Just purchased a high mileage 91 Allante phase 2 convertable. The forward edge of the fibreglas top boot, over the years, had shown some ragged edges probably from trying to lift it prior to removal of the mini covers (DUH !). Rather than smooth these edges and then repainting the entire boot cover, I got "U" shaped black door edge guards that are plastic and conform to the compound curves at the covers forward edge. It matches the black plastic around the lowered quarter windows and looks, I think, as if factory. The ones I got were approx 4 inches too long which was perfect. Allowed me to trim to exact length. Hope this might help someone. Two door edge guards $4.00, one beer $1.50 results : priceless!!

 

Spend another buck and a half for another beer and see if you can post some pics of that fix. Sounds good, would like to see it if possible.

G.A.R.Y.

 

Bill,

having acquired my latest .. a '92 triple balck .. I'm starting to clean the car up, one item at the time.
There are so many little things that if I think about it, I might feel overwhelmed. Everywhere I look
and touch there is something that needs attention.

However, back to the soft cover, last evening I decided that the grey cover (Triple Black) simply didnt
cut it in today's world of automobiles.

As of last night, the soft cover is gloss BLACK, keeping the texture it had, and now it looks awesome,
specially with the mini-covers in place which also got painted ...

your solution may also help those cars that are missing the donut that goes around the pull-down.
what do you think? There are several such cars out there, missing the donut.

thanks for the idea ...

 

I dont think the guard allows that much flexability? Regarding the pictures, dont have access to a digital camera at home #1 and at my advanced age, I dont have a clue how to connect them to this site?#2. STEALTH, your car sounds like mine. Slowly doing the cosmetics now that the brakes work, the thermostat gets the engine to temperature, all the lights work, the parking brake fully releases and the rear OXY sensor was finally replaced after 138,000 miles! etc, etc. Unlike my 88 which I sold because I was reluctant to have the odometer roll past 65,000 miles, I can drive this car and not concern myself with miles racked up.

 

Bill,

i was lucky .. mine came with a rem GM ABS system .. the car runs like a wild horse on a chase.
but she looks like the bushes and rocks didnt get out of the way.

I am trying to get used to all the lighting on the digital cluster, I rather enjoyed my analog clusters
on the other cars.

you are correct .. cosmetics are on the list along with the mandatory SMOG !
today she got new shoes and returned to the OEM rims.

maybe in a month or two she will come out for pictures.
what color scheme is your '91 ?

 

Mine, as well, has a rebuilt GM master cyl. but had the original ABS pump!!

 

I cant remember if I mentioned it ..

The ABS Pump Relay .. get your hands on any that you find, used or new.
No one has any left .. and .. thank you if you find an extra one for my cars.

All the salvage yards seem to be sending the cars to the crusher with the ABS relay still in them.
The last 10 cars or so being parted, they said they dont bother with low cost junk items.
Yet, w/o it, the car goes nowhere.

They will probably give them to you, not much market unless you need one.

 

Had to smog mine last week as well. Failed first time, too much CO at 2500 RPM. Because of the on board diagnostics, I determined the rear oxygen sensor was weak (not switching fast enough) comparing it to the front one. Replaced sensor and it passed with flying colors!

 

I got 15 days to get MY '92 through SMOG .. I'm waiting for a warm day to drive her on the SMOG dyno.
Last week is cold .. today .. it rains .. unfair ...