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March 24th, 2008, 04:49 PM

GotSomeRust

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Help - Vinyl Top removal

I'm taking off the vinyl top on my 84 Cutlass. How does a person get that foam pad off that's under the vinyl? It's stuck on pretty good!

March 26th, 2008, 09:46 AM

Goose

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Razor blade scraper and lots of elbow grease.

March 26th, 2008, 12:04 PM

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You might also try a heat gun and a flat piece of scrap steel.

March 26th, 2008, 06:56 PM

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LOL you do whatever you can to get it off. The paint underneath doesnt matter, but your best bet is a heat gun and a scraper like these guys said, just have patience, its gonna take awhile. LOL I powersanded mine off, of course mines a 69, so the glue was a little old

April 4th, 2008, 08:01 PM

GotSomeRust

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Ok, I have vinyl top off along with the foam and most of the glue. What should I do around the side windows? The gap around the "chrome" of the window and the side of the car seems a little wider than it needs to be...

April 5th, 2008, 03:41 PM

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Those parts are different between vinyl and non-vinyl cars. You need to get 1/4 window assemblies and rear window reveal mouldings from a non-vinyl car if you're not putting the vinyl roof back..

Don't ask why Olds did something like that. They just did.