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Old Jun 1, 2009 | 11:22 AM
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Does anyone have a good way for restoring the "glass" top on a 2000 corvette coupe.. I can no longer see out of the roof: everything is really cloudy and the transparency is pretty much nil. . At one time I could look up thru the top and see the traffic signals, the sky , etc. etc.
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Old Jun 1, 2009 | 11:39 AM
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I found this with a little search for you:

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-t...sh-how-to.html
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Old Jun 1, 2009 | 12:56 PM
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I found this with a little search for you:

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-t...sh-how-to.html
I did almost the exact same procedure after reading that post and went from

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Old Jun 1, 2009 | 01:13 PM
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Nice job!
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Old Jun 1, 2009 | 01:32 PM
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I did mine using the above link. It turned out very nice. I have before and after pics in my photo gallery if you want to take a look.
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Nice job!
Thanks. Now I get much more daylight through to see my custom gauges.
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great job
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Thanks. Now I get much more daylight through to see my custom gauges.
That's right. You did order those I'm glad it's working out for you. Let us know if you need anything else
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Thanks to all for the links. Seems that this is an inherant problem with the C-5'S. Wow, great job Jonathan. It is a lot of sweat, blood and tears it seems, but by the looks of the finished product it's worth it.Might just out of curiosity ask a body shop for a quote.Again thanks to all. The Corvette Forum is amazing.Never lets me down when I need to find something out. plunkman
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Thanks to all for the links. Seems that this is an inherant problem with the C-5'S. Wow, great job Jonathan. It is a lot of sweat, blood and tears it seems, but by the looks of the finished product it's worth it.Might just out of curiosity ask a body shop for a quote.Again thanks to all. The Corvette Forum is amazing.Never lets me down when I need to find something out. plunkman
For the price of what a shop would charge, you could probably buy a buffer and do it yourself. Then you would have the tools to make you whole car shine like it never has before. I refinished my top (page 3 at the link posted above) and it still looks great. I'm in a wheelchair, so if I can do it you can too!
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