Got My Roof Painted, Need Advice. *PICS*
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Looking great it's a huge PITA for sure on a HT car but well worth the time.
Fingers crossed I just ordered a 6Le sail panel for mine I destroyed 2 perfect ones trying to get them off today. I just broke down and ordered it from them after taking a day off work and driving 3 hours to get to a yard my time and fuel dang near would have paid for it so aggarvating. I had one 3/4 of way off and my buddy moved his hand while cutting and craaack it went.
Fingers crossed I just ordered a 6Le sail panel for mine I destroyed 2 perfect ones trying to get them off today. I just broke down and ordered it from them after taking a day off work and driving 3 hours to get to a yard my time and fuel dang near would have paid for it so aggarvating. I had one 3/4 of way off and my buddy moved his hand while cutting and craaack it went.
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It's only the last ~3 months of '98s that were at risk. This is important to note because good used panels will only continue to become more scarce.
It's great to hear that the new 6LE panels are even better than before.
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But like mentioned above, if it was done under warranty then this was probably many years ago. So if the car has been in the sun a lot since then and there are no bubbles, then it's probably fine.
FWIW, my '02 was also done under warranty by a local dealer, back in 2007 or '08. They told me they had done a few others, so they were experienced with it. The car has sat outside almost every day since that time, and there isn't even the slightest sign of bubbles or waves in the new roof.
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Looks great. I live in Puerto Rico and theres not many junked cars. Not even offering to pay I can find anyone willing to ship me a used sail panel. Quite ridiculous.
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Thanks!
That sucks that it's so difficult to find a sail panel. Have you ever given 6LE a call? That's one good thing I found out; if it bubbles again I've got a ton of hard tops in local salvage yards to choose from haha.
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