How rare are hardtops?
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Joined: Mar 2004
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From: Morrisville, NC
i'd never buy a hard top car if i had a choice, i have both a 95z28 and a 99 TA and are both t-top cars, i bought a 95 z last night to replace my 81 camaro that i've raced for the last 5 years, which also has t-tops 
hard tops maybe nicer, but if i gotta drive 100 - 300 miles to different drag racing events, i want t-tops, subframe connectors and 6 point roll bars will make a t-top car just as stiff as a hard top car
my 81 camaro has well over 2500 passes on it with just subframe connectors and its a little twisted, but not much if that old *** car can handle it for that long, a 4th gen f-body definatly can
hard tops maybe nicer, but if i gotta drive 100 - 300 miles to different drag racing events, i want t-tops, subframe connectors and 6 point roll bars will make a t-top car just as stiff as a hard top car
my 81 camaro has well over 2500 passes on it with just subframe connectors and its a little twisted, but not much
if that old *** car can handle it for that long, a 4th gen f-body definatly can
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Joined: Jun 2002
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From: Davie,Florida
Originally posted by 2MCHPSI
There is a myth that T-Top cars will flex more and that they are weaker than hard tops. This is not the case. The hardtop cars have the same structural support as T-Top cars. The roof is plastic and the sheetmetal beneath it on hardtops are the exact same as T-Tops, meaning they are cut from the factory with sheetmetal taken out in the T-Top area in hardtop cars also.
There is a myth that T-Top cars will flex more and that they are weaker than hard tops. This is not the case. The hardtop cars have the same structural support as T-Top cars. The roof is plastic and the sheetmetal beneath it on hardtops are the exact same as T-Tops, meaning they are cut from the factory with sheetmetal taken out in the T-Top area in hardtop cars also.
Eather way sub-frame connectors are highly recommended.
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Joined: Mar 2004
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From: Biloxi/Gulfport, Mississippi
Originally posted by RedPhenx
welcome to the board.
I dont think I've ever seen a hardtop 4th gen t/a?
also, where ya at and what you have done to your supra?
welcome to the board.
I dont think I've ever seen a hardtop 4th gen t/a?
also, where ya at and what you have done to your supra?
My supra is NA, one of the main reasons for getting rid of it. Don't feel like swapping in a GTE engine and don't have the place to do it anyway. Otherwise it just has intake, catback, and some other free mods. Fun car to drive, just too damn slow.
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From: TN
Originally posted by 2MCHPSI
There is a myth that T-Top cars will flex more and that they are weaker than hard tops. This is not the case. The hardtop cars have the same structural support as T-Top cars. The roof is plastic and the sheetmetal beneath it on hardtops are the exact same as T-Tops, meaning they are cut from the factory with sheetmetal taken out in the T-Top area in hardtop cars also.
There is a myth that T-Top cars will flex more and that they are weaker than hard tops. This is not the case. The hardtop cars have the same structural support as T-Top cars. The roof is plastic and the sheetmetal beneath it on hardtops are the exact same as T-Tops, meaning they are cut from the factory with sheetmetal taken out in the T-Top area in hardtop cars also.
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Joined: Jun 2002
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From: TN
Originally posted by RobbyRob
I've got to get me some of them for my car.
Anyway the price shoud be less without t-tops but both have advantages and drawbacks. Just whatever you want.
95 Z28 355 LT1 One word "*****"
Anyway the price shoud be less without t-tops but both have advantages and drawbacks. Just whatever you want.
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From: Clio,Michigan,u.s
My black 94z28 had a hardtop. I thought it looked cleaner than the t-top cars. I would have liked to take the tops out but it wasn't that big of a deal to me. Now I have a 94z28 drop top. You can def feel the difference between the two. HARD TOP feels much more structurally sound, kinda miss it.
Brandon
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