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Postby sydneywizard » Wed Dec 13, 2006 8:28 am

Has anyone used Sydney Motor Trimmers to install a NA soft top? And if so, what was your experience? Cheers.
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Postby Fuzzlet » Thu Dec 14, 2006 12:50 pm

Try mania...I hear their apprentice just loves to change soft tops :P
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Postby Mr_Q » Thu Dec 14, 2006 2:44 pm

Fuzzlet wrote:Try mania...I hear their apprentice just loves to change soft tops :P

He's got the installation of genuine ones down to fine art now, it's just the eBay ones that bring on the "magic words". :)
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Postby sydneywizard » Thu Dec 14, 2006 9:40 pm

Mr_Q wrote:
Fuzzlet wrote:Try mania...I hear their apprentice just loves to change soft tops :P

He's got the installation of genuine ones down to fine art now, it's just the eBay ones that bring on the "magic words". :)


Why? They're no good?
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Postby Mr_Q » Fri Dec 15, 2006 7:41 am

sydneywizard wrote:
Mr_Q wrote:... it's just the eBay ones that bring on the "magic words". :)


Why? They're no good?

The end result seems fine - they're just more fiddly to install. The factory ones come with everything you need, the eBay ones don't (tension cables in particular), the rivets they supply are useless, mounting holes are missing or misaligned, etc.

They do go on, but they're a lot more work than the factory ones.

We've got a Robbins roof on order for a customer too, so it'll be interesting to see what they're like to install.
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Postby sydneywizard » Wed Dec 20, 2006 6:18 am

Bugger! Guess what I just bought? Any idea what the cost for installation is?
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Postby sydneywizard » Sun Jan 07, 2007 8:10 pm

How did you go?
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Postby Garry » Sun Jan 14, 2007 9:54 am

They reopened on the 8th Jan.
Shiney black one with added red bits. Member of the fart club. Now with extra doof and Sunlong. - deceased and gone to heaven
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Postby sydneywizard » Mon Jan 15, 2007 10:02 am

AMR in Petersham quoted me $315 to install the top. It's just gone in so I can't give any feedback as yet about the quality of the job.
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