t top conversion
03-10-2010, 11:08 AM
#23
Here's a pic
03-10-2010, 08:25 PM
#24
I had another complete roof off a hard top car. I just cut the area over the side window out and moved it over to my car. After you get the weathershipping brackets in it looks just like the hardtop car did. Once the roof skin goes back on it will look like a factory hard top.
Here's a pic
Here's a pic
bad ***. i dont think ive ever seen anyone do a t-top to hard top conversion on here before
03-10-2010, 09:37 PM
#26
Second gens (as well as third gens) are different beasts all together. In the fourth generation, the F-Bodies are made as either T-Tops or Convertibles. To make a hard top, two pieces of metal are welded in to bridge the gaps where the tops latch. In the second and third gens, they were made as hardtops and, I believe, they were sent out to be converted. To do a conversion on either of these generations you'll have to find a T-Top donor car and cut the roof and swap it out that way. It's been done a number of times, just measure twice and cut once!
03-10-2010, 09:44 PM
#27
Second gens (as well as third gens) are different beasts all together. In the fourth generation, the F-Bodies are made as either T-Tops or Convertibles. To make a hard top, two pieces of metal are welded in to bridge the gaps where the tops latch. In the second and third gens, they were made as hardtops and, I believe, they were sent out to be converted. To do a conversion on either of these generations you'll have to find a T-Top donor car and cut the roof and swap it out that way. It's been done a number of times, just measure twice and cut once!
03-10-2010, 11:20 PM
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Yeah that's what he was talking about. He has an 75 donor car and a 81 body. I was just wondering if it is feasible to cut off the roof and attach the other roof to the car.
03-11-2010, 12:55 AM
#29
Don't do it. Mine is a t-top car and over time it will leak just like mine. I can't imagine it not leaking over time if you do it yourself. Just a word to the wise. BTW, how can I get mine to stop leaking? Driver side only. When it rains VERY hard it will leak like a bitch. it's coming in where the t-top meets the start of the rear part just before the back glass.
03-11-2010, 08:53 AM
#32
As for edzsilverss - You can remove the factory rubber and apply some new weather stripping adhesive and tinker with the tops fitment by adjusting the parts that the tops latch into on the body. If you take some time and apply some new adhesive then you should be able to fix your leaks and make the tops fit a lot better.
03-12-2010, 12:43 PM
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Hey, might give you a holler towards the end of the year when I get back in the states and pick up another T/A. How much body work does it take to get it ready after everything you do?
03-12-2010, 01:41 PM
#34
Don't do it. Mine is a t-top car and over time it will leak just like mine. I can't imagine it not leaking over time if you do it yourself. Just a word to the wise. BTW, how can I get mine to stop leaking? Driver side only. When it rains VERY hard it will leak like a bitch. it's coming in where the t-top meets the start of the rear part just before the back glass.
04-01-2010, 05:16 PM
#35
I had another complete roof off a hard top car. I just cut the area over the side window out and moved it over to my car. After you get the weathershipping brackets in it looks just like the hardtop car did. Once the roof skin goes back on it will look like a factory hard top.
Here's a pic
Here's a pic
