I had painted the interior and rollbar before I assembled these bits. But, I chose the wrong color. Didn't match the interior very well. Duh.
Tip. Pick your paint color based on the available interior colors. Interior colors are limited, but paint colors are almost limitless. Lesson learned.
Painting the interior bits before assembling them is very desirable, because painting these items later requires significant prep and masking, which I HATE. The following photos show the masking required for painting the rollbar and the baggage area when they are different colors...my case:
The other reason to paint these before assembly is that the rivets provide a cool, I think, contrast to the paint color. Oh, well.. I wasn't about to disassemble the rollbar for that. But, it would have looked better, I think.
Tip. Pick your paint color based on the available interior colors. Interior colors are limited, but paint colors are almost limitless. Lesson learned.
Painting the interior bits before assembling them is very desirable, because painting these items later requires significant prep and masking, which I HATE. The following photos show the masking required for painting the rollbar and the baggage area when they are different colors...my case:
The other reason to paint these before assembly is that the rivets provide a cool, I think, contrast to the paint color. Oh, well.. I wasn't about to disassemble the rollbar for that. But, it would have looked better, I think.
