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Old Apr 6, 2007 | 08:26 PM
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i have T-Tops and i love them more then anything lol... i like the targa tops on vettes though, would have been pretty bad if they did that with our cas to you know?
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Old Apr 6, 2007 | 08:45 PM
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T-tops, not a fan of the verts but I like hardtops too. But nothing beats cruising around when its warm with the t-tops off
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Old Apr 6, 2007 | 10:52 PM
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yeah yeah, hardtops for performance.... whatever. I LOVE MY TTOPS.
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Old Apr 7, 2007 | 01:36 AM
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To the poster who said t-tops fly off going WOT, WTF are you talking about? If you latch them, they won't fly off. I'm tired of this ignorant rumor floating around because one douche bag doesn't have 5 seconds to latch both tops, and another douche bag is trying hard to justify why hardtops are better than t-tops aside from the subjective looks.

Anyway, coming from hardtopped f-bodies, I prefer t-tops.
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Old Apr 7, 2007 | 02:41 AM
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Originally Posted by 1meantransam
i have T-Tops and i love them more then anything lol... i like the targa tops on vettes though, would have been pretty bad if they did that with our cas to you know?
I also love the targa on my vette but it does seem to squeak around more than a t top car. I still would never trade my t top or the targa for a hard top. I had one hard top but I hated it so i sold it.
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Old Apr 7, 2007 | 02:41 AM
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love my hard top... smooth lines, more rigid, more rare
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Old Apr 7, 2007 | 10:33 AM
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ttops all the way
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Old Apr 7, 2007 | 01:01 PM
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Originally Posted by NightWindDriftr
To the poster who said t-tops fly off going WOT, WTF are you talking about? If you latch them, they won't fly off. I'm tired of this ignorant rumor floating around because one douche bag doesn't have 5 seconds to latch both tops, and another douche bag is trying hard to justify why hardtops are better than t-tops aside from the subjective looks.

Anyway, coming from hardtopped f-bodies, I prefer t-tops.

tell that to my homegirl, lol her right top flew off on the freeway even whhen it was latched, the pin's somtimes dont go deep enough into the hole and slip out when on the road.
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Old Apr 8, 2007 | 11:29 PM
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T-Tops all the way...
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Old Apr 9, 2007 | 01:24 AM
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tell that to my homegirl, lol her right top flew off on the freeway even whhen it was latched, the pin's somtimes dont go deep enough into the hole and slip out when on the road.
If the pin doesn't go into the hole, it isn't latched period. I've only owned my t-topped Z for a little over a year, but I've had the tops off numerous times. Never did I have this problem.
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Old Apr 9, 2007 | 07:06 AM
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+1 for hardtops
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Old Apr 9, 2007 | 07:58 AM
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Originally Posted by NightWindDriftr
To the poster who said t-tops fly off going WOT, WTF are you talking about? If you latch them, they won't fly off. I'm tired of this ignorant rumor floating around because one douche bag doesn't have 5 seconds to latch both tops, and another douche bag is trying hard to justify why hardtops are better than t-tops aside from the subjective looks.

Anyway, coming from hardtopped f-bodies, I prefer t-tops.

Just because it hasn't happened to you doesn't mean its not happening.
https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...ight=tops+flew
And yes some people forget and don't latch them down and they fly off, but there seems to be some that have latched them down and they still came off.
Granted, we don't know if the latching mechanism was working correctly or not. I'm just reporting what others on various occasions have said.

Grow up and learn to have a civil conversation, if your unable to then

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Old Apr 9, 2007 | 08:54 AM
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Originally Posted by -Freak-
Just because it hasn't happened to you doesn't mean its not happening.
https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...ight=tops+flew
And yes some people forget and don't latch them down and they fly off, but there seems to be some that have latched them down and they still came off.
Granted, we don't know if the latching mechanism was working correctly or not. I'm just reporting what others on various occasions have said.

Grow up and learn to have a civil conversation, if your unable to then
yea they will come off, ive seen it hppen, on a side note i forgot to latch mine and they stayed in

btw. hardtops all the way, ive had 2 4th gen ttop cars and 1 3rd gen hardtop. i like the hardtop alot more
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Old Apr 9, 2007 | 09:52 AM
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T-tops ftw.
you get the best of both worlds.
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Old Apr 9, 2007 | 02:26 PM
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Originally Posted by TXws6
T-tops - the best of both worlds.
Just like Van Halen said.
My '93 was a hardtop. Had it for 10 years but, T-Tops rule. I would never go back to a hardtop.
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Old Apr 9, 2007 | 05:37 PM
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T-Tops For Dark Colored Cars, Hard Tops For Light Colored Cars :)
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Old Apr 9, 2007 | 10:35 PM
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I would only want a Hardtop if it were a full-on race car.

T-tops are a pain in the butt.

Convertible is the only way for me. I'm on my second now.

I don't understand why more people dont like verts. I assume it is because they have never driven one.
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Old Apr 9, 2007 | 10:49 PM
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T-tops for me, converts are to much exposure to me and dont like the way the hard tops look, think it has to due with the fact that the windshield pillar has no body color in it its just black.
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Old Apr 9, 2007 | 11:59 PM
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Originally Posted by -Freak-
Just because it hasn't happened to you doesn't mean its not happening.
https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...ight=tops+flew
And yes some people forget and don't latch them down and they fly off, but there seems to be some that have latched them down and they still came off.
Granted, we don't know if the latching mechanism was working correctly or not. I'm just reporting what others on various occasions have said.

Grow up and learn to have a civil conversation, if your unable to then
All I'm saying is that if it's happening, it probably wasn't latched (right).

We're talking about t-tops flying off, when the only way that it can reasonably happen is when it's not latched properly. I'm not going to have a civil conversation with anyone who uses conjecture to support this BS. This is like saying "anything can happen on the street", which while true, is worthless in this conversation when judging whether or not t-tops do fly off when latched.

A latched t-top flying off would be a serious safety issue which wouldn't go undetected by GM, or they'd be harassed to death. I don't buy it. It's reasonable doubt, and if SOMEONE cares to give me a first-hand account, I'll rethink it through.

And don't tell me to have a "civil conversation" when you have half the posts that I do. 99% of my conversations are relatively civil. Grow up? STFU.
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Old Apr 10, 2007 | 07:25 AM
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love my ttops. get the feel of open air without all the restrictions of a frc or the downside to a convertible
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