North American Turbocoupe Organization

Years ago, I got my grill and header panel smashed into. I have since bought a temporary grill replacement on ebay (unfortunately much more worn than my original), and I have an unpainted header panel replacement. I didn't put the header panel on since it's unpainted still and I didn't want it to get weathered.

Now that I finally have my TC parked in a garage for good, I'm weighing the appearance of the body damage versus mounting a bare fiberglass header panel until I get paint. I've been waiting for paint since eventually I'd like to paint the whole car (might be a couple years yet).

Thoughts? Mount the bare header panel or not to? It would also free some garage space to get the thing out of the way...

Depends on how mint you'd like the panel to be when you get it painted...

If the current temp panel is uncracked, just weathered, i'd keep the mint one on the shelf until the whole car is ready for paint.

I have a temp grill, not a temp panel

Just wondering if an unpainted panel would be worse than looking at the damage. I could also prime the panel with rattle can primer, then put it on...

Ya I do agree it'd be best not to put it on yet until I get paint. I just don't know how long that will be, it's already been like this for about 3 years.

With that little bit of damage, I would just save the new header panel for when you paint the car.