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Targa top x-perts, glue or no glue? I'm fitting new top and headliner material from our host and was wondering if gluing either the top or headliner was okay, necessary, good, bad, wrong, etc... Any advice or experience greatly appreciated!

Glue I replaced the top on my Targa a while back. I glued the leading and trailing edges down to the frame. I first fitted the cover to the frame to make sure I had it square and to get a feel for how tight I needed to pull it (side to side). Once I had a feel for how tight I wanted it, I applied glue (gorilla or something similar, can't remember) to the inside of the ...

Thom Fitzpatrick, aka widebody, our resident fabricater and DIY modifier extraordinaire (except maybe for aero mods, someone else holds the title for those) has a great write up of his targa top restoration. You may want to check it out. http://vintagebus.com/targa/index.html

I recently did a Targa Top Rebuild . I only glued the vinyl skin on the underside around the edges. By underside I mean, the interior side of the top. I used NO Glue on the part that would be visible from outside the car. So the glue would be applied only to the part that folds around the edges and is held by the clips and or the metal strips. It needs to be able to float on the ...

Thanks, guys! That info does help me alot!