Targa Top painted from factory?

Nicely done!
So... No regrets?

If only we could paint the rubber seals too, that would make the gap invisible.

 

I appear to be in the minority, I love the original unpainted and textured finish of the TS roof.

Has anyone attempted to return a painted roof back to the original finish?

(Maybe I'll be the first)

 

None at all - dont get me wrong I do like the textured black hard tops but out of the 2 variations I prefer the colour coded look - just a bit more modern IMO especially as I have the color coded sills, bumper and engine deck.

I know what you mean and in theory you could get coloured rubber, however, I think it would look awful when using the car with the top taken off so your just swapping one problem for another.

I was thinking about this very thing yesterday and "back in the day" you used to be able to buy textured vinyl roof kits for that "sporty look" LOL Ive not looked too hard but I bet you can buy some wrap or similar to do that.

Whilst driving in the sunshine yesterday I actually didnt want to take the roof off for once!

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Next job is to recover those 2 small panels in the actual headling which are in fact just one piece of cloth so not really 2 panels at all. I've had the headlining out before and it is a right pain to do - one of those jobs where you have to remove a lot more pieces to get at what you want. Gotta be done though!

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Looks dope.


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This makes me wonder if the fiberglass top is really identical between the 348 and the 355.
Maybe they made the 355 top a little bigger to improve fitting?
Hence the different part number?

I'm OK to buy a 348 targa and change the pegs and maybe some rubbers, but if the fit is not good because the top has slightly different dimension, that's another story...

 

In my own personal experience they are interchangeable apart from the fitment of the rubber seals where the top joins the windscreen header

 

I don't get it. The rubber is fitted on the windscreen header not the targa roof. So how can it be different as it stays on the car and not the roof?
Or do you mean the rubber on the car is different but the top is the same?
Sorry it is a little confusing.

 

I'm referring to how the seals on each side of the targa top plus the "gutter" that butt up against the car body seal around the windscreen area. I had to trim mine slightly on the targa, NOT the bodywork seal.

Very unflattering photo before trimming of my 355 top fixed to the 348 body


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jeff348, what was the material (leatherette) that you used to recover the interior panels. I've got a spare top that needs new inside liners. Yours look great, by the way.

 

Thank you William.

It was just something I bought off eBay (in UK) for around £15 so not expensive at all. I also bought some foam too.

Whole story here of what I did:

https://www.clubscuderia.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?45388-348-DIY-quot-Restoration-quot&p=848736#post848736

 

OK so the side rubbers are longer on the 355 but the targa part is exactly the same, right?
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I think so - I've had both fit but had to trim a little bit of rubber off where your arrow is pointing to make it get a snug fit.

Note - they changed the rubbers on 348 across the years so early 348 rubbers are not the same as later ones - not massive differences as a guess.

 

Where did you get this roof. Is there someone selling them as I want one for mine.

 

I'm afraid it was quite a few years ago and it was just with another member.

I dont' know whether it is still available but only one I am aware of is below:

https://www.clubscuderia.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?61122-348TS-Folding-roof&p=845589&highlight=#post845589

 

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Rubbers for 348 and 355 Targa top are totaly differents. I know for sure now.

By the way, anyone knows how to remove the outside rubbers from a 355 targa top?
Inner ones are easy, but the outside ones look glued on another part.

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Thanks.

 

Nobody?

 

Have a look at the diagram and magnify it - think they may be screwed on???

https://www.eurospares.co.uk/Ferrari/348/348_(1993)_TB_TS/PartDiagrams/105/Roof%20-%20Outer%20Trims

 

Actually I'm talking about the 355.
so here it is the right diagram:
https://www.eurospares.co.uk/Ferrari/355/355_(5.2_Motronic)/PartDiagrams/105/Roof - Outer Trims

part 64517600 is just snaped inside.
part 64343200 (red arrow on my pic above) seems to be glued to part 64343400.

I don't want to mess the rubbers...

 

Nobody painted a 355 top?

 

I'm surprised to see nobody here could hep me about my question about the rubbers disassembly requested for painting the top, with so many painted targas.

 

I painted my spare roof red from yellow. The rubbers stayed in situ. I have even replaced the rubbers on my OEM textured roof. It’s not a fun job. The rubber is secured with screws and sikaflex. You can mask the rubber and re apply a film of sikaflex to get the desired result when you re paint a roof.

 

Mine was recently painted with the rubbers in place - Elliot's idea of applying a film of sikaflex sounds like a good idea to get the best result.

 

What did you use to remove the texture?
I was planning to use orbital sander, but with rubbers in place it seems difficult to smooth the border of the top without damaging the rubbers.