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Old Oct 31, 2008 | 11:41 PM
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I've been quoted $150.00 for the following:

Cleaning my ragtop
Dying the fabric (3 applications) to get it back to clean and new looking
Conditioning the top so it should last a few more years (its really shrunk)


Is this a good price?
Old Nov 5, 2008 | 12:48 PM
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sounds like a good price to me. I haven't done any shoping for this type of work, but I figured it would be more than that.
Old Dec 15, 2008 | 10:01 PM
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just spend the fifty bucks for a kit called "rag tops" its awesome and i woulde go with this before paying for someone to do what you can do at home
Old Dec 26, 2008 | 12:15 PM
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I've used the Mothers stuff and worked real well. I've heard very good things about "Raggtopp".
Old Dec 28, 2008 | 10:18 PM
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Will that stuff work on white tops at all? Mine is a bit dirty and I don't think it has ever been cleaned.
Old Jan 12, 2009 | 10:03 PM
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I used the Mothers Top cleaner on mine, it definitely works.
Old Jan 14, 2009 | 11:16 AM
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tree sap dripped on my new black top last summer. do you think any of these products would help remove it?
Old Jan 14, 2009 | 11:47 AM
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I just picked up a convertable last weekend. Never owned a convertable before and I was also wondering what would work good for cleaning the top.
Old Jan 14, 2009 | 06:32 PM
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best ive ever used/ seen is ragg tops. its a kit and will run you about 50 bucks.
ive also used the porsche kit too but i think that ragg tops is better
Old Jan 18, 2009 | 07:22 PM
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Usually, it is hard to dye a vinyl top if it ever has had some type of oily protectant on the vinyl because the dye can't "bite" or adhere to the old vinyl. It is a terrible idea if it is a cloth top like on the '04 Cobra's. The top will look off color or shaded instead of all one color.
If the top is shrunk bad, it's just a matter of time before you need to replace it. Probably has had "Armor-all" or some other protectant with silicones in it. I make my living off that stuff.

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