Was pondering with my rover today and thought of a simple question. Why is the roof on my new disco black? Ive only seen one other picture on the whole internet with a black roof. Certain spec from the dealer maybe? I don't think it is bedliner or whatever, pretty sure its paint. Just wondering... or maybe a previous owner painted it. Any one want to ponder with me?

 

That's not an OEM paint scheme. The paint on Disco roofs peel and chip since, presumably, it's never waxed and exposed to elements. And the clear coat on D2s are garbage. Anyway, this was a cheap fix for the prior owner. Solved.

 

cool, I don’t mind it. Makes it unique!

 

And maybe even a little warmer inside on a clear, cold winter day.

 

I'm not sure he'll be having too many of those in Ventura, but that's wishful thinking! I like that two-tone look there. I think silver is my favorite color of the D2. I'm glad to see some other California rover owners here. I'm in Santa Barbara county, but way up in the mountains in the national forest.

I've got the infamous clear coat failure on the roof and hood... I'm wondering what the previous owner of Aaron's rover had done and if it's advisable to try the same thing with mine, or if there's a generally-acceptable course of attack for this, preferably on the cheap. I was planning to lightly wet-sand it and spray out a new clear coat with rattle cans, covering the rest of the vehicle with plastic sheets and definitely using a respirator. Would it be necessary to sand all the way down to the sheet metal, then repaint and clear? Any other suitable way to deal with this? I'm hoping to do a good enough job without removing the racks on top, but I'll see how easily they remove - of course the headliner inside is sagging too, which I've only dealt with temporarily, using those nifty curly push pins to pin it back up a bit longer. I'm not sure if it would be necessary to remove the headliner first to remove the roof racks.

 

Whoever painted the roof on mine did a fairly good job. It’s smooth and uniform across the whole roof and has zero overspray anywhere. Not sure if I would want to tackle the whole roof with spray paint as it would be difficult to get it even. I think just sanding down through the old clear until smooth and then laying new primer/paint/clear would be fine, but again it’s a big area for spray cans. I read on another thread that in order to remove the roof racks you do have to remove the headliner, so you might as well do both!

Good to hear of a disco owner close by! I tried to go on the Camino Cielo trail the other day, but got all the way there to find it was closed still... bummer.

 

It was pretty common on old Defenders in the middle east/africa to paint the roofs white to reduce interior heating, I would consider doing that with plasti-dip if you are in sunny/warm climate.

 

This^
The AC in my D2 works great, but it's black on black.
In the summer, it was like sitting in an oven with a freezer door open. You could feel the heat from the roof, not to mention the cats through the floor.
I'm going to finish putting radiant barrier throughout the interior before I put it back on the road again.

 

You found the needle in the haystack Black Roof Edition DII. Quick! Post it on eBay for $15,000!

 

Agree with Brandon. I painted the roof of my green D1 black, and it looked great. Its an awesome accent if you color match below the panel line