c5 targa top replacement
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Heel & Toe
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From: livermore,ca
c5 targa top replacement
Has anyone found a supplier where you can get a replacement plexiglass top for a do it yourself install. Or should I just buy a rebuilt replacement, Eatherway let me know your recomendations. C5 Bill
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Probably the easiest thing to do would be to simply buy a used acrylic top in good condition. Shouldn't cost much more than trying to rebuild one with a new panel. Just make sure you quiz the seller on condition issues--cracks, crazing, flaking, bent weatherstrip ends, presence of clips, etc.
Ideally, find one within driving distance. Those things have to be VERY carefully packed for shipping and almost no one does it right.
Ideally, find one within driving distance. Those things have to be VERY carefully packed for shipping and almost no one does it right.
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From: Carson City NV
Anyone out there with a RECENT good experience with a replacement Targa Top from astrotops.com? I have seen several complaints on various forums about poor fit, lexan too thick, etc. with regards to the rebuilt tops from astrotops.com. In their ads, Astrotops claims their lexan replacement tops will not craze or spiderweb, like some of the OEM tops have done. Any comments on crazing or spiderwebbing with the Astrotop replacement top?
GM no longer sells the OEM top and I need a replacement top for my 04 due to a windstorm/tree limb problem. Thanks for any comments, good or bad.
GM no longer sells the OEM top and I need a replacement top for my 04 due to a windstorm/tree limb problem. Thanks for any comments, good or bad.
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Why not post a "Want to Buy" ad here in the for sale forum. Ask for someone near you (no shipping) that would like to sell a top. Lot of people got two tops and don't use one or the other. Some people have part out cars. No cost to ask.
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cannot remember for the life of me where i got mine 4 years ago but hears slink to some
http://www.ebay.com/bhp/c5-corvette-top
http://www.vettesupply.com/products/...ansparent.html
http://www.ebay.com/bhp/c5-corvette-top
http://www.vettesupply.com/products/...ansparent.html
Last edited by warlock007; Feb 7, 2014 at 08:39 AM.
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Heel & Toe
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From: livermore,ca
I have a replacement panal that I didnt use. It came primered, I painted it black. Let me know if interested, will sell cheap. Located in SF Bay area. c5Bill
Last edited by wburgle; Feb 24, 2014 at 12:22 AM.
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From: Crestview Fl
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From: Georgia
Have you considered refinishing your existing top? Any body shop should be able to sand out the top and re-clear it, better than new. It's likely to be far cheaper than a new top. If you do the sanding and labor to prep it yourself, a body shop would clear it for very, very little $$. Lots has been written here about refinishing tops. Do a search on the forum and I think you'll find that almost anyone would be up to the task.
