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| Thunderchief |
 Jun 24 2020, 12:41 AM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 145 Joined: 12-August 19 From: Pasadena, CA. Member No.: 23,365 Region Association: Southern California  |
How hard/expensive is it to get the top painted body color? I'm taking my car in for paint next month and wanted to know what to expect. Thanks.
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| dt4 |
Jun 24 2020, 03:20 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 503 Joined: 26-May 19 From: England Member No.: 23,161 Region Association: England 
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QUOTE(Thunderchief @ Jun 24 2020, 07:41 AM)  How hard/expensive is it to get the top painted body color? I'm taking my car in for paint next month and wanted to know what to expect. Thanks. Id be interested in the process, its something I considered but had concerns about how difficult it would be to get it dead level / smooth for painting |
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| JOEPROPER |
Jun 24 2020, 06:24 AM
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The answer is "no" unless you ask... Group: Members Posts: 1,184 Joined: 21-November 15 From: White Plains New York Member No.: 19,387 Region Association: North East States
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The top on my 75 is painted the color of the car and I want the opposite. At some point I'm going to try and make it look original black again... I guess it's personal preference, but I don't really like it.
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| Mike Fitton |
Jun 24 2020, 07:27 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 609 Joined: 13-May 11 From: Chicago Area Member No.: 13,069 Region Association: Upper MidWest
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QUOTE(JOEPROPER @ Jun 24 2020, 04:24 AM) The top on my 75 is painted the color of the car and I want the opposite. At some point I'm going to try and make it look original black again... I guess it's personal preference, but I don't really like it. Maybe trade with the OP, easier to change color on already painted top. If top is correct year for you. |
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| Cairo94507 |
Jun 24 2020, 07:34 AM
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Michael Group: Members Posts: 9,818 Joined: 1-November 08 From: Auburn, CA Member No.: 9,712 Region Association: Northern California
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I agree with Mike. Put up a posting and see if someone wants an original finish top in exchange for their sanded/body color top. Or pick up a spare top and sand/paint that. Keep your original top original in the event you change your mind in the future and want to return to the original look.
My car had a sanded/body color top on it when I bought it. That was a modification a lot of people did back in the day. There may be a lot of them out there. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) |
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| JOEPROPER |
Jun 24 2020, 08:28 AM
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The answer is "no" unless you ask... Group: Members Posts: 1,184 Joined: 21-November 15 From: White Plains New York Member No.: 19,387 Region Association: North East States
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These are probably expensive to ship but @thunderchief do you have a picture of your top? pm if you're interested. Oh and what year is your car? I think the split year was 74. not sure...
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| JamesM |
Jun 24 2020, 08:40 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,915 Joined: 6-April 06 From: Kearns, UT Member No.: 5,834 Region Association: Intermountain Region |
QUOTE(JOEPROPER @ Jun 24 2020, 04:24 AM) The top on my 75 is painted the color of the car and I want the opposite. At some point I'm going to try and make it look original black again... I guess it's personal preference, but I don't really like it. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) I had one painted body color at my wifes request and im not a fan. Thankfully i have spare tops. |
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| Steve |
Jun 24 2020, 08:52 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,609 Joined: 14-June 03 From: Orange County, CA Member No.: 822 Region Association: Southern California
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I have three tops. WAS top, black top and Alaska Blue top. Let me dig through my receipts and see if the body shop itemized the costs. My car had some rust and holes they had to fill due to the rear spoiler. Cost was $16k total from the body shop... I could of bought another car!!
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| brant |
Jun 24 2020, 08:58 AM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 11,635 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Colorado Member No.: 47 Region Association: Rocky Mountains 
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I painted the one on my street car about 20 years back. sanding down the texture caused the new paint to spider crack into the fiberglass annually. Its pretty easy to sand through the gel coat.
I repainted it 1-2 more times, before I broke down and took it to a commercial fiberglass manufacturer local. they re- gel coated it. I painted it a 3rd time. and now its smooth kinda a pain in the ass and not cheap after repeating everything 3x |
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| Steve |
Jun 24 2020, 08:58 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,609 Joined: 14-June 03 From: Orange County, CA Member No.: 822 Region Association: Southern California
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QUOTE(Steve @ Jun 24 2020, 07:52 AM) I have three tops. WAS top, black top and Alaska Blue top. Let me dig through my receipts and see if the body shop itemized the costs. My car had some rust and holes they had to fill due to the rear spoiler. Cost was $16k total from the body shop... I could of bought another car!! My car has no vinyl sides, but has black rocker panels. I think the black top looks better. If the whole car is one color, then a painted top would look good. Aka 916 |
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