How many people are waiting on smoothlines top to be made?
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Won't look anything like the coupe since it won't be a hatchback. It will just look like the current roadster except with a metal top. Not all that hard to picture. If I have time, maybe I'll go into Max and mock one up. I already have a good model of a coupe, but it could become a roadster pretty easily.
Won't look anything like the coupe since it won't be a hatchback. It will just look like the current roadster except with a metal top. Not all that hard to picture. If I have time, maybe I'll go into Max and mock one up. I already have a good model of a coupe, but it could become a roadster pretty easily.
if they just "hatched" the top back to the rear of the taneau (spelling fail) it would look better (if properly executed, and had little side windows behind the seats.
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My roadster is my daily driver and since I live in the Pacific Northwest, I never put the top down during the winter months. This causes no problems as the fabric top is snug and dry and the glass rear window has a built in electric defroster. However in order to incorporate a rigid glass window into a folding top, Nissan had to made it tiny. Trying to back up and around obstacles on a dark and rainy night is devilishly hard.
Since it doesn’t have these constraints, a removable hardtop can have a full sized rear window. If it saves me from having even one backing-up mishap it will pay for itself.
I would love to have one of these tops; in addition to being practical, it would give my car two distinct different looks. Many two seat convertibles, going all the way back to the early Mercedes SL, have been supplied with both a soft and hard top. A hard top is one option that has a good return on the resale value of the car.
Since it doesn’t have these constraints, a removable hardtop can have a full sized rear window. If it saves me from having even one backing-up mishap it will pay for itself.
I would love to have one of these tops; in addition to being practical, it would give my car two distinct different looks. Many two seat convertibles, going all the way back to the early Mercedes SL, have been supplied with both a soft and hard top. A hard top is one option that has a good return on the resale value of the car.
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So by this, you’re saying the footprint of the hardtop will be a little bigger than the soft top. That’s fine with me and might even be more stylish, as the folding top has a little bit of a turret look about it. Did you happen to note how large the rear window will be though?
It WILL look better than the existing rag-top! It's going to happen and will be an amazing product. From my understanding... there will be several options available to us. Maybe Carbon Fiber, double bubble design ect. If anyone has questions email smoothline. They are very fast in getting back to ya, customer service is outstanding IMO.
Sounds like some coupe owners have already made negative postings in the thread? GTFO
Sounds like some coupe owners have already made negative postings in the thread? GTFO
Last edited by vtecsux; Jun 6, 2010 at 10:29 AM.
So by this, you’re saying the footprint of the hardtop will be a little bigger than the soft top. That’s fine with me and might even be more stylish, as the folding top has a little bit of a turret look about it. Did you happen to note how large the rear window will be though?
