Author Topic: Vinyl Top to reg top????  (Read 696 times)

Offline bighig340

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Vinyl Top to reg top????
« on: July 16, 2006 - 09:09:15 AM »
Can you remove the vinyl top and make it an regular hardtop???




Offline Topcat

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Re: Vinyl Top to reg top????
« Reply #1 on: July 16, 2006 - 09:26:02 AM »
Sure, but you will need to find out if the seam was bondo'd or leaded when you take it off. If it's bondo'd, I  recommend that you replace those areas with lead because thicker amounts of bondo there could eventually crack due to body torsional movement. Another thing that I have experienced in the past because I re bondo'd the sail area, is that it would stand out even after doing body work. Because it was thicker in one small area at the seam, temperature differences of how bondo and metal react would have it expand at a faster rate than the metal causing it to look bulged right along the seam. My car was black, so it was very noticable besides.
Mike, Fremont, CA.


Offline 73EStroker

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Re: Vinyl Top to reg top????
« Reply #2 on: July 17, 2006 - 12:46:22 PM »
Mine had both bondo and lead from the factory. My roof was perfect though so the Citronyella makes it look good. Check your roof to make sure it is a painter - otherwise it is too much bodywork (and $$$$$$) to get it to look good so you might have to go back to vinyl.
Barry (Salmon Arm)