Does anyone know where they do this at i live in NY and i wouldnt mind traveling to CT,NJ,or even PA. How much do you think it will cost to get this done with them suppling the parts and labor or with just the labor and i buy the parts. ThankYou

 

It would probably cost around the price of a used camaro in decent shape that already has T-Tops

 

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Moving........

 

The real trick is getting all the necessary parts cheap enough- you need to find a wrecking yard parts donor with everything- liner, brackerts, weatherstriping-

The actual conversion is pretty easy- there are several sites that show people doing this- all F-bodies start life with a T-top frame, the coupes had a plastic panel glued over the top. You need a good grinder to cut the plastic, and a sawzall to cut the bars across the tops of the window openings. I just helped a friend do this, not exactly rocket science if you have access to a well-equipped shop.

google f-body t-top conversions, you will find lots of pages on it-

 

Gripenfelter on this site has a good writeup on it


http://members.fortunecity.com/gripe...penfelter.html

Riding in my friends T Top 98 today made me REALLY wanna do it to my car too

 

I did mine last summer. I paid a guy from ls1tech $400, and I supplied all the materials. I think I got everything for about $275? He had done 3 or 4 before, and we did it from about 9am to 4pm, and I did some of the tidying up myself (bondo and silicone for seals, paint) over a couple weeks.

 

Yep, Grip's guide will get you started. Once the top portion is off it will all make sense.

I did mine for $300 a couple years ago.

All I had was a sawzall and dremel. Even used bondo and black spray paint to cover it up.

 

the only thing thats bugging me real bad is all the guides/people talking about it that I've seen NO ONE shows anything about the latch install they always cut from Here I bent up the lip for the moulding to here's the finished product Any info/pics on the latches?

 

No pics but once you see it, things really do make sense. Or if you can pull the latches off a donar car yourself you can see how it all works.

Make your first real conservative, then when you can look down into the a and b pillars you can really see whats going on.

 

Hrm, just wasn't sure and cant picture how that works once the mounting bracket for it gets notched. I'll have to look at my friends 98 one of these days

 

The latch piece just slides right into the hole created, and you bolt it up. Easy as cake.

 

Actually you don't make the notch, its already there. You just have to remove the metal covering it.

 

That's awesome how different factory options are already halfway there I know the harness plug for traction control is stuck into the back of the button delete thingy on the 97+ Dash's, that's just funny how stuffs already kinda there.


Now I REALLY wanna do the T Top conversion

 

I got a good deal on my 97 LT1 but its not a T-top. I would love to convert it. Just use parts from a beat 6 banger. Will my 97 leak though?

 

I've done it 3 times and haven't had any problems with leaks. Just take your time and think before you cut and it'll be fine. Make sure when you cut the sides out that you leave enough metal to bend up tp create the weatherstrip channel by the latches. Other than that, the channel is all there, the holes for the latches are already there, and so are the holes for the center bar screws.