785T/A

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I have this pic of my TA and it looks like it would be easy to photoshop my t-bar out. just wondering what it would look like if it were a targa top.

thanks

WhiteKnightZ28

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Here's a real quick photochop... one of the more experienced guys could do a more photo-realistic job... hope this helps

EdwardL

Here's a targa top camaro. Don't know who's it is.

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well lookin from the front bumper....i think it's VGS_LS1 (i think that's his name)

785T/A

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Thanks I wish I new a way to make mine that way...

popocamaro2

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gorgeous car, id love to have any of mine look like that

The Black Pearl

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No it is not his car.. Its Whistlers car.. VGSLS1 has that bumper now, but he does not have the targa top..

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yeah there you go! that way around lol couldnt really remember

burt_renolds

[QUOTE=785T/A]I have this pic of my TA and it looks like it would be easy to photoshop my t-bar out. just wondering what it would look like if it were a targa top.

thanks


Here you go man! I`m a computer graphics major. Here`s a quick photoshop chop!

slayer6x6

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That looks soo good.

Targa Top =

785T/A

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wow thanks for the chops i might look into making a fiberglass targa top....yeah right i could never do that...

Silver02TA

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here's a PShop of my car with a Targa Top:

Bad Boy II

very nice silver02TA

785T/A

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sweet silver02TA,... im powder coating tt2's black right now..

luckyou03

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ehh.. you get the idea

785T/A

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luckyou03 thats the best one ive seen, thanks for the input, makes me want to start cutting my car...

Hayze

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So...besides time and money....what is stopping people from doing this?

What it would take....
~Go to junk yard cut top off of a hartop
~take part off of t-tops that locks them in place
~~install them on the hardtop peice cut out

*of course a little triming and other cutting, but that seems like the basic idea*

For the people that say..well what about safety....
look at the verts....how unsafe is that compared to this (where you also have the hatch part for a little more safety)

95 TA - The Beast

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I really like this idea, but there are a couple of negatives:

1) where do you put the large 1-piece targa once you remove it? (I know in the back somewhere, but that just seems dangerous)

or

1a) do the one piece removeable Targa, but make a custom set of moutning ears that would sit in the back to lock the targa in place when you take it off...

or

2) I would do it where the middle bar is a seperate piece that can be locked into place with a lever like the t-tops themselves, that way you can use the e-top holders and then just worry about a much smaller 'bar' that you could make a holder somewhere for...

3) I would only consider doing this as long as I personally had a roll-bar or cage installed (yeah yeah, most will say they won't need it, but I wouldn't drive a convertible without at least a roll bar either)...

4) If anyone steals these ideas, they are going to get a beating if I don't do it first!!! hehehe

But honestly, it is a cool mod, but on the realistic factor if it were to be done, you would need to do some serious underbody work to make sure everything stays in place properly, as the convertibles have a slightly different undercarriage to take into consideration the different stresses because of the lack of the top...

Also, to do it 'right' you would need to cut back from where the t-tops mounts to open up the top quite a bit more, maybe take the bracketry from the convertible in front and duplicate it for the back edge of the Targa as well and then it would be a nice big 'mod'...

_JB_

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Looks nice, but you would loose a lot of strengh by takeing that bar out, that car would twist like hell without it. Now if you reenforced it someway with subframes or something, maybe then.

Hayze

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What about SLP subframes....with there design it would reduce a lot of flex in that area