removing landau top
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454muscle said:Dude why not keep it and have it re upholstered with new vinyl at a glass shop (I had it done to a couple of cars)? Dunno what color yours is, but you can opt for black. I think they look sweet and give the car a nice exotic look. Like mine lol.
what does that usually cost?
Cutty454 said:
when I was thinking about getting mine redone to try to make it look better all the shops I checked out would only put another layer of vinyl and not remove the vinyl that was there and they were not cheap...I never liked the look of the vinyl roof so they made up my mind to remove the ugly covering
Really? Wow. Well the glass shop I got mine redone at, charged me $400. I had to wait for the material to be ordered. I assume the reason for not remove the old material is because if it's pulled off, it takes much of the foam with it.pontiacgp said:
Now that being said, that was a while ago, but my interior guy would have done it cheaper, and he already had all the material. I would suggest if anyone wants this done, best to look at interior upholstery or audio/stereo install shops instead of a glass shop.
I think I was quoted mostly under $400 but to me that was a waste of money for some vinyl. I was too lazy to remove until I heard the price so they did me a favor and the car looks like I want it. I don't mind paying for something I like, back in 85 I paid $1,000 for a paint job for my 74 GP which was a daily driver that did not require any body work..and I threw some money in for the paint
Pretty much sums it up right there. Depends on what you like, what you want, if you want it badly enough you will pay and/or spend the time to get it done right. Laudau top is one of the things I'm hooked on, on a g-body, but that's just me lolpontiacgp said:
pontiacgp said:
well crap...wish I had known about the bit about the vice grip...oh well, live and learn I guess...my paint job is a rattle can black and the rear 1/4 glass is going anyway, so for me it wasn't a big concern with paint/glass being damaged...but it did make sanding the adhesive a lot easier...
I don't really care for the landau top on my car, I like it better without it...
85Frankencar said:
when I did my body off last year and changed the floor and a few other mods I had to grind the welds smooth and all the windows were ok except the front...that "glass" melts pretty easy. I was planning on changing the windshield and they arn't that expensive to begin with so I wasn't really upset...as far as the vinyl I think there are very few people who actually like the plastic covering up the sheet metal. To me the vinyl top makes the car look top heavy.
treed_cutlass said:
No need. The panels are the same, but the vinyl top cars may have the little studs to hold the trim on. Just twist them off and be done. Done the conversion a few times. An ebay store called "Fasteners Plus" has the screw in studs for the window trim along with the special clips that go along the filler panel at the base of the rear window.
Gregg
Black Sheep said:
there is no trim at the base of the back window...and the molding is riveted into the panel so it's easier to find one for a non vinyl top than it is to fill in the holes
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