I was on hwy 4 yesterday and my driver's side t-top flew off! Yes, flew off. It was latched AND locked, and poof it was gone.

Will insurance cover this?

Here are some pics. Notice the rods are in the latched position as is the handle and its locked too. Thats how it was when i picked it up off the side of the freeway!

 

Holy ****...anyone behind you when it flew right off? damn man i am scared to go on the freeway now. I heard alot of people's t-tops flyin off these days.

 

almost happened to me once, driving along in the morning, forgot to latch em from the night before, I was just like, why is it so noisy in here and I look up and the thing isn't latched, I grabbed it so fast, defintely a scary moment.

 

i know a couple of people that lost a ttop because they forgot to latch it, but i've never heard of one that it flew off when it was latched!

 

.... how in the great h3ll did that happen???...

Iish... I have to take a HW every day to get to work.. There is a small piece of rubber that kinda hold them in... I dunno....

Chassis flex??

 

thats horrible man, good luck getting everything figured out.

 

What's with Chevy's and their roofs flying away? haha

 

Remember Red Bull gives you wings.
But dam that sucks.
And it's crazy I cant imagine how that happened.


Chris G.

 

Happened to me a while back... only when it hit the ground, it bounced up and nailed the rear quarter panel on the way to breaking... Insurance wasn't much help. Hopefully you'll have better results. Good luck.

-John

 

luckily the cars behind me were about 100 yards away, and when it came off i saw them drop back quite a bit as I pulled over. It ended up on the side of the road, so it wasn't obstructing anything, and no one was hurt thankfully.

It wasn't chassis flex, as i have the BMR Xtreme STB, and the boxed sub frames too.

****Anyone who has T-Tops Do this for your safety and the cars around you!!! Its very easy!******

http://dayton-fbody.com/DFBAbb/viewtopic.php?t=1390

 

Samething happened to a friend of mine last year. It hit a brand new Porsche. The owner was really cool about it though. His only issue was he swore the car was bad luck so last time I saw him he told me he sold it for another color Porsche. Anyways, I know that had to be scary as hell.

 

however, his was actually locked.

 

good time for you others to think about adjustments

http://www.rivercityf-bodies.com/for...5623#post49396

 

I think i may check mine, as its probably never been checked at all. Id hate to lose one, and it would be even worse if it hit somebody and i was liable.

 

damn that is crazy!