Removing Soft Top (frame & all)

PT · Postby PT » Wed Apr 05, 2006 4:30 pm

Hardtop for when it's raining, no top for when it's not hey Jaron?

kula · Postby **kula** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 6:36 pm

heres what mine is like:

you can keep the carpet in and it fits well, but i dont mind the race look.

it definetly felt faster when i took mine out, its a good 25kgs+ i reckon.

Jaron · Postby **Jaron** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 9:11 pm

PT wrote:Hardtop for when it's raining, no top for when it's not hey Jaron?

Its going to be winter soon. So I will probally just keep the hard top on, my soft top has been hacked

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Hows the turbo going ;) Have to see it soon eh :evil:

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Nice pic kula

Love the race look. :mrgreen:

How is the road sound with no carpet ?

kula · Postby **kula** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 9:21 pm

not too bad actually..
there is a sheet of insulation that sits under the carpet, and it does a bit..
but on the freeway its a bit more noticable, you can hear the rear tyres more, but around town its about the same.

Jaron · Postby **Jaron** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 11:07 am

Finished this over the weekend. Took me about 30 min. Not toooo hard.

Though I had to take a quick trip to bunnings for a drill and to find that T40 Torx bolt thing... the counter clerk had no idea what a torx bolt is.... let alone size T40.
She was quick to point me in the direction of some other tool she said would do the job and I quote \"As there is only one size for these bolts\"....

Well..... I knew she was crapping on from the amount of sh*t that was all over the floor by this point. I quickly agreed with her, hoping she would leave.
Bought the drill and the random piece of junk she gave me and took off home with a big smile. Once I arrived I noticed that the piece of junk she told me would work was no where near the size.... I was lucky enough to have some allen keys around. Hacked the L shape off and put the stright bit into the drill and removed those bolts...

Only thing though, is the rain rail normally in three pieces and is metal?
:shock:

Took it for a run, the rear feels a little lighter and I think she has a little more get up and go.... but might just be in my head. :lol:

emecksphive · Postby **emecksphive** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 11:15 am

the rain rail is the u shaped peice of plastic attached to the bottom of the roof, those metal bars hold the rain rail in place underneath them and tension the roof which sits above them

bigdog · Postby **bigdog** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 11:56 am

kula wrote:heres what mine is like:

you can keep the carpet in and it fits well, but i dont mind the race look.

it definetly felt faster when i took mine out, its a good 25kgs+ i reckon.

Can't believe they designed the parcel shelf that way. Maybe the designers worked for a shed building company on the weekend. :mrgreen:

Nice sheet of polished allloy would look the goods over that Mark...