'81 Targa Bar Finish

[ROW911SC]

I know its Satin Black, but is it supposed to be smooth or textured? Seem to remember seeing it both ways? Mine's textured now, but getting repainted so I want to correct this if necessary. Thanks.

[Bob Kontak]

This is a good question. I remember reading in the way-way-way back that you could buy paint from Porsche for the Targa top.

My 81 was kind of textured as well before I refinished. Hard to describe. Kind of like there was a texture spray of little snotty stuff then a final spray over the top.

[OsoMoore]

My 79 is textured. I have no reason to believe it has ever been refinished.

[ROW911SC]

Wasn't able to turn anything up definitive on the PCA website. Mine was textured when I got the car back in '86 and also have no reason to believe it had been repainted. Thanks.

[tdw28210]

It is somewhere between satin and crinkle, but closer to satin. Black paint from Wurths in a rattle can is your best bet.

[steve84]

I have a 1984. I think that mine was smooth before I re-finished it. I took off the targa bar and chemically stripped and wet sanded down to bare metal. I used the Wurths primer and black satin rattle can paint because it was recommended by other posters. The resulting finish is textured. I think that it has to do with the primer, which I believe was an "etching" primer.

[Adrian M]

My 86 is textured.. Kind of..

[ROW911SC]

Here's a shot of the texture on mine. Looks like splotching from uneven spray dispersal?

[jeffbottman]

Just finished stripping and painting my bar cover with many coats of black and clearcoat lacquer. Wet-sanded, compounded and polished it has an amazingly deep shine, which looks great to my eye contrasted with the vinyl top. YMMV ...