Sunroof cover light gray

Mounty · Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2014 7:03 am Post subject: Sunroof cover light gray

Hello everyone and sorry for my english ...
I have a '65 Deluxe and i need to replace the sunroof cover. The original color is light gray.
Can you tell me what manufacturers can I contact?
WW does not produce more.
TMI produces this: http://www.tmiproducts.com/volkswagen/browse-by-ve...grain.html
Can you tell me if the cloth and color are similar to the original?
Some of you have already installed?
Thanks

Mounty · Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2014 4:20 am Post subject:

Anyone?

BarryL · Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2014 9:12 am Post subject:

My original '65 sliding roof was off-white cloth reinforced vinyl. Haven't has to buy one lately. I figured I'd try West Coast Classics or the guy that reproduces all the sliding-roof parts as a starter.

Mounty · Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 7:03 am Post subject:

Spitty1974 · Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 8:29 am Post subject:

Mounty · Posted: Tue May 06, 2014 6:54 am Post subject:

I have tried to contact by email vwsunroof but I don't have received a response.

TMI instead was very kind and sent me samples of two materials: on the left Hartz Cabriolet grain, on the right pinpoint vinyl oxford white. In the background, there's the original sunroof.

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Unfortunately, the two colors are quite different from the original and I am not convinced.

j.pickens · Posted: Tue May 06, 2014 12:16 pm Post subject:

The correct material is Haartz pinpoint vinyl.
Here is a color chart:

The darkest grey they make is 1566ST Graphite Grey.
If it isn't dark enough, you might try 2031ST Beige Tan.
It is browner, but darker.

For my Dove Blue Sunroof Swivelseat Kombi, I used 1951ST Ford Blue which was a dead match for the original Azure Blue vinyl top.

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Douglas Denlinger · Posted: Tue May 06, 2014 12:40 pm Post subject:

What are the original colors of your bus?

Any pictures of the bus?

That dark grey color seems very inconsistent with the tops of 99% of the production line sunroof buses.

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2Pack · Posted: Tue May 06, 2014 2:27 pm Post subject:

Here is a picture of the one I bought from Wolfsburg West in about 2007.

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=414023
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velvetgreen · Posted: Tue May 06, 2014 6:59 pm Post subject:

Anyone know what would have come with an L345 (Light Grey/ Licht Grau) sunroof kombi? I need to buy some Haartz pinpoint vinyl and want to buy the vinyl that is the closest match to the original

Mounty · Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 7:31 am Post subject:

TMI does not have available the color graphite gray.

WW no longer has that color in the catalog.

Where i can buy the material haartz pinpoint vinyl graphite gray??

Mounty · Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 7:34 am Post subject:

The color of my bus is sealing wax red and beige gray

Mounty · Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 7:42 am Post subject:

This is a vinyl that i have found from an italian manufacturer

if I do not find anything better, I'll buy that, but the texture of the material is different

Douglas Denlinger · Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 9:31 am Post subject:

Mounty,

Are you 100% sure that the cover on your bus is the original from the factory? The reason I ask this, is for the color of your bus the grey cover is inconsistent with the factory installed covers that I have seen over the past 25 years plus.

The best way to answer this is to remove the 2 screws that hold the top plate to the lower mechanism. Then look at the fasteners that hold the front edge of the material to the top plate.

Post a picture of your findings please.
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Mounty · Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 1:48 pm Post subject:

I'm not sure that the cloth is original but the color is similar to that of the brochures of the time and I think is the correct one for that year

j.pickens · Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 10:14 pm Post subject:

j.pickens · Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 10:25 pm Post subject:

Sunroofgod · Samba Member Joined: October 20, 2004 Posts: 389

So, has anyone found a close color match in pinpoint vinyl for this light grey material for SWR/BG buses?

EmpiGT · Samba Member Joined: January 27, 2005 Posts: 2597

what would the ragtop color be on a L87 pearl white bus? same for swr/bg bus?

Sunroofgod · Samba Member Joined: October 20, 2004 Posts: 389

According the paint/upholstery code section here...

The sunroof cover on a Pearl White bus would be: 627 pearl white V98

The sunroof cover on a SWR/BG bus would be: 573 light grey V31

I am looking for the closest match to the original light grey color used. I am hoping someone has been through this and has found something that is close enough and has compared it to an original cover, and has installed it on a bus.

Yes, I have looked at samples online and checked the prefab manufactures of this product.


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