Since my car is a 1986, the years of oxidation on the targa bar is quite evident. It's a light grey color when it's supposed to be black. So I decided to fix it with a light compound and a yellow polishing pad on my Porter Cable. I chose a very light compound, Optimum Finish. I chose a yellow pad since the targa bar has a textured finish and I didn't want to gloss it up to a mirror shine. Since the finish is so textured there is no need to worry about swirl marks..a nice bonus. This took all of about 10 minutes work and despite my terrible pictures, the targa bar appears as new now. I also need to get inside the "Targa" script. The only problem now is since the targa bar is so new and fresh looking, my targa top and seals look faded. More reconditioning for those!
Pics:
You can see in the first 2 pictures where I left a spot in the middle un-touched so you can see the difference.
Need to get inside the script:
This pad used to be bright yellow:
Finished result:
