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Home-made Hardtop Stand

Post by paulc_bkk » Fri Mar 29, 2019 5:08 am

I recently picked up a hardtop for my E85, and pulled out the old hardtop stand I had made for my E36 convertible hardtop. It fits perfectly, so I thought I'd share details here for anyone who might not want to buy the generic hardtop stands from ebay...

Not exactly a conventional how to, but....

Here's the plans using measurements taken from another forum:
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I had a local metalwork shop use those measurements and I ended up with this
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A lick of paint and the addition of some foam complete it
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The hardtop sits perfectly upright and is completely secure
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Excuse the sagging headliner - I've already removed it and I plan on getting it re-covered soon
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All in all, it only cost the equivalent of around £25 to put together.

Hopefully this post can inspire others to put together their own hardtop stand.

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Home-made Hardtop Stand

Post by Sidewaze Samm » Sun Apr 14, 2019 7:14 pm

:thumbsup:
I was going to have a go using wood, but maybe I'll now look into metal with a local fabricator.
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Post by maxman » Mon Apr 15, 2019 6:58 pm

I made one out of 22mm copper pipe and then covered with pipe insulation .Removed the hardtop today ,I forgot how heavy it was as it had to go upstairs.

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Post by Zoomer » Mon Apr 15, 2019 8:00 pm

paulc_bkk wrote: Fri Mar 29, 2019 5:08 am I recently picked up a hardtop for my E85, and pulled out the old hardtop stand I had made for my E36 convertible hardtop. It fits perfectly, so I thought I'd share details here for anyone who might not want to buy the generic hardtop stands from ebay...

Not exactly a conventional how to, but....

Here's the plans using measurements taken from another forum:
IMG_1831.JPG

I had a local metalwork shop use those measurements and I ended up with this
Picture 2888.jpg

A lick of paint and the addition of some foam complete it
IMG_1833 (2).JPG

The hardtop sits perfectly upright and is completely secure
IMG_1869.JPG

Excuse the sagging headliner - I've already removed it and I plan on getting it re-covered soon
IMG_1871.JPG

All in all, it only cost the equivalent of around £25 to put together.

Hopefully this post can inspire others to put together their own hardtop stand.
Looks like a cracking job :thumbsup:
Sterling Grey 3.0i E85 Black Heated Leather M sports seats , 224's ,Sat Nav, Bluetooth, Xenons, PDC, Gaptech ,Cruise and a nice warm garage. NOW GONE
Silver 3.0i Z4 NOW GONE

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Home-made Hardtop Stand

Post by Bumpy » Tue Apr 16, 2019 11:48 am

maxman wrote: Mon Apr 15, 2019 6:58 pm Removed the hardtop today ,I forgot how heavy it was as it had to go upstairs.
It's one of those things learned,
The hard top does get heavier every year!

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