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08-23-2008, 05:42 AM
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Seen hard top camaros.... seen hardtop formulas... just never a v6.. thats all lol.
I don't see how you guys handle not having t-tops. I love mine!
I don't see how you guys handle not having t-tops. I love mine!
08-23-2008, 06:48 AM
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1998 probuction sheet
http://lair.evyl.org/1998-Firebird_P...on_Numbers.htm
This is how I figured out my car is One of a possible 22 NBM Formula M6 Hardtop's. I did percentages based off of these numbers.
http://lair.evyl.org/1998-Firebird_P...on_Numbers.htm
This is how I figured out my car is One of a possible 22 NBM Formula M6 Hardtop's. I did percentages based off of these numbers.
08-23-2008, 10:40 AM
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08-23-2008, 10:50 AM
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you dont get much more structural integrity with a hard top... its still the same basic design on the top where the t-tops are (all cars actually start out as t-tops) only difference is where we get cool pop out pieces of glass, you get a thin sheet of aluminum. not really seeing where this stops flex
In fact there is controversy about the use of SFC in t-tops 4th gen models. Third gens is another story.
08-23-2008, 12:37 PM
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im not saying it was correct, cuz i have no idea, but i remember a thread months ago where a few people, with quite a few posts so they could be credible sources, saying that ALL f bodies started out as t top cars. i only know of 1 person with a hard top car and thats a girl with a '00 v6 camaro and her roof has the t top indents. anyone prove/disprove this? i have no idea either way. (forgive the ignorance)
08-23-2008, 12:59 PM
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im not saying it was correct, cuz i have no idea, but i remember a thread months ago where a few people, with quite a few posts so they could be credible sources, saying that ALL f bodies started out as t top cars. i only know of 1 person with a hard top car and thats a girl with a '00 v6 camaro and her roof has the t top indents. anyone prove/disprove this? i have no idea either way. (forgive the ignorance)
Its all the same pretty much. Hardtops get small aluminum bars on the sides where the TTops go.
08-23-2008, 03:16 PM
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im not saying it was correct, cuz i have no idea, but i remember a thread months ago where a few people, with quite a few posts so they could be credible sources, saying that ALL f bodies started out as t top cars. i only know of 1 person with a hard top car and thats a girl with a '00 v6 camaro and her roof has the t top indents. anyone prove/disprove this? i have no idea either way. (forgive the ignorance)
but yes, essentially all 4th gens start off as t-tops except for the convertibles. 
08-24-2008, 05:16 PM
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you dont get much more structural integrity with a hard top... its still the same basic design on the top where the t-tops are (all cars actually start out as t-tops) only difference is where we get cool pop out pieces of glass, you get a thin sheet of aluminum. not really seeing where this stops flex
