Softop installers in Melbourne?

JINBA ITTAI · Postby **JINBA ITTAI** » Mon Aug 23, 2021 11:43 am

I'll be getting a Robbins top soon for my 10AE and I"m looking for recommendations for a good top installer in Melbourne.

Who have you used? Were you happy? How much should one budget for the install? Thanks.

Penguin · Postby **Penguin** » Tue Aug 24, 2021 2:10 pm

I had a very good experience with these folk a few years back on an NC

https://www.motorcrafttrimmers.com.au

It was an insurance job as it turned out so don't know the price. They suggested that a few years previously somebody had tried to get into the car with a screw driver and bent a stay, that eventually gave out. The external evidence was a slight indentation on the rubber around the rear bodywork. The indentation lined up with the bent stay. The insurance company agreed and covered the full cost.

DG

93_Clubman · Postby **93_Clubman** » Wed Aug 25, 2021 2:10 am

JINBA ITTAI wrote:looking for recommendations for a good top installer in Melbourne. How much should one budget for the install?

Can't recommend anyone in the eastern suburbs, only someone in the outer SE suburbs. Re cost, factor in about a days labour at $100 per hour - yes it's a time consuming & consequently expensive job, hence many tackle it themselves: https://www.miata.net/garage/garagetops.html

bruce · Postby **bruce** » Wed Aug 25, 2021 11:59 am

Yes, many DIY. There should be a million guides on Yoootooob.

JINBA ITTAI · Postby **JINBA ITTAI** » Wed Aug 25, 2021 1:16 pm

Thanks all for the ideas. Might have an initial chat with the chap from SE suburbs. Would you happen to have his contact details?

93_Clubman wrote:
JINBA ITTAI wrote:looking for recommendations for a good top installer in Melbourne. How much should one budget for the install?

Can't recommend anyone in the eastern suburbs, only someone in the outer SE suburbs. Re cost, factor in about a days labour at $100 per hour - yes it's a time consuming & consequently expensive job, hence many tackle it themselves: https://www.miata.net/garage/garagetops.html

93_Clubman · Postby **93_Clubman** » Thu Aug 26, 2021 12:14 am

JINBA ITTAI wrote:Might have an initial chat with the chap from SE suburbs. Would you happen to have his contact details?

Certainly, outer to far SE suburbs, Somerville & Tyabb to be precise: Gerald & Chaz @ Mammi Motors 10 Industrial Drv Somerville 5977 7973: https://www.mammimotors.repcoservice.net/
or
Richard (Dick) Morhun 7 Nelson Rd Tyabb 5977 4750 - Dick works from his big fully equipped workshop on his small acreage at Tyabb.