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Mmmm... Hardtop!

 




What's better than dropping the top on your roadster on a warm summer evening? Well, depending on the amount of snow on the ground and the temperature, having a hardtop with a defroster may actually be better. A roadster with a removable hardtop may be the finest automobile type ever invented...

I purchased my hardtop from a local Spec Miata shop for a very very nice price. The top came from a customer that couldn't pay for some maintenance work, so he offered the hardtop off his 99. Great deal for me. The only catch was that it came in Emerald green. A quick trip to a painter and $200 produced a matching Montego hardtop for Sharka. The paint matches very well. Check out the following pix.

Sharka and S2000 with hardtops posing for pictures
2006: Here's something a little different. Not every day you see a Miata and an S2000 posing with their hardtops.

Hardtops from the rear. Stripes and Sharka plate highlighted
2006: The lines of both cars are really accentuated by the hardtops. They look somehow sportier, if that's even possible.

Shared Mazda and Honda DNA is clearly visible.
2006: No, I didn't buy an S2000. It belongs to a buddy. These were taken after finishing the S2000 hardtop install. Looks great!

Montego blue painted hardtop with polished Rota Circuit 8 wheels
2005: A freshly washed car and hardtop. The matching color and stripes really change the look of the car.

Mazda hardtop fits over the Harddog hardcore rollbar just fine.
2005: The rollbar you see through the rear window is a Harddog Hardcore non-hardtop model. The hardtop fits fine!

Clean Miata paint in the late afternoon shadows make for a pretty picture
2005: Playing with the field depth on my camera to blur the background really makes the car pop.

1999 model hardtop in original emerald green color. It is, of course, striped.
2003: Right after I picked up the hardtop. It's still painted emerald green, but looks pretty good.

Emerald green looks decent on a montego blue Miata.
2003: The top of my parking structure is a great place for photos.

Sharka in his parking structure. Sharka loves his space.
2003: Sharka parked in his stall, one level under the roof.

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