Fassi

I would like to have my targa bar painted professionally. Is it easy/advisable to remove the roll bar cover in order to do this? Can someone please tell me how this is done and if it's a good idea? Thanks!

steve911

I just inquired about this same thing at my local body shop. they said that they just mask and spray - no need to remove the entire targa bar.

Will Ballance

Before you pay good money to have the work done, you may consider doing it yourself. I was browsing through the tech. articles here and found one about painting the Targa rollbar.

<a href="http://members.rennlist.com/5150targa/page3.html" target="_blank">Painting Targa Rollbar</a>

The operation looked fairly straight forward. It may be a little time consuming to mask everything as suggested and it takes a little fortitude to attack the car with paint, but it looks worth the effort. Cost is quite minimal when done yourself.

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Will Ballance
1982 911SC coupe

Fassi

Thanks. My concern is getting around the trim along the front. I wonder if it will have to be removed even if they can just mask off the rest.

MichaelW

When I painted my bar I first put a coat on without removing the targa bar seal which works ok. I took the masking in behind the seal and the targa bar then draped it down over the seats.

I later removed the seal and painted because I could get a really good coat of paint in the above area.

Also, be very carefull about sanding. You need to do a thorough job of sanding all imperfections or they will definitely show once you start painting.

Lastly, I also tried to remove my targa bar cover and could not get it off. I removed all the attachment points in the wheel well and along the front of the bar under the seal, but it would not budge. I think someone may have dumped some type of glue somewhere. I really made a mess of the whole deal. I would recommend leaving it on also.

Good luck!
Michael
87 Targa