leowiz

Well this happened . The vette was sitting in my carport and saw this in the morning. Since I have moved to SE Portland, this is the 3rd time someone vandalized my car time to convert this carport into a garage of some sort.

Anyone know how much it costs to get this fixed and who does it best in the Portland area?

Its a 2002 C5.

HeavyLifter

WTF - That's not cool at all. Sorry that happened to you.

Hopefully the repair is not too costly.

last901

That's too bad. Very sorry to learn of it. Sounds like it's time to install a proximity alarm or maybe a motion sensor light in the carport.

Probably could use a guard dog as well.

JackTripper

That's horrible! Probably some Jealous tweaker. You may want to get a car cover as a Yellow Corvette really stands out in SE Portland.

MaxDaemon

What the heck .. looks like someone was after something, not just vandalizing. Maybe if you put a cheap stereo on top of the car at night, you could distract them...

I'm not making light of this - that's gotta be a little gut wrenching to see when you walk out in the morning.

Kmcoldcars

The only good fix for that is to replace the top. Any patch or repair will not look good.
If you lock your car at night this is a good example of why people should not lock convertibles.

MaxDaemon

Makes sense - however I always left my Fiero unlocked and they STILL broke out the driver's window and trashed the interior. After all that, my radio was too crappy for them and they left the faceplate lying in the seat. They did steal my 5cell Maglite...

leowiz

The did pry open the center console and threw everything around. There was really nothing in there to steal.

I am assuming the Chevy dealer would be able to fix this? Or is there a specialty place that does this kind of thing in Portland?

HeavyLifter

While it was noted it may not look great to repair, it can be done. Rather than the dealer, I'd research and locate a high end auto upholstery shop (or audio/customization shop) and have them take a look at it.

NofakeJake

an upholstery shop in Porland can make the replacement . Had one redone in2001 and it was $1100. Probably $2500 now, including the top and labor.

Check out these guys and it should be a pretty simple restoration.

Good luck!

http://top-n-trim-upholstery.clickfo...car+upholstery

VIK TOY

Sorry, that's what happens when you live anywhere near Portland. Does your insurance cover theft and vandalism?

JackTripper

Not true. Plenty of places in Portland that are awesome. NW Portland has some of the most expensive houses in PNW. He is in SE Portland, which is, no offence to the OP, a $hithole unless you are just over the river in certain places.

last901

That's kind of unfair. Car prowling and theft is not restricted to any one type of neighborhood. I think the motives of the cretins who do this sort of thing may differ, but it happens just about everywhere. It's not a class issue. Well, save for the idiots who find this sort of activity amusing.

AaronZ51

I feel for you. I had a convertible Camaro a few years back and the same thing happened; the police officer who responded said he would never own a convertible if he couldn't securely park it for this very reason since he's responded to so many calls. When my roof was cut, there was nothing visible; they ended up taking about five used CDs that I had in the glove box. Almost $5,000 for the top & labor for about $10 in CDs.

Make sure you get the OEM top and your insurance doesn't try to get an aftermarket top instead.

SmileyOr

I've owned 2 convertibles and both were fine at night when unlocked and or the top down. It was when I locked them that I had the top cut into.

I park my coupe under a car port in NE PDX, but have a light on all night plus additional motion sensor lighting.

leowiz

Ladd's addition is an otherwise nice area but there are bums walking around in the alley all the time and petty thefts and not uncommon. Regardless .....

Thanks NofakeJake for the recommendation. Any other recommendations for a place in Portland to get this replaced? I will probably go for a replacement unless the upholstery folks tell me they will do an impeccable job. Insurance guy is playing phone tag with me but hopefully will have that resolved soon.

NofakeJake

You're welcome. Hope things work out in your favor

last901

Okay, it's been nearly 2 weeks and while I remain in empathy with the OP I'm curious to know how this was resolved. if indeed it was. Did the insurance company step up? Did the police find the culprits?

This whole thing just makes me upset over the cretins who might have done it, but maybe more importantly is how effective were the local police in tracking down the culprits?

Any updates?

leowiz

Sorry I didn't notice there was another post on this. Police: well, nothing on that front.

Insurance is covering it, just haven't had time to go get this fixed (been super busy + travel). Plan on doing it this week.