[NC State]

Our car is black. On other color cars is the back part of the roof(the part the sun roof slides under, black, regardless of the car color? It is hard to tell from most pictures, besides, many pictures have the roof in the trunk. I was curious if that panel is black and is it the same world wide.

 

[dannydutton]

Hi

I can confirm that the roof is black on my silver Eos.

Danny

 

[nail-z-gull]

I can confidently say yes. At least, all those I've seen have - and I think I've seen at least 1 of each of the colours available in the UK now.

 

[Eos_Up]

Just a guess...

The Eos is primarily a convertible with a hard top. Most convertibles have black rag tops and I think VW wanted the Eos to look a bit like it has a rag top. Also, the sunroof by definition is going to have smoked glass and look black. Therefore, it makes sense to have a continuing black color from the windshield sweeping back to the trunk.

I think it would look hooky to have the back metal piece of the top painted the same color as the car. Now if it were possible to tint the sunroof the same color as the car, that would be a different matter.

Maybe someone with some Photoshop skills should try "painting" the metal part of the roof the same color as the car and post the results here.

 

[neh321]

I can confidently say yes. At least, all those I've seen have - and I think I've seen at least 1 of each of the colours available in the UK now.

You are right; they all are. The back part looks glassy and matches the front part (sunroof) from the outside.

 

[NC State]

I can see how it would give it the convertible look, if you know what it is.
We were looking at used Audi TT's and saw an Eos on the VW lot. We did not know what it was. The shade was pulled so we could not see into the car, and we did not realize it was glass. Later we saw another with the shade back and slowly began to realize what the roof was.
I still have never seen ans Eos ad, billboard, TV commercial etc. You can find video reviews, but nothing by VW, not that I have seen anyway.
I wish I could have the Eos and a TT. Hmm guess that is a little much.

 

[cb391]

The Eos is primarily a convertible with a hard top. Most convertibles have black rag tops and I think VW wanted the Eos to look a bit like it has a rag top. Also, the sunroof by definition is going to have smoked glass and look black. Therefore, it makes sense to have a continuing black color from the windshield sweeping back to the trunk.

I think it would look hooky to have the back metal piece of the top painted the same color as the car. Now if it were possible to tint the sunroof the same color as the car, that would be a different matter.

Maybe someone with some Photoshop skills should try "painting" the metal part of the roof the same color as the car and post the results here.

While you're at it how about removing the black border from the rear window. Just an additional thought. When the top is up, why do I want the convertible look. The car is also considered a coupe. Under this mode I think the black is out of place. None of the other covertible hardtops have a black rear sections and I doubt that even if they had sunroofs, I don't think they would have the black roof.

 

[davidp]

While you're at it how about removing the black border from the rear window. Just an additional thought. When the top is up, why do I want the convertible look. The car is also considered a coupe. Under this mode I think the black is out of place. None of the other covertible hardtops have a black rear sections and I doubt that even if they had sunroofs, I don't think they would have the black roof.

I agree, with the roof up the car looks like a coupe not a convertible so the metal roof should be the same colour as the car.

 

[shorenuf]

I think the way it is sets it apart from other coupe models. At least it is distinctive in that regard. Why would you want your car to look like so many others on the road?

 

[tezmand]

no on no we dont want a roof the same as the rest of the car ! our eos 's are different and i want them to stay that way they are so cool !!!!

 

[cb391]

Doesn't the sunroof make it different enough?

 

[Eos_Up]

Different Strokes for Different Folks...

While you're at it how about removing the black border from the rear window.

I beg to differ with you, but any rag top convertible if it has a black top, also has a black top surrounding the rear window. The only counter point to VW perhaps wanting go make the Eos look a little like a rag top is the painted narrow side on each side of the top.

If you want your top or at least the metal part painted the same color as the rest of the car, there are thousands of paint shops out there that will take your money and paint it ANY color (colour) you want. Before you take that step, I recommend you play around with Photoshop and pre-paint on your computer. You might not like what you see.

I like mine just the way it is and that's what attracted me to the car in the first place.

 

[cb391]

I beg to differ with you, but any rag top convertible if it has a black top, also has a black top surrounding the rear window. The only counter point to VW perhaps wanting go make the Eos look a little like a rag top is the painted narrow side on each side of the top.

If you want your top or at least the metal part painted the same color as the rest of the car, there are thousands of paint shops out there that will take your money and paint it ANY color (colour) you want. Before you take that step, I recommend you play around with Photoshop and pre-paint on your computer. You might not like what you see.

I like mine just the way it is and that's what attracted me to the car in the first place.

At this point we can agree to disagree on this matter. Yes there are many places to take my money to paint the roof, some of which would do a great job and others that wouldn't. Obviously matching the color would be critical. But after taking another look, painting the roof while still having the large black border would not look good. The wide black border helps hide the roof mechanism. The black looks okay with most colors except the Blue you and I have. Kinda reminds me of someone with a Mohawk. One other area of cosmetics I have a problem with is the chrome on the front bumper. I would like to see it in body color. It seems out of proportion. I have seen a photoshop of it in red and it looked pretty good. But this is another subjecvt better left for another discussion. I'll admit that the Eos wasn't my first choice. I actually wanted a Mustang but the wife decided she didn't want a cloth roof. She didn't like the look and because of where we live a cloth roof is a liability. So we went to an auto show here and first looked at the Volvo C70 but wasn't impressed to spend that much money. We saw The Eos in our colors (Eismeer Blue/ Cornsilk) And that was it. We saw the demo of the roof and sunroof and the rest is history. We love the car. It has a few design things that we may not like but we probably would still buy it. Sadly you can't order one here with the Sport package or with the Xenon lights with the 2.0.

 

[Eos_Up]

I'll admit that the Eos wasn't my first choice. I actually wanted a Mustang but the wife decided she didn't want a cloth roof.

I traded in a '95 red Mustang GT convertible that I owned for 12 years for my Eos. The Mustang only had 25,000 and looked perfect. Head to head with the Eos styling, in my opinion, the Mustang won hands down. It was just a good car to arrive somewhere in if people were watching me drive in. I put about 2000 miles a year on the car (mainly in the summer.)

In truth, the car was not fun to drive. Very uncomfortable due to the smallish interior. I had the seat all the way back and my knees still rubbed the dash when driving. I briefly flirted with getting an '04 when the new body style came out as the interior was just slightly bigger, but not enough to close the deal.

Then this past October, I went to the local Auto Show and saw the Eos for the first time. I never heard of it before this or perhaps I heard that it was a VW and thus, discounted it. When I saw it, it was love at first sight. I went home and thought about it for a couple of weeks. Finally, I ventured down to my local VW dealer just to take a closer look and see if I liked it as much as I thought. The dealer gave me a set of keys to one and told me to give it a spin for as long as I wanted. I was only out of his lot about a block away and I was hooked.

There just isn't any comparison to how the Eos drove compared to my Mustang. Lot's of head room and leg room for starters. Seemed to corner and just ride about 500% better than my Mustang. Snappy acceleration, great gas mileage and just a great ride. Couldn't be happier with the car. As soon as I got back to the lot, I picked out the Eismeer Blue and was on my way with it in a couple of hours. My only problem with my Eos is that I like to drive it TOO much. I've already put 2000 miles on the clock in 2 months whereas 2000 miles was my yearly Mustang mileage. I try to put our "garbage" miles on our '06 Prius which I don't like driving period.

I'm not sure the car is suited for a one car family due to the limited utility, but for a second car, it really shines in my opinion. I think if you gave the Mustang a second look, you would see that the Eos is much better and certainly, much more fun to drive.

I do agree with you about too much chrome up front.

 

[nail-z-gull]

I do agree with you about too much chrome up front.

I don't think it's too bad in the UK as most of the chrome is covered by the number (license) plate.