Pics/advice needed-Painted hardtop interior

[ChattVol]

I'm considering painting the interior on hardtop black or grey to spruce up the white styrofoam look and sound deaded if possible. Anybody done this and have recommendations? Will you post pics? Thanks!

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[PapaJoe]

I haven’t done it, but I’ve heard of others Plasti-Dipping their hard top interior. Good thing about dipping it is that you can peel it off of you don’t like it or want to go back to stock. I’m thinking about it myself. Black might make it too dark, so I’m thinking maybe grey. Post pics of whatever you wind up doing and good luck!

 

[Dan S]

I'm considering painting the interior on hardtop black or grey to spruce up the white styrofoam look and sound deaded if possible. Anybody done this and have recommendations? Will you post pics? Thanks!

Lots of Frog Tape. Remove weather seals as possible, or mask over them. Give yourself a full day.

Also added Hotheads headliner and Sound Assassin strips at the same time. It all makes the top look like it belongs on the Jeep, instead of being an afterthought. The sound quality also dramatically improved for the stereo since it isn't just an echo chamber anymore.

 

[ChattVol]

Lots of Frog Tape. Remove weather seals as possible, or mask over them. Give yourself a full day.

Also added Hotheads headliner and Sound Assassin strips at the same time. It all makes the top look like it belongs on the Jeep, instead of being an afterthought. The sound quality also dramatically improved for the stereo since it isn't just an echo chamber anymore.

Looks great! I've always thought the headliners were more for aesthetics and sound deadening/heat blocking was an unproven marketing ploy. I'd love for someone to do an unbiased sound test in a JL to prove results. So you spent $600 on headliners/spray paint/tape and probably 8 hours labor? Was it worth it?

IMHO, the $550 on headliners isnt justifiable. I wonder if there is a thinner spray foam type of coating that has some sound deadening properties that you could use in place of the headliners? That would be awesome..

 

[Pic18]

Does the paint wear away where the knobs for freedom top removal are?

 

[Dan S]

Did you do any surface prep(sanding, wipe down, etc.)?

Light sanding, followed by an acetone wipe down.

 

[Dan S]

Looks great! I've always thought the headliners were more for aesthetics and sound deadening/heat blocking was an unproven marketing ploy. I'd love for someone to do an unbiased sound test in a JL to prove results. So you spent $600 on headliners/spray paint/tape and probably 8 hours labor? Was it worth it?

IMHO, the $550 on headliners isnt justifiable. I wonder if there is a thinner spray foam type of coating that has some sound deadening properties that you could use in place of the headliners? That would be awesome..

If I bought another Jeep tomorrow, I would spend this weekend doing this all again.

I don't know how much heat/cold insulation they provide, but the Jeep actually stays cooler when parked in the sun than my X-terra ever did. I can only credit the headliner from Hot Heads. The sound deadening wasn't as noticeable for highway driving as I expected, but the improvement to the stereo by damping the roof was huge. I had been rethinking my decision to pay for the Alpine upgrade, but after the Sound Assasin and Headliner install I couldn't be more pleased.

 

[Dan S]

Does the paint wear away where the knobs for freedom top removal are?

I masked any area where they moved, so no issues.

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