Revelation Z28

iTrader: (10)

i want to convert to t tops. i dont plan on selling the car, i just want to see how much the labor would be to professionally do the conversion.

wabmorgan

It would proablly be cheaper to TRADE the car for one with T-tops!!!!!!!!!

Revelation Z28

iTrader: (10)

i was contemplating that, but i already put over 1500 into the car, so im gonna keep it.

i was thinking around $500-800 in labor.

transambandit

iTrader: (6)

well after i finish my ls1 front end conversion i am going to be doing the ttop mod myself, im pretty handy and it doesnt look too hard at all, it might be hard to find a shop to do it, but you should call around, maybe some of the custom places will do it, i spent about 320 bucks getting the ttops and all the hardware that goes with it, i will let you know how it goes, oh and by the way, for me it would NOT have been cheaper to just by a TTOP car. When i started looking the closest one to the car i bought that was a ttop was 2k more AND it had over 40k miles more than the car i bought.

Revelation Z28

iTrader: (10)

i read the write up on how to do it, and it looks pretty easy, just need patience and need to know where the hell to disect lol

Z28-CTYHNTR

There have been several write ups in the past on how to do this, I could have sworn one was on this very forum. Of course, since the search function is broken you probably wont find it easily.

Jpack

iTrader: (12)

I have done it. Mine was done over a weekend. I had posted on here awhile back about it. Everything including a new t top headliner was $550. It is really easy to do if you have basic skills. Most shops won't touch the conversion. They think it is weakining the car. This is really just lack of knowledge on how these cars are. I have done tons of research on this and I did mine the right way. My tops fit better than stock and everyone that has seen the car tries calling BS on the conversion. If you have any questions about doing the conversion, I'm the guy to talk to.

Here is a picture of the conversion. I don't have current ones with new moldings around the windshield yet, but this will give you an Idea of how it should look when done right.

96blkform

iTrader: (2)

GMR speed does installs now I did mine on my own, but you cannot beat their price and they do awesome work! Check out this post for details. http://www.fbody.com/cgi-bin/anythin...i?msgid=884063 Just shoot Leo a PM, his ID is Leo@gmrspeed

This is what prompted my install:


Finished product

Ego Killer

iTrader: (147)

I have a friend that has a 99 z28 with ttops im sure he would sell the top cheap they are perfect headlinner and all

666 speed

iTrader: (4)

I did the conversion myself, most of the stuff came from the junk yard. Total I had a little under $400 in parts.

WhiteStripes

iTrader: (1)

Wow, those all look great. I had no idea that someone could easily ditch the hard top for T's. A buddy wants to get his hartop SS converted over, but he ended up finding someone that does custom Targa tops, so he is going to go ther route. That'll be cool.

loser98

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its not that hard, and i think there's no RPO code number that says it's factory t-tops or not, so selling it wouldnt really be a problem if you didnt want to tell them. and ( 16 years old ) and my friend ( also 16 ) did it to his car. theres a bunch of write up's around, only takes 2-3 days dending on how long you work on it. you can do it your self for around $500. but depends on where you get all the parts from, find someone parting out a car and you can do it cheaper than that. i can post pics to if you want, i took a bunch.

loser98

iTrader: (3)

i still have more if you want.

KillerKlown

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Am I assuming correct that when you remove the top layer of the roof, this is whats underneath? Or do you have to mold the lips to form the "t-top" etc?

loser98

iTrader: (3)

you have to mold the little lips, that hold the weather stripping. not hard, little time consumeing.

Z28_DAD

iTrader: (18)

i was going to mention your car.
this conversion is top notch. his tops line up better than mine do

presto_z

iTrader: (12)

here in florida almost every camaro has t-tops... i love them... if i didnt have t-tops i would put them in or do the targa top...

and oh yeah

GO GO POWER RANGERS.... MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERRRRSSSSS!!!!...

Revelation Z28

iTrader: (10)

what would i need in terms of cutting?

dremels and a sawzall?

****.. i may just hire one of you guys to do this

loser98

iTrader: (3)

yep, i used my dremel to cut the "roof" like, the painted part. and then you need a sawzall ( or some other kinda of saw, we used a sawzall ) to cut 2 bars, one on either side of the roof. ( totall of 4 cuts) then you need the dremel to cut/trim/mold the "lips." its seriously a weekend job, all the cuts you make you have a aot of lee-way with them. we ended up cutting ( with the dremel) off like 1/2 inch on each side.

power ranger FTW is right.

loser98

iTrader: (3)

you can do it yourself trust me. 3 days if you have everything there ( t-tops,headliner ect )