Opinions wanted

Hey Everybody. Taking my Dart to the paint shop to fix up some small rust areas around 1 wheel well. Also, there are some suspicious spots under the vinyl top. I can have the spots repaired and then re-vinyl the top, or more $$ get the top painted. What do you guys think?
Vinyl top or hard top? I have seen them both ways and they look nice each way. I am leaning towards hard top because the vinyl top seems to be a place for water to collect, fading etc.
What do you think looks better?

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Here is one with no vinyl.

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