Removable hardtop?
02-13-2009, 12:06 PM
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^^^ HAHAHA!!! +1 for someone taking notice. If a hardtop came out for the Zr I would drop everything and buy it. I don't understand the people who say if you wanted a hardtop why wouldn't you buy the coupe. It's not that I want a hardtop year around I just want the best of both worlds. Is that to much to ask?
02-21-2009, 06:28 AM
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I'm working on it. As far as the latch issue is concerned, most of you know how my roadster is stripped for weight reduction; I intend to remove the tonneau to latch the hardtop. So it will be a process and at minimum, a 2 man job to make the transformation. But I don't see any other way in latching it and Keeping the weight down. The tonneau is very ****ing heavy for its size. I intend to replace it not with a carbon fiber one, but with a carbon fiber overlay only and some reinforcements. and a modified latch system similar to the quick release bumpers. The top would utilize these same lock down points.
02-24-2009, 04:22 PM
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I'm not that guy. I have no problem with a company borrowing it to copy but i dont think my design is going to be the type the average user will want.
Mine is going to be 110% weight reduction intended. Lowest possible weight. It will provide no structural rigidity, no insulation, just a solid roof to help with C/D.
I'veonly recently started designing it with some friends so it's going to be a while...
Mine is going to be 110% weight reduction intended. Lowest possible weight. It will provide no structural rigidity, no insulation, just a solid roof to help with C/D.
I'veonly recently started designing it with some friends so it's going to be a while...
02-26-2009, 05:55 AM
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I'm not that guy. I have no problem with a company borrowing it to copy but i dont think my design is going to be the type the average user will want.
Mine is going to be 110% weight reduction intended. Lowest possible weight. It will provide no structural rigidity, no insulation, just a solid roof to help with C/D.
I'veonly recently started designing it with some friends so it's going to be a while...
Mine is going to be 110% weight reduction intended. Lowest possible weight. It will provide no structural rigidity, no insulation, just a solid roof to help with C/D.
I'veonly recently started designing it with some friends so it's going to be a while...
02-27-2009, 06:30 PM
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The Z could look even better... Someone should photoshop it! The lines would look better than the coupe. Maybe that's why Nissan does not support it? They even make top racks for your garage walls. You can remove the light-weight tops and wall mount them...then take off. This is long overdue and someone with the knowledge of carbon or even FRP needs to create a mold!
02-27-2009, 06:36 PM
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We are actually developing a prototype hard top on our orange 350z roadster (some of you have probably seen it on this site) www.vqmotoring.com I will have pics of the finished product within the next few months. We are finishing the block on the car, APS extreme kit and DTA engine managment system etc.
I will post pics of the car sometime this week.
Please let us know if you have any questions.
Thanks,
I will post pics of the car sometime this week.
Please let us know if you have any questions.
Thanks,
03-09-2009, 03:41 PM
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I too would jump at the chance to have that option to use a hartop and go topless.
As some of you may know, day 2 of my ZR ownership, someone at the place of business slashed my top. It's getting worst as the day goes by.
I would use the hardtop during the week to keep the hateres away and enjoy the sun on the weekends....
Ron T.
As some of you may know, day 2 of my ZR ownership, someone at the place of business slashed my top. It's getting worst as the day goes by.
I would use the hardtop during the week to keep the hateres away and enjoy the sun on the weekends....
Ron T.
03-09-2009, 05:54 PM
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i planned on making one this summer, guaranteed to be finished by august (mark my word!). making one out of CF is easy after the original one is made (fiberglass?) only problem ive encountered so far was holding it down at higher speeds and also deciding if people would want the tonneau/trunk to stay on or have to remove them to put on the hardtop. obviously u can see i was looking at the longer version design. im a mechanical engineer so im sure ill figure it out. 
03-10-2009, 06:20 AM
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i planned on making one this summer, guaranteed to be finished by august (mark my word!). making one out of CF is easy after the original one is made (fiberglass?) only problem ive encountered so far was holding it down at higher speeds and also deciding if people would want the tonneau/trunk to stay on or have to remove them to put on the hardtop. obviously u can see i was looking at the longer version design. im a mechanical engineer so im sure ill figure it out.
Keep us posted... update the thread when you have some pictures of it's development!
03-13-2009, 08:20 AM
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i planned on making one this summer, guaranteed to be finished by august (mark my word!). making one out of CF is easy after the original one is made (fiberglass?) only problem ive encountered so far was holding it down at higher speeds and also deciding if people would want the tonneau/trunk to stay on or have to remove them to put on the hardtop. obviously u can see i was looking at the longer version design. im a mechanical engineer so im sure ill figure it out.
? looking forward to them!