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Old 08-11-2020, 09:22 AM
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Question Roof Conversions 350z

So i am looking into getting a 2004 350z touring roadster its a great deal for what the car is and the miles, but one thing i do not like is the roof. I was wondering if i would be able to replace the convertible soft top with one of the roofs off a normal 350z and if so how or where would i be able to get one.

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Originally Posted by Splununk
So i am looking into getting a 2004 350z touring roadster its a great deal for what the car is and the miles, but one thing i do not like is the roof. I was wondering if i would be able to replace the convertible soft top with one of the roofs off a normal 350z and if so how or where would i be able to get one.
There's the Smoothline hardtop for the ZR, but it doesn't have the same lines as the coupe.

https://www.smoothline.com/nissan-350z
Old 08-11-2020, 04:59 PM
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Well i have seen that but i am not sure i like the look of it. what i was really wondering if i took a roof from a coupe would i be able to put it on a roadster somehow?
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Anything can be done with time and money.

But I'm not sure I get what you're trying to accomplish. You talking removable hardtop? Like I said, time and money. Or just buy a coupe.

If you're trying to do this with just the roof section (without decklid, preserving the roadster trunk), you'll also need to fab the rear backlight panel.

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Old 08-14-2020, 11:11 AM
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so what im hearing is that i will need to replace the roadster trunk with a coupe one? and yeah id want to get the l complete look of a coup onto a roadster ik it would be alot of work but i am willing to do what it takes
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Originally Posted by Splununk
so what im hearing is that i will need to replace the roadster trunk with a coupe one? and yeah id want to get the l complete look of a coup onto a roadster ik it would be alot of work but i am willing to do what it takes
Alot more than that
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Ummmm, whatever it takes? I seriously doubt that. You're talking about double the cost of the price of a clean coupe in order to accomplish this. If you want a coupe, pass on the roadster, and buy a coupe. Don't settle for something you don't want to try and "change" it to what you should have gotten in the first place.
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Buy a donor coupe, get a sawzall, welder, lots of bondo and some primer. Get to work. Report back.
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I don't understand people lol.
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