targa bar
 

I have a 1976 carrera targa 3.0 row, the car is black. What color or gloss should the targa bar be? flat black, semi gloss black, stainless? any thoughts?

It depends;

Do you have black or Alu trim? What color are your rims, headlight rings etc.?

My thoughts are that if you have alu (silver) trim on a black car then the brushed stainless look may be best.

But if you have the entire car blacked out then a black semi gloss would look best.

If you have a a maroon interior the brushed stainless for sure would be best.

It would be much easier to give an opinion based upon a better description or post a photo of your car.

:)

Mid-year Carrera trim is typically black.

Satin Black (Rust-Oleum 7777 Satin Black is a perfect match).

If the car is supposed to have a black bar and not a stainless bar from the factory, that works.

A lot of (most) mid-year cars had stainless, but if the 3.0's had black, do the satin.

i have a 78

mocha brown with cork interior

all the trim is silver

po re-painted the car and had the hoop painted to match.

This weekend i just switched it back to stock and like the stainless look better. matches nicely with the window trim, door handles ect.

I read somewhere that all hoops were stainless till late 78-79 when porsche started to do the black anodize on the trim pieces as option. This was a custom order option then became the standard.

just what i have heard. some call it here-say

ill post my before and after and try to get you some better shots tomorrow

pics

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1254882755.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1254882778.jpg


http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1254882799.jpg

Heres a black one blacked out

dont know who's car but i like the look

notice everything is blacked


http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1254882899.jpg

My understanding is a match to the original targa bar black is a special order PPG single stage texture - semi-gloss black. Don't have the paint code, just recall that it was not available in a spray can and produced a slight texture.

targa bar
 

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1254884738.jpg
this is a pic of my car thanks for your thoughts

Stainless. Always stainless. That is the only answer. Those blacked out ones look way too "try hard."

targa bar
 

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1254887543.jpg
another pic

IMHO stainless looks best...but would keep the Carrera stock...which, AFAIK is always black unless some sort of special order.

KS,

Wasn't I supposed to get you a picture of mine?

IF so sorry I haven't as yet....