Tell me how bad it is...vinyl top

(I've scraped off the rust, I've got small holes here, dime-sized)



Both windshield and rear window frames are pretty bad, the back windshield was held in by about 5" worth of clear RTV. I've got absolutely no skills working with metal, but I really want to save this one.

Any holes?

Yeah, esp. around the passenger C-pillar where it meets the lower body, the rear window frame in the same area, and a couple of pinholes in the front glass frame...

buy the donar car yogreasy spoke of you wil have much more into this one trying to fix it

Vinyl tops look good, IMO...but are evil. I have some rust under mine. It's barley visible, but if you look at the top of my roof at the right angle, you can see it. Glad I only have a half vinyl top...

Ouch.

that suxs!

did you crack the winshield removing the trim?

Yep, twice. It also had a rock chip and a previous crack not of my doing.

Heres my suggestion, Fix all the holes, use fiberglass to fix the windsheild and rear window frames, get them semi straight. Buy some POR15 and prep and paint the entire roof and buy another vinyl top to install. Then worry about it agian in about 30 years when the fiberglass finally rusts out.
Oh and paint with POR15 before and after the fiberglass to seal it in. Theres also eastwoods rust encapulator which does an equally excellant job at stopping the rust.

Aaaargh! My eyes!

That makes me scared to take the vinyl top off of mine. It looks alright, but some of the adhesive that holds on the trim pieces is starting to pull off some of the top layers of the vinyl...

dont never put a vinyl top on your car unless you plan on building a trailer queen or a garage ornament. in my opinion they are not ment for drivers and start to look really crapy after a while. the damage is bad but it can be fixed i see it done all the time you just have to decide if its worth it

P.s. FRABRIC IS MEANT FOR THE INSIDE NOT THE OUT!

Vinyl tops are cool on some cars I liked them back in the day!!!!
Used to keep vasoline on them worked good looked good unless it was a particulrly windy dusty day!!!!

POR-15 has some kind of vinyl roof treatment/sealant. I have a couple bottles and will put it on a couple cars come this spring (well, according to the calendar it's already spring but it's not!).

74MonteCarlo wrote:Vinyl tops look good, IMO...but are evil.

*nods*

Amen!

I really don't like vinyl tops, but, ironically, 3 of my 5 MCs have 'em .


I'm afraid of what mine look like underneath the vinyl..... *shudders*



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