im gonna be cutting off the roof on my celi and make it a full time convertible....anybody here know the difference in structureability between the conv. and the hard top other then the roof.....cuz if theres no difference im cutting my frickin roof off. also gonna be doing a suicide door setup and more chrome, powdercoating, turbo, gonna be going back to 19's and lay the kit on the ground. but back to the roof thing any help would be appreciated thanks guys
Cliff
Cliff, hate to say this, but if you cut your roof off its going to be real bad for the frame. If you want a vert go buy one and then fix it up.
Bryan
Yeah in the long run its a bad idea, or an expensive one.
it would be badass to have a targa top on a 6th gen.
--GT2GT4+May 11, 2003 - 4:37 PM
| QUOTE (GT2GT4 @ May 11, 2003 - 4:37 PM) |
| it would be badass to have a targa top on a 6th gen. |
Hellz yeah, i think that some kinda bad-ass targa top woud be awesome on your car, 1exquizit.
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i was thinkin of doing a targa but wasnt sure and thinkin a conv. on a hard top and cap everything off would be sick.also there is a conversion place that toyota canada uses to convert the hard top solara's to convertible. cuz when they come from japan they are hard tops ...so im waiting for a call back on it and hopefully there is no difference
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--1exquizitcelica+May 11, 2003 - 7:43 PM
| QUOTE (1exquizitcelica @ May 11, 2003 - 7:43 PM) |
| i was thinkin of doing a targa but wasnt sure and thinkin a conv. on a hard top and cap everything off would be sick.also there is a conversion place that toyota canada uses to convert the hard top solara's to convertible. cuz when they come from japan they are hard tops ...so im waiting for a call back on it and hopefully there is no difference |
don't do a convertible. it will ruin the car. if you didn't have it modified it would probably be ok, but i wouldn't.
also, remember that the convertibles are coupes! and solaras are as well... if you have a hatch, you'd basically have to turn it into a coupe as well as do the roof.
targa will mess up your frame too, but it's much more doable.
1994 Lexus ES3001989 Supra Turbo1990 RHD ST185RC - JDM Spec
other than the reenforced A-frame to act as a roll bar, there isn't anything different about the coupes and convertables, a hatchback would be harder, but you could probably make t-tops pretty easily
--1_Winged_Angel+May 16, 2003 - 1:50 PM
| QUOTE (1_Winged_Angel @ May 16, 2003 - 1:50 PM) |
| but you could probably make t-tops pretty easily |
yea, T-tops wouldnt be AS bad, but you would get quite a bit of frame twist going through turns at decent speeds.
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--1_Winged_Angel+May 16, 2003 - 11:50 AM
| QUOTE (1_Winged_Angel @ May 16, 2003 - 11:50 AM) |
| other than the reenforced A-frame to act as a roll bar, there isn't anything different about the coupes and convertables, a hatchback would be harder, but you could probably make t-tops pretty easily |
ttops and/or a targa will run you about 5 grand in labor, that's not counting the parts and paint.
1994 Lexus ES3001989 Supra Turbo1990 RHD ST185RC - JDM Spec
