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Targa bar mounting bolt repair
Hi Everyone - long time stalker, first (or almost first) time poster.
After waiting for eight years, the car was finally painted and brought home yesterday. I'm now starting the process of putting everything back together. First up is the targa bar. When I removed it 3 of the 4 mounting bolts were well rusted and broke off. I've searched and read through a bunch of posts to see if anyone has repaired their targa bar. The posts that talk about it say it's an easy repair, but no one really explained how the repair was done. From what I've been able to gather, new studs are welded on. But it seems like on the top half, I need to grind off half the bolt. Is that for clearance behind the targa bar and the body? Thanks in advance for any insight before I attempt this repair. 
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04-28-2016, 06:36 PM
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Mine was held on by 4 bolts as well. I had to grind off 2 rusted ones and weld on new. Make sure you get the measurements correct in both the distance between the bolt and the edge as well as the position where the bolt is in relation to the front or back.
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04-28-2016, 07:47 PM
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OT but what kind of texture is that on the bar cover? Hammered?
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04-29-2016, 03:19 PM
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would like to hear exactly how people have repaired these, very common malady on targa covers. I have to do mine, 3/4 broke off
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04-30-2016, 06:28 AM
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Anybody have any stories on the repair of these.? Thx
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06-25-2016, 05:36 AM
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To repair those bolts, they need to be brazed on. No weld, no solder. Brazed on.
Somewhere on this site there is a thread on it.
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06-25-2016, 08:10 AM
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