06-01-2014, 09:14 PM
Senor_Taylor Wrote:Thoughts on buying one with a bad top and replacing it?
If you're going to swap a top from a different car (so, frame and fabric already married) it's pretty easy. If you're going to buy new fabric and install it on the existing frame, you can do it yourself but it's apparently a full-day (or multi-day, if you work slow) project and you need to be handy with a rivet gun.
FWIW, I paid a pro in NoVA $500 for parts + labor to install a new vinyl roof on my NA when I had it. Still have the guy's contact info. I think the roof alone was $250 so I felt paying the extra for him to do it right the first time was worth it.
Now:
'16 Ram 1500 | '97 BMW M3 | Some Press Loan
Then:
87 BMW 325e | 91 BMW 535i | 96 BMW 328i | 95 BMW 325i | 95 Mazda Miata | 13 Focus ST | 09 BMW 128i | 00 Pontiac Firebird | 05 Yukon Denali | 96 BMW 328iC | 11 Ford F-150 | 06 BMW M3 | 10 Range Rover SC | '03 Ford Ranger | '18 Ford F-150 | '01 BMW X5 | '98 Volvo S70 T5M
'16 Ram 1500 | '97 BMW M3 | Some Press Loan
Then:
87 BMW 325e | 91 BMW 535i | 96 BMW 328i | 95 BMW 325i | 95 Mazda Miata | 13 Focus ST | 09 BMW 128i | 00 Pontiac Firebird | 05 Yukon Denali | 96 BMW 328iC | 11 Ford F-150 | 06 BMW M3 | 10 Range Rover SC | '03 Ford Ranger | '18 Ford F-150 | '01 BMW X5 | '98 Volvo S70 T5M