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Buggy boy
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 Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2012 12:40 pm Post subject: Hardtop repair? |
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I have a original 1 Piece Meyers Manx hardtop and It has a nice chip out of the fiberglass rite along the edge where it meets the windshield. I have no problems with repairing the fiberglass just wondering if anyone has any suggestions on how to recover the texture of the hardtop as it has a vinyl like texture to it. Any info is always appreciated.
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Chris
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didget69
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I'm in same situation, as I'm looking to repair some cracked areas on a hard top I have. I had planned to repair the glass damage & then take it to the local boat/car upholstery shop & see if they could glue down new textured vinyl top material - in my color of choice.
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Buggy boy
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Thanks didget69 I also thought of that route, but every place that I have gone to for that kinda top mostly do limo tops which use to be called phantom top??? says that moisture will find its way under what ever you use vinyl, cloth whatever and finds its way into the fiberglass and makes a bigger mess and will eventually wreck the top so im trying to go the original route with just the fiberglass,
Chris
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lostinbaja
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Get a piece of vinyl top material from an automotive trim shop. The pattern will match the pattern on the top. Use the fabric for the texture in a mold made to replace the damaged area of your hard top.
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didget69
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Thanks didget69 I also thought of that route, but every place that I have gone to for that kinda top mostly do limo tops which use to be called phantom top??? says that moisture will find its way under what ever you use vinyl, cloth whatever and finds its way into the fiberglass and makes a bigger mess and will eventually wreck the top so im trying to go the original route with just the fiberglass,
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Chris - I paid my way through college in the mid-Eighties installing simulated convertible tops on Cadillacs, Oldsmobiles (remember those?), Buicks, etc., ( I have since repented & asked for forgiveness...) - the response you were given at the shop is happy-horsechit from someone that doesn't know beans from their bums... I have NEVER heard of moisture 'wrecking' the fiberglass. Never. Ever.
If top surface is smooth & cleaned properly before a good quality (3M, etc.) adhesive is applied, along with a good quality vinyl fabric, there should be Zero issues. Heck - the sim-con tops I applied (again - remember the forgiveness thing) back in the Eighties had molded fiberglass shells that we bonded the Haartz canvas or quality weight vinyl onto... no issues long term.
FWIW - I'm considering a 'carbon-fiber look' wrap for my top -
bryan
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manxbuggy
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Chris, I would make a 'mini-splash-mold' using an undamaged area of the edge. Use PVA as a release agent so you don't get fresh resin bonding to the top when making the mold. You Fiberlay or elsewhere on-line.
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