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Originally Posted by CVstarBoxster
Nice top. MIne is black and want it blue to match the color of the car. Can you please write up the process that it took you? How is it looking after a few months?
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Hi there - I realized that I actually never updated my post with the process and the status of how well it held up.
I have to say that now (10 months later) most of the dark color has disappeared and my top is sort of in the middle of the light faded grey it was when I started and then the nice black died result I obtained immediately after I died it. I would probably recommend people not to use the dying process to change the color, but it would probably work ok if you re-color your top in the same color it originally had.
The process was simple:
1. Cleaned the top with lots of water and regular car shampoo
2. Then I cleaned and scrubbed it with a top cleaner (bought at my local auto store)
3. Let the top dry
4. Taped off all windows, plastic sides etc with normal painters tape
5. Then I applied the thinned die with a 1" brush and really saturated the top. I used warm water to thin the die.
6. Let the top dry and reapplied the die again - I probably repeated that process 3 or 4 times.
After everything was done, I let it dry overnight and then rinsed off the extra die with a hose the next day.
Like I said - it held up nicely for a while, but is not a permanent, good solution to change the color of your top.