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| malcolm2 |
 Sep 10 2014, 08:44 PM
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Ok check this out. I think I have seen where other folks have painted the sail vs. using the vinyl. Here is my attempt.
I have purchased (from 914Rubber.com) the sail vinyl, but my car is so far from needing PRETTY anything, I thought I would come up with a pre-PRETTY alternative. I have used this paint on the BLACK Long covers and it looks pretty good. Has held up for about 5000 miles so far. Dupi-Color Truck bed liner. Thick, Textured and seems to take a beating. Once it is time to make the car pretty by painting it, I can sand it off and install the 914Rubber version. what do you think?  I painted the final coat on this one last night. looks like some thick spots are a bit darker, the color should even out. It did on the longs.   |
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| stugray |
Sep 11 2014, 07:19 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,825 Joined: 17-September 09 From: Longmont, CO Member No.: 10,819 Region Association: None |
QUOTE I need to redo my targa top That was my first thought. I was soon going to primer & smooth my top and paint it black, but I am curious how this would look. Let us know if you try it. |
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| malcolm2 |
Sep 11 2014, 07:36 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,747 Joined: 31-May 11 From: Nashville Member No.: 13,139 Region Association: South East States
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QUOTE(stugray @ Sep 11 2014, 08:19 AM)  QUOTE I need to redo my targa top That was my first thought. I was soon going to primer & smooth my top and paint it black, but I am curious how this would look. Let us know if you try it. That's two top replies. I remember the 914 show of Wheeler Dealer and Ed painted the top then used a small artist brush to dab some texture blobs on it. It didn't look too bad. I like the flat finish myself. I may have to try this stuff on the top. I have a 3 inch crack that needs to be repaired and my front pad among other things is damaged, so the whole thing needs a once over. A couple years ago I turned down a whole roof for $50. I am wishing I had bought it now. |
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| CptTripps |
Sep 11 2014, 08:15 AM
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QUOTE(malcolm2 @ Sep 11 2014, 09:36 AM) A couple years ago I turned down a whole roof for $50. I am wishing I had bought it now. There was one on Craigslist here in Cleveland for $50 a few weeks ago. Someone commented to me in Hershey that there are WAY more roofs than cars. People trash the car and keep the roof for whatever reason. I know I've thrown a few out. |
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| poorsche914 |
Sep 13 2014, 08:49 PM
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T4 Supercharged Group: Members Posts: 3,139 Joined: 28-May 09 From: Smoky Mountains Member No.: 10,419 Region Association: South East States |
QUOTE(Malcolm2 @ Sep 10 2014, 11:07 PM) Just doing a "semi-pretty" clean up for the big Townsend EVENT! I am in the process of getting my LE actually looking like an LE and sprucing things up. As my daily driver, my main goal is to have it look good from 10 feet away (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Today I sanded the bumpers (which are pretty rough). Will prime, sand again and then spray Also took an original tan carpet set that was dirty and badly faded and dyed it a darker brown. Just wanted to have something with a more uniform color. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) The wheels, currently painted white, will probably have to wait for their turn. Not ready to tackle the stripping part of that project just yet (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif) QUOTE(CptTripps @ Sep 11 2014, 10:15 AM) Someone commented to me in Hershey that there are WAY more roofs than cars. People trash the car and keep the roof for whatever reason. I know I've thrown a few out. I have 4 roofs but none are in great condition (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) |
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Posts in this topic
malcolm2 Sail alternative Sep 10 2014, 08:44 PM
boxsterfan Not bad. Especially for a driver. Do they make it ... Sep 10 2014, 08:48 PM
malcolm2
Not bad. Especially for a driver. Do they make it... Sep 10 2014, 08:58 PM malcolm2 KEVLAR... wow, I did not know that.
From their we... Sep 10 2014, 09:01 PM poorsche914 I need to redo my targa top :idea:
:driving: Sep 10 2014, 09:04 PM malcolm2
I need to redo my targa top :idea:
:driving:
... Sep 10 2014, 09:07 PM Spoke :beer2:
Looks good.
I used Rust-Oleum's Ham... Sep 11 2014, 07:09 AM Mblizzard That is pretty good! I installed the German 9... Sep 13 2014, 09:05 PM Alphaogre That's what I used for my targa top. It has th... Sep 13 2014, 10:59 PM euro911 The texture looks a lot like the targa top's t... Sep 14 2014, 01:36 AM malcolm2
OK, I have installed the chrome. From 10' m... Sep 15 2014, 01:35 PM |
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