996 Targa Specialist?

[Rossco2010]

After a lot of thought and man-maths I’ve decided to take the plunge and get my Targa roof looked at; it moves, but its very slow (slower than it should be) and sticks open, especially in the wet.

My local specialist told me he won’t touch it with a barge pole (he was actually much ruder 😥); is there anyone out there who is considered a specialist at this?

I appreciate it’s a devil of a job and can go pear shaped so I really want it with someone who knows what they’re doing on this specifically.

Any suggestions welcome.

Cheers

[PushedDover]

There is a very knowledgeable PH'er I recall with these.
Can't recall his username.

Called Mark.
I think he also worked for Precision Porsche. Try them ?

[Rossco2010]

Very helpful, thanks.

[Essential]

I had one done by GT ONE porsche. Big job but they were superb

[Rossco2010]

Essential said:

I had one done by GT ONE porsche. Big job but they were superb

Now that’s interesting; they’re about 5 minutes away. Definitely worth a drive over.

Cheers

[MrC986]

PushedDover said:

There is a very knowledgeable PH'er I recall with these.
Can't recall his username.

Called Mark.
I think he also worked for Precision Porsche. Try them ?

At Precision Porsche it’s a guy called Iain (aka Demort on 911uk) - he did a friends 996 Targa a few years ago (& we travelled down from the Midlands for this). I think Precision/Iain have probably worked on more Targas than most OPCs and Pork specialists & know the process very well. Our local ex OPC techie didn’t want to touch the Targa roof & courtesy of the 911uk forum found Iain/Precision.

[PushedDover]

MrC986 said:

PushedDover said:

There is a very knowledgeable PH'er I recall with these.
Can't recall his username.

Called Mark.
I think he also worked for Precision Porsche. Try them ?

At Precision Porsche it’s a guy called Iain (aka Demort on 911uk) - he did a friends 996 Targa a few years ago (& we travelled down from the Midlands for this). I think Precision/Iain have probably worked on more Targas than most OPCs and Pork specialists & know the process very well. Our local ex OPC techie didn’t want to touch the Targa roof & courtesy of the 911uk forum found Iain/Precision.

You are right !

Demort.

[Rossco2010]

Thanks all - looks pretty clear where I’m going then....

[MrHappy]

It’s a few years since I’ve used them but there is/was a chap called Greg at Tognola in Windsor who was an expert on the 993 Targa roof.

[Docmem]

I had a 996 Targa and roof got stuck, took to an Porsche dealer and they made a big mess of the roof. So much so that I had to sell the car. So be very careful who you ask. I really hope you havent got my old car (Silver !)

Edited by Docmem on Saturday 25th September 14:42

[Rossco2010]

Docmem said:

I had a 996 Targa and roof got stuck, took to an Porsche dealer and they made a big mess of the roof. So much so that I had to sell the car. So be very careful who you ask. I really hope you havent got my old car (Silver !)

Edited by Docmem on Saturday 25th September 14:42

My OPC was quite transparent actually; if ‘they’ did it they’d send it somewhere else as it was not the sort of thing they want / are able to do, so I’d pay their rates for an independent job.

It’s only your car if it was so bad someone resprayed it blue as well!

[996Targa]

You could try Ray Northway near Aldermaston if you are anywhere near.

[PushedDover]

996Targa said:

You could try Ray Northway near Aldermaston if you are anywhere near.

Bought my 997 Targ from him.
I am not sure he tackles fixing them. Général approach is to repLace the whole ‘cassette’ from rear view mirror to back glass latch at multi-thou iirc