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Anyone know what site to get a affordable hardtop for my 2004 roadster. I know of smoothline and seibon I didn't know if there is any other sellers that I couldnt find
Yeah, Im with Dues, I haven't seen any other than those two.
If you had enough time and money, I figure that could could make a fiberglass shell using the outline of a coupe Z and then somehow make a hard top for the roadster similar to this:
Because you could have it attach to the anchor points on the top of the wind shield area and the anchor point at the top of the top's trunk. You could do all that, I think it would be sweet if you could.
But to do that you would have to make a mold of the coup's roof area then make a mould out of fiberglass, then get the back glass and on top of that you would have to have it painted and other visual stuff. As far as the trunk goes, i'm not sure what can be done about that, I would be willing to just not have mine, because it is hardly used. Overall it would be cool to make one that actually looks good and is water tight, but it would cost probably more than you're willing to spend.
Beyond the cost, think of the weight you'd carry with a custom top. With a glass rear window and fiberglass, it's gotta weight close to 200#! And the weight is up high, not where a sportscar needs it...
Beyond the cost, think of the weight you'd carry with a custom top. With a glass rear window and fiberglass, it's gotta weight close to 200#! And the weight is up high, not where a sportscar needs it...
Lol my smoothline is maybe 45 ish pounds? Idk. I saved a lot of weight going from the factory assembly to that.
I could remove it myself, it's just too wide/long to install by one person. I can move it around myself if I get under the top and push up to carry it. It has lexan style rear glass, which race cars upgrade to, to save weight.
The spoon top although a cute idea, will never come about. I tried years ago to get you guys into supporting a SHINE reproduction of my top, but nobody was interested. I was hoping to push them to make a rear end cover similar to the s2k one.
As for water tight, I drove my Z in the rain with the smoothline top, no leaks. Most people on here aren't mechanically savvy enough to install these things. Roadster owners generally don't seem to have many hands on skills.
Define affordable... And most hard tops for the Z are butt *** ugly IMO.
I've always wanted to see about getting a second hand coupe hatch and fitting it to my roadster and make a targa top... I wanna say it should bolt and align right up but I know I'm dreaming haha
And you won't find many more because not many people make them.
02-09-2015, 01:36 AM
350z hardtop
