Some photos of my refurbished poptop here: http://tinyurl.com/hg44rjk

Thoroughly cleaned and deoxidized, applied 303 Protectant and finished with
a light coat of wax. New seals, decals, and stainless hardware on the
luggage rack. Cost about $200, mostly for the OEM German poptop and luggage
rack seal. Probably about 30 hours of labor.

I wish I had some before photos, it was pretty ugly, top was black with
gunk, van has lived outside under trees the past 3 years.

-Mark
Seattle, WA

On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 12:01 PM, Mark McCulley <markmcculley@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Westfailia pop tops were originally made with a gelcoat finish, not
> painted. If you clean them thoroughly and restore with products like these,
> you'll be amazed how good they look.
>
> http://www.gowesty.com/product-details.php?v=&id=3946
> http://www.gowesty.com/product-details.php?id=3374
>
> I'm just finishing up restoration of my pop top and it looks like new
> again.
>
> -Mark
> Seattle
>
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 11:34 AM, Toomey Douglas <drt@uoregon.edu> wrote:
>
>> Great info.  I am also having my 87 westy repainted; originally Wolfram
>> grey, as was the pop top. I will likely stay with grey, but have been
>> concerned about painting the top a dark color due to it potentially being
>> hotter in the sun.
>>
>> Would prefer a grey top if there were some way to decrease its heat
>> absorbance.  Does anyone have experience with the ceramic paint additives
>> that are meant to insulate paint (e.g., http://www.hytechsales.com/ins
>> ulating_paint_additives.html)?
>>
>> Alternatively, any nice pics of a grey westy with a lighter top?
>>
>>
>> > On Aug 29, 2016, at 11:20 AM, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Bummer.  Here is a list of codes:  http://www.bustopia.com/vw-van
>> agon-paint-codes.html
>> >
>> > As far as the top goes, Westfalia painted them, not VW, and there are
>> no codes. Westfalia also used a very inferior paint. I've had excellent
>> results twice now having Wesco (https://wescopbe.com/store-locations/)
>> do a computer match from the front underside of the top on the side flange
>> or the back side of the luggage rack, which are protected from the sun and
>> weather.
>> >
>> > They used a hand held scanner, and matched both the blue used with the
>> Dove Blue '87 and the tan used on my '85.  You can also choose the level of
>> gloss you want, but the scanner will match the OEM gloss perfectly, which
>> is actually semi-gloss, not high gloss.  I prefer the OEM look over vans
>> that have been repainted with a single clear coated color.
>> >
>> > One quart will do the top, and these catalyzed urethane acrylic enamels
>> will last a very long time!
>> >
>> > Stuart
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
>> Behalf Of Edward V Barger
>> > Sent: Monday, August 29, 2016 9:54 AM
>> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> > Subject: PAINT COLORS 87 WESTY
>> >
>> > HI
>> >
>> > Well my saga continues  my van has been at a friends shop for 10
>> months  still not painted  body work done ……
>> >
>> > I am going to pick it up on Saturday and take it elsewhere to be painted
>> >
>> > where do I locate the information on the colors the body is / was dark
>> gray and the top sort of a cream / white
>> >
>> > A lesson learned never advance the entire payment even to a friend of
>> 30 years   every time i approach him on getting my van done all I get is
>> his sob story
>> >
>> > I give up will go elsewhere to have the job finished
>> >
>> > ed
>> >
>> >
>> > Edward V Barger
>> > edvbarger@mac.com <mailto:edvbarger@mac.com>
>> > 310 922 6251
>> >
>>
>> _______________________
>> Prof. Douglas Toomey
>> 1272 Geological Sciences
>> University of Oregon
>> Eugene, OR 97403-1272
>>
>> http://uoregon.edu/~drt
>> http://geophysics.uoregon.edu
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>> (541) 346 4692  (fax)
>> ________________________
>>
>
>