Chipped Hardtop Repair and Paint
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Chipped Hardtop Repair and Paint
Here's my hardtop I dropped it and chipped the corner, so I decided to fix it myself and repaint the inside and outside
Here's some of what you will need, I tried both fiberglass mesh and the short strand fiberglass bondo, the Bondo Glass worked the best
Since it was a corner I was the styrofoam as backing for the mold
This prep stray was the best I've every used, I use it to clean all kinds of stuff now, I used a auto primer and the satin black to paint the inside it took 5 cans and 2 cans of clear
Added the Bondo Glass nice and thick, the heat from the compound kept it from sticking to the styrofoam on the back
Once it was ready I took my time and sanded it with 80 grit sand paper. I was using my sander so it was easy
Laid of the Body Filler to get a true hard finish, with the Filler I spread it on the inside lip also to help with the strength
Sanded down the Body Filler
I sanded the entire top so the paint adheres better, I laid down newspaper and taped of the inside and outside. I made sure I taped all the small openings and foam pads
I painted the inside first, I took my time and did light coats until I got the look I wanted. It was around 4 or 5 coats then two coats clear
I took all the hardware of the panels before I started. I used blue tape to edge of the panels because I painted both side, this is the outside I painted with the truck bedliner and a light clear coat
Here's the finish. I did use a clear over the truck bedliner because the finish was just so rough anything touched the top it stuck to it, so the clear smoothed it just a little and made it look more like the factory
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Turned out looking good.... I used cotton balls to fill gaps on my bikes race body by dipping them in fiberglass resin then placing it in the gaps lol worked great!
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Ended up bring mine to a shop, they did all of the fiberglass repair and painted it using GM flat black and it turned out wicked.
$400 bucks though, seeing the the paint alone is over $150 I think it was worth the money.
$400 bucks though, seeing the the paint alone is over $150 I think it was worth the money.
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