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Old 08-19-2008, 12:07 AM
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i am thinking about buying a 94 trans am hard top. i was wondering if there was someone around the dfw , tx area that could do it for me, of course i am going to pay the person for it i just wanna know before i buy the car, because a trans am or camaro w/o t tops is like the richest man in the world robbing a bank, its just pointless imo
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i thought they didnt make trans am hardtops.
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I think they did during the 93-97 LT1 years... but not during the 98+ LS1 cars.

Now that I say that.... some one will no doubt post a pic of a 98+ hardtop
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btw... this may help......... http://members.fortunecity.com/gripe...onversion.html

Doesn't look to hard.... if you have the for it!!!!!!!!
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is there anyone that will do it for me
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if u lived near me in FLorida, i'd do it.
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dont cut that roof. buy a different car.
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why not just find a car with t-tops?
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is there any way of converting t-tops back to hard top?
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Originally Posted by some_punk
is there any way of converting t-tops back to hard top?
not really
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Originally Posted by some_punk
is there any way of converting t-tops back to hard top?
i suppose you could get the 2 bars on the sides and weld those in and then buy a roof and have it glued in
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i vote for buying a t-top car also.
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Originally Posted by some_punk
is there any way of converting t-tops back to hard top?

Find someone who converted a hardtop to t-top and use their roof. duct tape works well but I woud go with the 200 mph tape which will work good up to 35 mph.
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I'd help if you were over on the East coast....

I second (or fifth I guess) the motion to just find a t-top car. I converted mine just because I had it for so long...

And I'd imagine that it'd be easier to convert a t-top car to hardtop, but you'd have to buy a new roof skin, obviously. I always wanted to use a hard top car, and replace the main part of the roof skin with tinted lexan. I don't take the tops off all that much, but I love how the glass roof opens it up.
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if you go over to the camaroz28.com forumn and go to the appreaance section they have a sticky that shows a really good writeup of this
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there was a guy that is in the college station area that does it. he's done quite a few conversions. pm me and i'll shoot ya a link to his profile page. that's kinda the only way to get ahold of him.




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