Hard top refinishing..any good shop?

[pilotskillse30]

Does anyone know of a good shop in the NY area that can restore the vinyl on hardtops. I have a hardtop that has a few spots needing attention..well going by my OCD that is. I am restomodding the vert and this has to be on par with the rest of the car when finished.

[P.Kelly]

Maynotbehelpful, but if you're restomodding, have you considered painting gloss or flat black instead? Mine is painted gloss black and it looks way better than the vinyl did.

[Kershaw]

+1 for removing the vinyl. make sure you prime and sand the surface a lot, maybe even with a filler. it's not a smooth surface at all.

[oliver.r]

I promise you painting it will be more expensive than recovering it.
we did one for a m3 cabrio replica dn it was about 15 hours of labor to get it nice and straight + materials + paint + buffing

[DRTSRFR]

Yup, there are a bazillion pinholes that can't be covered with filler primer.

Lots of work, and then you risk scratching it every time you remove or replace it.

[pilotskillse30]

I thought long and hard about color matching or flat black, but I have taken the time to secure key period correct mods and options that I want to keep the originality of the hardtop to match the period correctness of the project..not to mention the first time I mentioned color matching to the shop doing the restoration, the body guy cringed and the owner immediately started swaying me against it.

[flyboyx]

i am going to color match mine. i guess it costs less if you do the work yourself.