Paint roof on Blizzard Pearl a gloss black?

I hadn't seen anything in a while regarding the whole black-roof-on-blizzard-pearl-or-not, so thot I'd get feedback from you other fine Prii owners.... I have decided to paint the entire roof, sharkfin, and upper rear hatch spoiler gloss black about 100 times now, then I change my mind every time. It's only $200 to paint the roof the gloss black to match the other areas on my bodykit that will be gloss black. There is not anywhere around to do the vinyl wrap, so that's not an option, unfortunately. So, does anyone else have any experience w/ doing this? The gloss black, the first time I saw it on some of the bodykit, is like liquid glass (truly a grand piano lacquer-look finish, surprisingly). However, my concern is would the rear hatch spoiler/sharkfin stand out more if I leave the roof its stock white, or paint it all black? I really went thru a lot to find the rear hatch spoiler that went with the Kaira rear wing angles and the sharkfin...so would it just blend in if it was black, or stand out just as much?

upper rear hatch spoiler/sharkfin:









Kaira rear hatch wing:





The center of the Kaira rear wing IS the gloss black, but that doesn't seem to require the roof to be black, also, since Kaira pictures it on a white-roofed Prius. I have to give them my final decision now, and I am TORN! I like all-white cars (everything white), but I also like the gloss black accents on the white cars, too. I do sit an occasional item on the roof of my car to open the door when my hands are full, so I've tossed around the possibility of scratches on the gloss black paint. What if the paint chips from a rock on the interstate....then I've got a white roof showing thru... !??!?!?

 

I love the look of the cars w/ the glossy black roof, but I want things to show up more....so I'm leaning toward leaving it white.

 

Yeah, I looked around to see if I could get that done here, but nobody does that w/in 1 1/2 hours distance from me, which isn't an option since I have my grandmother to watch/care for. My hands/thumbs are too shot from piano playing to do it myself, or I'd have considered that, since you can just buy the sheets online. I just can't do those types of tedious things anymore. I have to hold/grip stuff between my index fingers and my middle fingers (bend my fingers like when you pretend you stole a little kid's nose) cause my thumbs are totally "socketless" now. Example:

Docs say they can do surgery, but recovery/rehab is about a year (of no working) per hand, and then there's no guarantee I'd be able to play piano any longer afterward, and they'd eventually go back to how they are now..... So, that seems like a total waste of time and would be unnecessary inconvenience on several levels! Gotta save what little strength/dexterity I have left and worry 'bout making a living! lol! Installing the tail lights about killed me, so I don't think I'd ever brave anything like strategically wrapping the roof and sharkfin and rear hatch spoiler in the gloss black vinyl by myself.

 

I bet the wait is killing u!

I bought my sharkfin in white, although it's never been put on the car yet. So, it did seem unsettling to me (although it's a tiny piece) to paint it black after I purposefully bought it in white! lol

 

lol! I could have bought a solar roof to start with, but there was no benefit to me from getting it. I have driven 3 sports convertibles before, and mighta put the tops down once. I don't crack the windows, don't open sunroofs, etc. I try to keep my inside air free from the dust and other road crap being dispersed at me! If it had done more, like charge the batteries, for example, then it would have been more appealing. I had intended to put in custom stereo/dvd/nav from the beginning, so the nav wasn't appealing to me. I do like the look of the black roof on white cars, though. But, I like white roofs, too! lol

 

I musta had a dumb butt salesman then! Mom called me from work and told me to go pick out a new car one day and then she'd go pay for it when she got off work that day. I picked out 2 (as I've mentioned in previous posts in other threads), the new yellow Camaro (for my "reminisce days"...), and a Prius for my tech side. She decided on the Prius...) Anyway, I had a day to pick one out, and the salesperson said that the solar thing would open up the sunroof to cool the car. So, I took his word for it and knew that was of NO interest to me. Oh, well....he got a sale anyway! lol

 

Gosh, I can't stand being downwind of a smoker... Gag!

the only reason I'd find the solar roof appealing is just for the idea of having a black roof. But, I guess I've decided to stick with the white roof and sharkfin I've got and paint the upper hatch spoiler white, also. I'm afraid I'd lose detail by doing black. Then again, I could do a big flag on top of my car like the Mini Cooper! lol

 

yeah, I might have gone with the solar roof one if I'd have had time to research all about it, the car, etc.....but I only had one day to pick out which car(s) I wanted mother to pick from before she got off work...and I knew I would never open the sunroof....especially if it was gonna open by itself! lol

 

The salesman is actually a total arse to me now whenever I happen to be at the dealership for anything. I had called the dealership before I went there that day to make sure that they even had any Prii. Of course, they transferred me to some salesperson to talk to. Once I found out they had a couple, I ended the call and went there (after I went to the Chevy dealership to pick out a Camaro). Well, the one I bought was sitting in the showroom, so I could see/check out everything I wanted right there. When I went back later to meet my mother when she went to pay for it, the sales manager asked me if I had talked to any other sales people. I told him that I had only dealt with the one guy in person, except for the dude on the phone that had just let me know that they had some Prii there. Well, the sales manager actually made the guy who I dealt with in person SPLIT the sale w/ the dude I had talked to for 10 seconds on the phone... Well, my sales dude was NOT happy. Since that time, he has actually blown me off or ignored me every single time I've seen him at the dealership.