I live in the midwest and keep my Smart outside. With a black roof, it gets quite hot when left out in the sun. Has anyone investigated painting the roof white? (I have a white Pure and will change the body to yellow (I've purchased the panels already), but the white roof would still work for me)
With info from SATO, "the solid roof is made of PU poly urethane. this info is from the smart technicians training manual."
Has anybody painted a Pure roof? Did you sand down or fill the texture? What type of paint did you use?
I am a bit frustrated by not having much technical information available other than the aftermarket DVD shop manual that does not offer much information. I'd like to purchase that technician training manual. Does anyone have details?
And yes, I was sure that technology has improved in the 30 years since GM was offering the soft bumpers. Obviously, the proper techniques and materials were available then, but either the painters were not trained or they didn't bother. While not a painting professional, I get a reasonable variety of the industry technical periodicals, and the array of plastics used in cars today is likely daunting to the average body repair professional.
Heck, when I started working on cars back in the 50s as a kid, virtually all the bodies were steel, lead was used to do filling of seams, and lacquer was the paint of choice. Today, the Smart, per what I see, has at least THREE different plastics on the exterior plus powder coated steel, each with a different finish requirement, at least for optimal results.
Cheers and thanks, Bob
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