm planning on having the roof of my Green DII painted green. Think about it from 03-04 the headlamps look more defender like and the white top will look classic plus the benefits in the Florida sun will be much appreciated. I think you'll be unhappy with the additional heat that a flat black paint will create in the cab.

just my $.02

good luck with whatever you do,
S-P
 

landrovered

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I saw a D90 in Costa Rica that the guy painted the entire vehicle in Rhinoliner. It was gray and looked awesome. For a trail truck it is worth considering.

As for the black/white car controversy...From the Dallas news

"He parked a red Buick Lucerne, a white Chevrolet Impala and a black Saab SUV on a concrete parking lot in Carrollton one afternoon in mid-July. All were late-model, low-mileage vehicles.
There were thermometers in each car, and readings were taken every five minutes between 2 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.
The temperature outside ranged from a toasty 93 to a torrid 102.
The red Lucerne was left to bake with its windows up. The white Impala started the test with its windows down a quarter of the way, and they were lowered all the way at 3:40 p.m. The black Saab had darkly tinted windows that were left up.
At 4:20 p.m., when the temperature hit 102 degrees outside, the black Saab with gangster glass rolled up tight registered an interior temperature of 125.8. The white Impala with the windows down had an interior temperature of 127.2 degrees, and the red Lucerne with untinted windows up all the way was sizzling at 139.5 degrees. "

"The exterior of a black car gets hotter than a white car, but it does not get transferred to the interior any more than in a white car," he said. "Try this experiment: Take your hand and put it on the headliner. It's not very hot. The energy that heats up the inside of a car comes through the windows."

I live in Georgia and drive a black RRC every day. I have window guards that allow me to park it and lock it with the windows cracked to let the heat out. They help quite a bit. If your don't have those then you could leave the sun roof open to let the heat out.
 

antichrist

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Not a very good test. For an accurate test they would have to be the same make model vehicles as they all have differing amounts of glass, glass at different angles and different interior dimensions.
I'm not surprised a paper printed such an article, given most newpapers' grasp of science.
 

lordkenyon

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Mythbusters did a somewhat more scientific test. Same vehicles, one white, one black and found not surprisingly that the black vehicle was hotter than the white one.

Wikipedia said:
A fan wrote in and asked a follow up question: "Does the color of a car affect the way it heats up?". The MythBusters used two identical cars, one black the other white and left them both out in the summer heat with thermometers in both. By mid-afternoon the black car had heated up to a temperature of 135°F (55.5°C) while the white car topped off at 126°F (52.2°C), 9°F (3.3°C) cooler.

They said it was significantly hotter, however, they through that word around a lot and frankly, it pisses me off. I really doubt they did any statistical analysis whatsoever to determine if it really was significant. They try to be scientific, but fail all the time on the basic analysis of the results.... okay, rant off.

You can get Rhino lining in any color, right? Seems like a white Rhino lined top would be ideal.
 
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2FUELS

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Try this test here when its 10 below zero, either way, its going to be butt-wrenchin HOT or butt-wrenchin COLD. I'm thinking about stripping the paint off and polishing all that shiny aluminum to a mirror finish...
 
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CoyGlasscock

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The reason for the flat black hood is to reduce glare and eye fatigue. The black itself will produce more heat than the gloss sage you have. Another option that looks great (in my warped opinon) is to spray the hood with a flat version of the same sage color and do the roof to match. The flat sage paint on the hood will serve the same purpose as the flat black and will not produce as much heat. You can also go with Rino Liner mixed to that same flat sage color to do everything on the lower portions of the vehical to resist road gravel and flying rocks from the tires.
Just my 3 cents (inflation).
 

robertf

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has anyone really ever had eye fatigue from a glossy hood?

I haven't noticed anything in my shiney red disco compared to my faded black disco.

As for the testing, I bet if they had the A/C running there would be a big difference in black and white cars.
 

4Runner

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I have a white Disco, a white Taco, and a black 4Runner and lived in Florida for a long time. I really didn't notice much difference between them. Kick'in it old school with the green/white combo is really cool. A good friend of mine has a VW bug that is completly painted with Rhinoliner. I would consider that for my next paint job on anything I'll take off road.
 

roving disco2

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I have had many cars, in many colors, and they are all pretty da*n hot in phoenix not matter what. My main transportation last year was an all black urquattro with no air, so iI am sure any extra heat wouldn't be noticed with my air on. I just was wondering if you guys think it would be too much black on the car...I do like the idea of a flat sage on the hood and roof, but definetly not the white on green combo on my d2. The green white is meant for the old series vehicles. Thanx for the comments so far. :-]
 

drsus

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flat black would absorb an insane amount heat....if that matters.... but I dont think it would be too much black at all.