Soft top... Fabric or vynil

ampz · Postby **ampz** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 9:35 pm

Now that the weather has been so great in Sydney :roll:

since I've picked up Nessy...

I am looking at replacing the top as it is getting wet in her! :shock:

I tried looking in search for previous posts, but it didn't work :frown:

What do you guys think?

There's only $100 difference according to the ebay ones...

Moggy · Postby **Moggy** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 9:46 pm

Fabric for sure - looks way better IMO. I got a fabric top with glass window off ebay last year for my NA - absolutely love it.

Fatty · Postby **Fatty** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 10:01 pm

since yr car is red, i voted vinyl. fabric looks better on some other colours tho.

ampz · Postby **ampz** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 10:22 pm

Hey Moggy...

Would you be able to post pics (or email me some) I wouild love to see some installed pics (i can't really tell from the ebay ones)

StanTheMan · Postby **StanTheMan** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 11:01 pm

fabric top , glass window, NB8b rimms

gawd thats one hot NA. :mrgreen:

no wonder its red.
LOL

Moggy · Postby **Moggy** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 11:08 pm

Okay I've ducked down to the garage and taken a couple of pics for you...

Li7hium · Postby **Li7hium** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 11:53 pm

Moggy wrote:Fabric for sure - looks way better IMO. I got a fabric top with glass window off ebay last year for my NA - absolutely love it.

Tell me more. This the mob from the UK?

SuperMazdaKart · Postby **SuperMazdaKart** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 12:04 am

go for mohair

Moggy · Postby **Moggy** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 1:14 am

Li7hium wrote:
Moggy wrote:Fabric for sure - looks way better IMO. I got a fabric top with glass window off ebay last year for my NA - absolutely love it.

Tell me more. This the mob from the UK?

Yeah, though I can't remember their name off the top of my head. Cheap (mine was $850) and reasonable quality - fitting wasn't too awkward I suppose. A bit of riveting involved.

They look far superior to the original tops. A vast improvement!

ampz · Postby **ampz** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 5:08 am

Wow!
That looks hot! Thanks Moggy!

I'm not too sure about mohair guys... I think it may be a pain to keep clean...

I thought about vynil too Fatty and was nearly sold on it, but i sat in an astra convertible and the fabric one seemed sturdier. I really like the look of the fabric IMO...

Moggy was it a pain to stretch all the wrinkles out? or did they pretty much settle? I recall there being a few wrinkles on a vynil one from ebay.

Cheers

Nuno

Moggy · Postby **Moggy** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 2:53 pm

I didn't have any problem with wrinkles as it was so bloody tight! It was quite difficult to put up the first time but after leaving it up for a couple of days the fabric stretched enough to make it pretty easy...

meanmx · Postby **meanmx** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 4:24 pm

Check out page two of my cardomain site (link next to my sig). I got a mohair roof from prestige auto trim with the glass rear window for $1000. Best deal ever. Now I park next to an mx5 with a vinyl roof and they look cheap. Very easy to clean as well. Just wash it when you wash the car and then chamios it and it's as good as new.

Ben