Roof alignment problems

[sawdust123]

What is wrong with masking? Get the stuff with the blue painters tape and the attached plastic. It comes in large tape dispensers and can be found at any Home Depot. It will protect you from all overspray.

[Sas]

quote:Originally posted by sawdust123

What is wrong with masking? Get the stuff with the blue painters tape and the attached plastic. It comes in large tape dispensers and can be found at any Home Depot. It will protect you from all overspray.

Thanks for your reply, sawdust! Nothing wrong with masking that I know of. The blue Scotch "Safe-Release" masking tape is a great product, having used it many times for various applications, but I was looking for a simpler and quicker way to do it. I'm sure someone here has more experience with protective applications to the top than I do. This is my first convertible so I came here to ask those with the most experience.

[njsteve]

Sas,
this is what I been using. http://www.properautocare.com/besprodforfa.html

[topless]

I use the outdoor Scotchguard also. I just raise the top and put in an old sheet over the windshield and the sides. Then put top back down, not all the way, just so it touches the pins. With the back glass I used thin cardboard as shield for backglass and a towel above the trunk area.

[Sas]

quote:Originally posted by topless

I use the outdoor Scotchguard also. I just raise the top and put in an old sheet over the windshield and the sides. Then put top back down, not all the way, just so it touches the pins. With the back glass I used thin cardboard as shield for backglass and a towel above the trunk area.

Verrrrry Good! I think that's what I'll do. I have a number of rolls of painters plastic drop cloth so that ought to make covering everything a breeze. Thanks for the tip, topless!

[andy hikawa]

quote:Originally posted by adale

will 17" or larger fit on a 2005 turbo convertable?

I really like the wheels or something like the dream crusier wheels but want a 17" or larger when i do buy new wheels.

any sugestions on where to look on line?

Adam

[andy hikawa]

i'm running 18's and 19's. no problems at all.

[Sas]

quote:Originally posted by Sas

Verrrrry Good! I think that's what I'll do. I have a number of rolls of painters plastic drop cloth so that ought to make covering everything a breeze. Thanks for the tip, topless!

I pulled out one of the rolls of painters light plastic drop cloth, similar to the material a grocery shopping bag is made of, and draped it across the open top of the car then closed the top to where the latches were barely touching their recepticles. I left enough drop cloth to cover the windshield completely and the piece came down to mid-window on each side. Using several smaller pieces of drop cloth, I used the 3M low tack blue masking tape to hold those to the doors, fenders, trunk and other areas that might receive overspray. I took a piece of butcher's paper, laid it across the rear window and using my thumb, I pressed down just inside the welt around the glass, thus making an outline of the glass. I cut slightly inside the outline on the paper with scissors to make the mask for the window and I used the 3M blue tape to secure it to the glass. I followed the instructions on the "Heavy Duty Scotch Guard for Outdoor Fabrics" and began spraying. I waited the required amount of time and sprayed a second coat. I removed the drop cloth material and the rear window mask and feel like I accomplished what I wanted to do. By the way; I saved the rear window mask. Cutting that was really the most time consuming thing about the whole job!

[Hooligan]

That price is to high IMHO!!! You should be able to do better than that. I bought a 2006 Black Limited Sedan with a $19,500+ MSRP, plus I got the employee discount which brought the price down to just over $17K complete out the door.

A satisfied owner of my 2nd PT.

[Phildo]

Too high, is that right? Seems like $5,600 off the original MSRP is a pretty substantial number, but maybe I am wrong. How cheap are you guys getting these car for?
Where can I research the average cost for a car like this?

Thanks again for the reply.