Has anyone installed their own ttops. my car is currently a hardtops and im considering putting ttops in. Anyone done this? how easy is it? how much $? is it worth the effort?

 

its been done, as a matter of fact, yesterday I wa slooking at some pics, but now I dont remember whose car was it.

 

there you go. BTW, white jelly beans taste like barf.

 

as you can see i have done it. It really isnt that hard but do your homework and study a couple of write ups til you know for sure what cuts and what not to make. The total cost for me was about 500 bucks, got the t top kit on ebay. And it is DEFINETLY worth the effort,time, and money. Probably the best appearance mod i have done to my car. They really come in handy on those nice summer nights going down the freeway at 70mph

 

I'm thinking bout doing a targa top. but I have a long mod list... and short money. maaaaaybe later.

 

i would imagine that the targa top is a HUGE project to take on. Im happy with my t tops

 

Search for Gripenfelter, I think he has the best site for that.

 

http://www.dw-zone.com/t-tops/t-top.asp
http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~adamez/38S...cs/andy/ttops/
http://members.fortunecity.com/gripe...onversion.html

 

ive done it, it isnt that tough nor time consuming. if ya got any questions just IM me madman20999

 

I did it, you can see sides pics of my car in my profile, nothing up close. Its looks like stock. It ended up costing me about $800 because I couldnt use the remaining roof piece and had to buy and paint a new one.

I love it and still do but I am starting to have doubts because when you sell the car....I dont know many people that would be into custom body work

By the way, its suprisingly easy to do, just measure 8 times and cut once.

 

I am in the middle of doing mine right now.

Did you have any fitment problems with yours?

Any tips you can give to make it a little easier?

thanks

 

i didnt know you were doing it. Like where are you at in the conversion?

 

Yep! Works fine. DO YOUR HOMEWORK though. I downloaded the pictures from the DW site and put them on my dads laptop. I would check out each pic before and after I cut/bent/etc. This really helped and made me feel more secure about the way I was doing it. Cost about 500 off ebay with headliner and everything.

Good Luck!

John

 

targa tops are sexy. will my car wrap around or twist in case an accident happens? i mean, if I cut he center beam? I think the targa will be made by glueing the two t-tops and then laying some layers of Fiber Glass.

 

stangkilla = helping me with my ttop conversion