Arctic vs Titan

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Tufarlian
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Arctic vs Titan

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How different are Arctic Silver and Titan silver?

If I put an Arctic silver hardtop on a Titan silver car will it look odd?

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I bought my titanium hardtop off a guy who had it fitted to an arctic silver car as he never realised there were two silvers :head:
You could tell, some angles looked worse than others.
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Tufarlian wrote:How different are Arctic Silver and Titan silver?

If I put an Arctic silver hardtop on a Titan silver car will it look odd?

Mark
Hi Mark,

There is enough of a difference that you will notice, if it we me I would not do it, I would forever look at the hardtop knowing it just was not right.

I think :?: Gookah had some pics somewhere.
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Brian H wrote:
Tufarlian wrote:How different are Arctic Silver and Titan silver?

If I put an Arctic silver hardtop on a Titan silver car will it look odd?

Mark
Hi Mark,

There is enough of a difference that you will notice, if it we me I would not do it, I would forever look at the hardtop knowing it just was not right.

I think :?: Gookah had some pics somewhere.

Arctic hardtop on a Titan car...

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Arctic on Arctic:
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To be honest I struggled to tell the difference, unlike when you have the two cars side by side.
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Looks different at the back, the hardtop back edge looks bluish
but the side view looks ok
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The pics don't show the extent of the difference in my opinion (auto cameras will try to compensate and balance out the colours).

IMHO I would never do it as it just looks like you've had a naff paint job on the roof re the obvious colour mismatch.

You would be much better off with a total contrast of black or the correct silver.
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Its a roadster, Its not meant to have a hardtop :shock:
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Thanks for the comments guys. Mixed views were to be expected I guess :-)

I am concerned about it just looking like a bad paint match so maybe I'll be patient and wait for a Titanium one.

And yes, roadster it is and roof should be down but circumstances have changed and it is currently having to work a little for its living.

Cheers

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Jamezee wrote:Its a roadster, Its not meant to have a hardtop :shock:
On that note I'm thinking about selling the hardtop 'Artic silver'
its looks great on car ,but dont thiink i'll ever use it
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theres very little difference and the perceived difference is more down to the fact you know its the wrong colour .in fact the formulations for both colours is very similar :wink:
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