T-top insert question...
04-05-2006, 10:15 AM
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T-top insert question...
Where can I get the T-top inserts that go under the glass part of the T-top inside the car to block out the sun (specificly for a 4th Gen)? Does anyone know where I can purchase these, or how much they cost?
04-05-2006, 09:16 PM
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Re: T-top insert question...
I'm embarrassed to admit this, but I made my own. I NEEDED them with this South Texas sun, and I'm on a budget that's depressingly limited. Cost me about 10 bucks, and might not be as nifty, but sure does keep the sun out.
08-27-2006, 07:48 AM
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Re: T-top insert question...
Could you tell me what you made the inserts from and how did you make them, did you use a template or did you copy the shape from an original set ?
I have tried to make a set myself but could not get the angles right
My next question it it posible for someone to send me a template for these inserts, in paper would be ok, left and right would be nice
Am I asking too much ??? hmmm could be !
Graeme in OZ.
I have tried to make a set myself but could not get the angles right
My next question it it posible for someone to send me a template for these inserts, in paper would be ok, left and right would be nice
Am I asking too much ??? hmmm could be !
Graeme in OZ.
08-27-2006, 11:59 AM
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Re: T-top insert question...
Howdy Folks !!...
Did anyone come up with a part #..or an outfit that makes these
shades?
It's like driving in a micro-wave oven when the son comes out...
Drive On !!...
Fast Freddie...
Did anyone come up with a part #..or an outfit that makes these
shades?
It's like driving in a micro-wave oven when the son comes out... Drive On !!...
Fast Freddie...
08-27-2006, 12:22 PM
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Re: T-top insert question...
lol I like to think of it as a glass sauna up here in wisconsin, humidity and about 140* heat in the glass after sitting out in the sun all day.... yea that's a pretty fricken good sauna.
I guess if you go to menards or a hardware store that sells plexiglass, you could slice and dice it into the t-tops shapes, then apply limo tint. and that would be pretty cheap, furthermore if you got yourself a heat gun, you could feasibly mold the plexiglass to the contour of the glass, just be careful and not melt it on.
however I could see it as a profitable business if you got a plastics company like was said earlier to produce them for $12, and then go and sell them for $20, but you'd have to look into the patents and whatnot.
I wouldnt just tint the tops themselves because i got a door off a junkyard car since my door had about a 2" rust hole in it when i bought the car, and that window was tinted, and the glue was stuck on there for awhile, even scrubbing the living 9!$$ out of it with the nastiest industrial 3M adhesive remover and window tint remover there is (I know a few suppliers and got myself some samples
)
main thing is that glue tint crap bubbles up and wears out over time, and it sucks to replace it
I guess if you go to menards or a hardware store that sells plexiglass, you could slice and dice it into the t-tops shapes, then apply limo tint. and that would be pretty cheap, furthermore if you got yourself a heat gun, you could feasibly mold the plexiglass to the contour of the glass, just be careful and not melt it on.
however I could see it as a profitable business if you got a plastics company like was said earlier to produce them for $12, and then go and sell them for $20, but you'd have to look into the patents and whatnot.
I wouldnt just tint the tops themselves because i got a door off a junkyard car since my door had about a 2" rust hole in it when i bought the car, and that window was tinted, and the glue was stuck on there for awhile, even scrubbing the living 9!$$ out of it with the nastiest industrial 3M adhesive remover and window tint remover there is (I know a few suppliers and got myself some samples
)main thing is that glue tint crap bubbles up and wears out over time, and it sucks to replace it
