 Targa top finish, What do you do to make them look oem? |
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| ClayPerrine |
 Sep 7 2020, 04:18 PM
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Life's been good to me so far.....  Group: Admin Posts: 15,463 Joined: 11-September 03 From: Hurst, TX. Member No.: 1,143 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille 
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Today we found that Elwood (the 70 914-6) has a late top on him. That is the reason the seals don't fit to the windows correctly. So I got up in the attic and found I have 3 early tops and one late top up there.
I checked Igor (73 with the 4.0L engine) and it has a very nice early top on it. But it is painted red to match the car . (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) So we carefully examined the 3 early tops from the attic, and picked the best one. It has some minor cracks in the fiberglass, but the corners are not broken off. So we stripped it, cleaned it up, and lightly sanded it. We have primer-filler on it to start on filling the blemishes. What color is correct? Satin black seems to be the closest I can find. I am thinking of using the primer-filler to build up the top a little, and not sand it to reproduce the texture that came from the factory. Unless someone on here has a better idea? Clay |
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| Superhawk996 |
Sep 7 2020, 04:26 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,819 Joined: 25-August 18 From: Woods of N. Idaho Member No.: 22,428 Region Association: Galt's Gulch
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take a look @bbrock thread. He recently did his and it looks nice, close to OEM.
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| aharder |
Sep 7 2020, 07:52 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,390 Joined: 6-September 11 From: Dallas Texas Member No.: 13,524 Region Association: Southwest Region
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QUOTE(ClayPerrine @ Sep 7 2020, 05:18 PM)  What color is correct? Satin black seems to be the closest I can find. I am thinking of using the primer-filler to build up the top a little, and not sand it to reproduce the texture that came from the factory. Unless someone on here has a better idea? Clay I've been using a Satin Black on my car for a long time. I like your thought on the Primer-filler and not sanding. Would love to see the results if you go that way. Mine has spots on it and I've been think for a long time how to blend in a correction. Did you find a roller for Betty? |
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| bbrock |
Sep 7 2020, 08:43 PM
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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
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@McMark posted the best method I found that resurfaces with gelcoat just like the original top: http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...p;#entry2516787
And if you want to see how this hillbilly tried to copy his method: http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?s=&...t&p=2834219 Mark's is better but I'm pretty happy with how mine turned out. |
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