Wouldn't the plastic also rub? Maybe not as much as a softer rubber or
neoprene, but it's amazing how abrasive sand and grit can be.
When we bought our '70 2000, I had the soft top pulled and a loaner hardtop
(round port holes) installed while they ordered the one (pop out rear
quarters a bit like the 510 2-door) I wanted. Due to a trucker's strike
(early 1970) it was delayed a LONG time. I finally pulled the top to clean
and wax the car and was horrified to find all paint under the gasket gone
and a slight groove worn in to the sheet metal.
Earl Hughes fixed the damage and I had the soft top reinstalled.
FWIW,
Ron
>Lehinger
> Corvettes use a piece like this...clear "plastic" of some type that sits
> between the paint & top gasket - cost approx $30.
> Gary McCormick:
> Has anyone tried a kind of plastic film applied to the area where the top
> contacts the
> body to protect the paint? I remember seeing something like that applied to
> the front of a
> Porsche RS at the Historic Automobile Races at Laguna Seca some years back.
>> Tom W:
>>
>> One reason I don't recommend a hard top is they can
>> damage the paint where it sits down on the body.
>>
>> Chris Brucciani:
>> I can vouch for that. Mine has surface "cancer" where the two meet. Be
>> careful.
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