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Old Aug 23, 2015 | 11:37 AM
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Driving around a truck I heard a pop and didn't think much about it. When I got home, I noticed a crack in my Targa top. It's the tinted one and the crack is 2 1/2 inches long and its perpendicular from the edge of the top on passenger side. Can this be repaired? If not than where is an affordable place to get a replacement. OBTW, if you take your finger nail and go across the crack you can feel it in the top and bottom. Hope you can help.
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Vendors like Mid-America offers a refurbished top - cost is about $900 and you have to send in a core frame that is in workable and non-damaged condition. Another option would be to find a used top for sale in the parts for sale section - preferably one that is within driving distance so you do not have to have it shipped to you.
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Driving around a truck I heard a pop and didn't think much about it. When I got home, I noticed a crack in my Targa top. It's the tinted one and the crack is 2 1/2 inches long and its perpendicular from the edge of the top on passenger side. Can this be repaired? If not than where is an affordable place to get a replacement. OBTW, if you take your finger nail and go across the crack you can feel it in the top and bottom. Hope you can help.
Mine did the exact same thing. My sons C6 also did it. Pretty much everyone around here that has a C5 or C6 seems to have the same problem. It doesn't leak but looks kinda bad. My window tint guy said he could put a solid black out piece on it and it would hide it plus keep the car cooler inside. Not sure what I will do
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