Convertible Top Care

KellyMac · 08-03-2007, 01:21 PM

What products do people use for their top. Are the tops vinyl? Any help?

Kelly

batguano · 08-03-2007, 01:37 PM

I use 303 on mine. A great product.
It really is a marine product so if it protects around salt water, you know it's good stuff.

Java Junky · 08-03-2007, 02:55 PM

I'd hafta say that any care is gonna give you longer life than no care, but the top has a life n' like everythin' else sooner r' later it's gonna godda be replaced. The trick is to make it as later'z possible.
Used ArmorAll n' 303 n' found 'em to smell like the same batch'a kickapoo-joy-juice. Also ran a totally unscientific-type test where I put one on one side'a my top n' the other (as did our UK brother Fletch) on the other. Water repellency life of both, while I didn't monitor it every rainfall, was real close.
Then someone on the Miata site came up with RaggTopp. Hands-down the best'a what's available (disclaimer time: In My Opinion) n' it comes with the added plus'a bein' recommended by most manufacturers for their raggtopps.
But, like I said: any care is gonna give you longer life than no care.
Holdin' off the Reaper. It's the only way'da fly.
Be well.
Java

Dr. Jimbo · 08-21-2007, 12:57 PM

I use 303 on the outside of my top. What do you use on the inside? Not the whole inside, but the few inches that is exposed to the elements when the top is down. Mine is faded and it looks like cloth. I know the top is vinyl, but is the inside lined with cloth or is it also cleverly designed vinyl that looks like cloth too?
Jimbo

Jetbert · 08-21-2007, 02:12 PM

Here is a site that has the various materials and what is required to clean and protect those materials.

I had posted this before, but here it is again. I have used what is recommended and it has worked great, even when the S2000 was egged and the egg had dried on the top over night.

http://www.properautocare.com/imcon.html

Not associated with the company or product.

08-03-2007, 01:21 PM	#1 (permalink)
KellyMac Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 3	Convertible Top Care What products do people use for their top. Are the tops vinyl? Any help? Kelly

08-03-2007, 01:37 PM	#2 (permalink)
batguano Andiamo Veloce Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Grittsburg NC Posts: 494	I use 303 on mine. A great product. It really is a marine product so if it protects around salt water, you know it's good stuff. __________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The true measure of a man is how many times he makes a stranger happy.

08-03-2007, 02:55 PM	#3 (permalink)
Java Junky Resident Curmudgeon Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Joisey Posts: 5,287	I'd hafta say that *any* care is gonna give you longer life than no care, but the top has a life n' like everythin' else sooner r' later it's gonna godda be replaced. The trick is to make it as later'z possible. Used ArmorAll n' 303 n' found 'em to smell like the same batch'a kickapoo-joy-juice. Also ran a totally unscientific-type test where I put one on one side'a my top n' the other (as did our UK brother Fletch) on the other. Water repellency life of both, while I didn't monitor it every rainfall, was real close. Then someone on the Miata site came up with RaggTopp. Hands-down the best'a what's available (disclaimer time: In My Opinion) n' it comes with the added plus'a bein' recommended by most manufacturers for their raggtopps. But, like I said: *any* care is gonna give you longer life than no care. Holdin' off the Reaper. It's the only way'da fly. Be well. Java __________________ In life-long pursuit of that most mythic of beasts: the ever-elusive perfect corner. Well . . . that, r' at least a whole lodda clear spin-out room.

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08-21-2007, 12:57 PM	#4 (permalink)
Dr. Jimbo Don't taze me bro! Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Santa Barbara, Ca. Posts: 957	I use 303 on the outside of my top. What do you use on the inside? Not the whole inside, but the few inches that is exposed to the elements when the top is down. Mine is faded and it looks like cloth. I know the top is vinyl, but is the inside lined with cloth or is it also cleverly designed vinyl that looks like cloth too? Jimbo

08-21-2007, 02:12 PM	#5 (permalink)
Jetbert Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 14	Here is a site that has the various materials and what is required to clean and protect those materials. I had posted this before, but here it is again. I have used what is recommended and it has worked great, even when the S2000 was egged and the egg had dried on the top over night. http://www.properautocare.com/imcon.html Not associated with the company or product.