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Vinyl delete option? |
jessem |
Oct 8 2018, 12:25 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 6 Joined: 8-October 18 From: Idaho Member No.: 22,552 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Hi, I just bought a 1976 914 2.0 that has the appearance group. It has the fog lights, armrest, center console, etc, but there's no vinyl on the
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jessem |
Oct 8 2018, 05:27 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 6 Joined: 8-October 18 From: Idaho Member No.: 22,552 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Good feedback guys! This is an appearance group car though and I really doubt that someone painted all the trim. If they did they did a ton of work taking it all off and doing it professionally. Even the windshield trim is black. Someone could have removed the vinyl but it seems strange that they took it off the top of the roll bar too. I read on a blog that in 75-76 dealers could delete the vinyl and the trim would then be black. That's the only place I've seen that mentioned though.
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bbrock |
Oct 9 2018, 11:45 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,269 Joined: 17-February 17 From: Montana Member No.: 20,845 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
Good feedback guys! This is an appearance group car though and I really doubt that someone painted all the trim. If they did they did a ton of work taking it all off and doing it professionally. Even the windshield trim is black. Someone could have removed the vinyl but it seems strange that they took it off the top of the roll bar too. I read on a blog that in 75-76 dealers could delete the vinyl and the trim would then be black. That's the only place I've seen that mentioned though. Decades ago I removed all the scratched up aluminum trim from my '73 non-appearance group car (including windshield trim), sanded it down, and painted it satin black. I regret doing it now but the paint still looks good. So, yes, people did it. As was said earlier, non-appearance group cars didn't have the thin piece of trim along the bottom of the sail panel and IMHO, it looks horrible with that piece installed without vinyl. However, removing it requires filling the mounting holes. If I was going to remove vinyl, I would have removed it from the entire roll bar. I don't think this mod seems strange at all. Not tasteful, but not strange. |
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