ive never owned a convertible before but the manual says something about putting the boot on after i lower the top. its a 3 peace item? my car didnt come with it form the used dealership. anywebsites that sell replacements? and have pictures of what these things look like.

 

I found one on E-bay for 175.00. I heard they are around 700.00 from GM.

 

how bad is it to drive around without it on?

 

i dunno if their is any negativity not using it. but im assuming it looks nicer with it on so you can see the cloth. and everything is smooth?

 

I never drive wth mine on, it wont bother anything to drive without it, its an appearance thing. You can find them on ebay like 99legnd2rZ said.

 

Never even used mine yet..............

 

It is just for appearance really. Won't hurt your top if you don't use it. But I would go back to the dealer and see if they won't get you a new one or at least see if it was misplaced in their detail shop before you took delivery.

I had something like that happen when I picked up mine from the dealership. They did not give me the magazine for the monsoon cd changer. Granted, it's only a $15 part, but they told me that it should come with the car because it is part of the car and got me a new one.

 

i have never put mine on...

 

I don't use my covers very often, but it looks better with the covers.

I bought my car used and before the final deal, I had asked twice if the covers came with it... sure, sure, it comes with the covers, he told me. Well, there were no covers, and he wasn't too happy about getting them for me (and he was a GM dealer)

The bad thing about not using the covers is that the top got so hot that the rubber pads on the latches came off. Has this happened to anyone else?

 

rubber pads on my latches have come off too. Ill be trying to put them back on before it comes out of hibernation. Never thought of that as the cause, but it makes sense.

 

My pads are gone (with the wind?). You're lucky if you didn't lose yours.

I wonder what I can use as replacements. I haven't checked to see if they are available from the dealer.

 

Probably not worth the cash the dealer would charge for them.

 

Year One sells the boots.

 

year one?

 

lost one of my pads. The driver's side is still on but the passenger's side fell off after only a few months.

 

John,
I took a look at YearOne and it's doesn't look like they have late model covers. Is there something I'm missing?

 

Check this page...
http://www.yearone.com/serverfiles/f...ain2.asp?cat=G

Looks like you have to buy it piece by piece... . Thats awful expensive for some plastic. You could buy almost 2 brand new tops for the cost of the complete boot.

 

zeevert,

unfortunelty, yse, looks like you have to buy each piece. Go to Year One site to the "Next Generation " catalog, then into "body", then convertible/ misc section.

looks like: center: #fc22( graphite) $375; fc23(neutral)
latch:fc24 $23.95
pushbutton #fc25/fc26/or fc27: $5
right/ left sides #fc2lh,fc2rh,fc3lh,fc3rh: $61

all depends on color


Hope this helps

 

...and then click on Convertible/Hatch/T-Top

Got it. Not the most user friendly site to navigate. But definitely useful.
The prices don't seem too bad compared to dealer.

 

oh nice, I just posted about rubber caps then I read this next thread oops