So my t tops are blacked out and look horrible. I dont know what kind of material is top of the glass but looks horrible. Should I just use spray paint and paint them?

 

Are the glass or plastic?

 

No. Why the hell would you want to spray paint your T-tops?

The glass is smoked from the factory. I can't imagine how smoked glass could possibly look worse than Rustoleum.

 

like when your inside the car you cant see out of them and on top there faded blacked and looked like cracked paint small cracks everywhere. There is some type of compound or material on top of the glass

 

Just remove all that crap that's on their,put some paint stripper on them.

 

I have some plastic or Lexan that are all scratched and I thought about painting them body color but painting glass would not really look good nor work well.

 

Agreed, remove the crap, rather than piling more crap on top.

 

Sounds like you have the plastic ttops. They are known for doing that. If you can swing it, buy some glass tops...

 

I got a set of TTops for sale!!!!

 

does it look like this?

if it does, theres no hope for it, i tried everything, i just ended up going to the junkyard and got a pair of glass ones for 40$

 

There is a thread on one of the corvette forums about them wetsanding and buffing the plastic tops.

 

yeah thats them lol...so thats why I was saying maybe spray paint matte black

 

Are the glass or plastic?

 

craigslist. There's always someone selling a pair of the glass ones for a hundred or so. They are heavy, but better than paint

 

hey guys Ive also got crappy plastic or lexan t-tops and wouldnt mind replacing them and I definitely like the idea of the glass t-tops but will just any t-tops from these cars work? Ive got a 91 z28, thanks for your rply guys

 

Yes and no. There are three types of ttop strikers in our cars that vary through the years. This includes the latches (82-83) the 5/8" pins (83-89) and the fat pins that are bigger than your thumb (lexan ttops). The fat pins are just the 5/8 with a plastic shroud around them and they do fit the regular round ttop striker receiver found on most cars. Not exactly sure if they are interchangeable, but they should be. The latch style are totally different and if you come accross them, leave them alone, they won't fit.

 

i have a 92 and the glass ones i got fit just fine, even the t-tops on my 86 fit on it just fine, just go to a junkyard and see if they'll let you test fit them, thats what i did

 

I also have the crappy plastic latch type ones, I was thinking of trying and restoring them as it would be cheaper than buying a new set or should I go with the glass ones and if so what would be an adequate replacement?

 

I betcha that mequiars headlight restorer would work

 

This is not a bad idea, but you can also wet sand with say 1500 grit, then work to 2000 grit then buff the hell out of them. I have the glass tops and would not dream of having the plastic ones.