Build myself a new hardtop

from the back it looks ACE, from the side it looks terrible...

i think its needs to be a lower roofline to work better, like the coupe tops for the s2000.
 
That looks remarkably good, 10/10 for effort!.. Took me a while to notice it wasn't a coupe :oops:
Some further detailed pictures would be interesting.
 
Well done indeed :D I don't know why it hasn't been done before, you get the best looking model with top off or on. I would like to see more pictures if you have them? All the very best :)
 
This is the spoon hardtop for the s2000 equivalent.

I'd happily own a roadster now if I had that as my hardtop!
 
Thanks for the nice compliments, and yes it`s a genuine roadster. The sequence goes like this:
1. open the soft top and stow it away;
2. dis-connect the (new installed) connector in the wire loom;
3. remove the lower bolts of the trunk lid hinges, and loosen the top bols;
4. Lift the trunk lid out of the hinges and lay it aside, remove the hinges, keep the bolts at hand;
5. place the hardtop exactly the same way as the original one, use the 4 hinge bolts to fit the aft legs of the hard top onto the inside wings where normally the hinges are fitted;
6. make the connection with the connector in the wire loom;
7. slide the new trunk lid hinges under the loosened nuts, and lower the trunk lid so that the locking mechanism alines with the slot in the rear boot;
8; carefully open it again and tighten the nuts, check if it nicely aligned;
9. connect the lower attachment bolts of the gas struts on the bracket, check if everything works, lock, lights.

Step away and enjoy the metamorfosis. all in all half hours work (I got the hang of it because I performed it a hundred times) due to the fact that I used the car every day during the construction.

I will later explain the build process in more detail.
 
janranger said:
Thanks for the nice compliments, and yes it`s a genuine roadster. The sequence goes like this:
1. open the soft top and stow it away;
2. dis-connect the (new installed) connector in the wire loom;
3. remove the lower bolts of the trunk lid hinges, and loosen the top bols;
4. Lift the trunk lid out of the hinges and lay it aside, remove the hinges, keep the bolts at hand;
5. place the hardtop exactly the same way as the original one, use the 4 hinge bolts to fit the aft legs of the hard top onto the inside wings where normally the hinges are fitted;
6. make the connection with the connector in the wire loom;
7. slide the new trunk lid hinges under the loosened nuts, and lower the trunk lid so that the locking mechanism alines with the slot in the rear boot;
8; carefully open it again and tighten the nuts, check if it nicely aligned;
9. connect the lower attachment bolts of the gas struts on the bracket, check if everything works, lock, lights.

Step away and enjoy the metamorfosis. all in all half hours work (I got the hang of it because I performed it a hundred times) due to the fact that I used the car every day during the construction.

I will later explain the build process in more detail.
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"And how I am able to offer it to forum members for £150" :P
Regards
 
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Sorry for the low quality, I have only my IPhone.
 
Try this - photobucket links were a bit borked

janranger said:
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Sorry for the low quality, I have only my IPhone.
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You do realise that you're sitting on a gold mine if you could make a few of these?

Best mod I have seen on the Forum! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
 
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