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> Aluminum Targa trim, ...custom, but anyone done this?
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post Sep 11 2003, 07:22 PM
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I am wondering if anyone has ever done a custom targa trim where the black sail panels and the black vinyl across the top are aluminum (brushed aluminum?) like the old 911 targa's?

If so, got pics?
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post Sep 11 2003, 07:51 PM
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Scotch tape some aluminum foil to it (dull side out) and take a picture. That should give you an idea of what it might look like. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/w00t.gif)
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post Sep 11 2003, 08:16 PM
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If you really want to try it you could do a very cheap prototype by grabbing a roll of "flashing" at HomeDepot for around $10. If you aren't familiar with this it is light-guage sheet aluminum used for joints and corners under roofing matterial. It's light enough to cut with shears or tin-snips. You could put it on just like the vinyl. Give it a brushed look after install by rubbing it with steel wool.

I'm not saying it will look good, but you won't be out much if it doesn't.

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post Sep 11 2003, 08:21 PM
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Scotch tape some aluminum foil to it (dull side out) and take a picture.


Who has time to go to HD? I gotta see it now!

...huh. Kinda sucks. ...maybe if it was brushed aluminum... yeah, or "blacked" out brushed aluminum.... YEAH! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif)


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post Sep 11 2003, 08:22 PM
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I was going to do the top too, but my wife caught me. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
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post Sep 11 2003, 09:31 PM
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scotty, that does look very rough!!

I think it might look good on a darker color.
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post Sep 11 2003, 10:01 PM
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The thing that is throwing off the look is the blue you can see on the inside of the driver side panel. Put some foil on that part too and finish out the look. I bet it'll look better.
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post Sep 11 2003, 10:17 PM
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What about carbon fiber on the sail panel... hmmmm
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post Sep 11 2003, 10:28 PM
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Put some foil on that part too and finish out the look. I bet it'll look better.
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Nope, still fugly (even the "dull side" picks up too much color from the engine panel. Saaayyyy...what if I did the engine panel...or the whole car??? All I'd need after that is some plutonium and a flux capacitor...

...or I could cover it with some charcoal/smoke panels made from an old iMac for that carbon fiber look...

...and then some lights in the wheel wells, lots of stickers, leds on the wiper jets... yeah....hafta finish the can of Folgers off so I can use it for an exhaust...


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post Sep 11 2003, 11:29 PM
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I like that better. It has potential! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
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post Sep 12 2003, 08:46 AM
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I think the targas had stainless, not aluminum. And compound curves (if I'm remembering right)which means metal shaping, no easy form it over your leg stuff.

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post Sep 12 2003, 09:35 AM
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not easy unless you're Pyscho Billy. That guy is a good. Not Jesse James good, but still very good.
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i think it would look good on a black car with stainless or brushed alumnum. and maybe a targa logo on it.....
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post Sep 13 2003, 06:36 AM
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QUOTE(seanery @ Sep 12 2003, 07:35 AM)
not easy unless you're Pyscho Billy. That guy is a good. Not Jesse James good, but still very good.

Hi Seanery,

If you are talking about Billy Lane, I like his creativity, and artictic flare, but he has a long ways to go before he is metal-shaping without bondo-sculpting (been there). Maybe if he slows down on the partying and starts practicing...oh well, he is still young, plenty of time for that later. I think show business can cause arrested development...I doubt Jessie James has advanced his skills much in the last few years. Talk about talent though, he's got it.

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