new Conv top

ascmclarn · Post by **ascmclarn** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 6:13 pm

I ordered a new conv top from Cabrio online april 6th and it is now april 24th. I have contacted the company and they had to have it made b/c they didnt have any in stock, then they were back ordered on the material. SO just a heads up to anyone looking to buy a new top. The car has been under a tarp and cover for three weeks waiting for its new top.

ascmclarn · Post by **ascmclarn** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 3:10 pm

UPS left a sticker on my door last night. Three full weeks to get a new top. Not a great way to do business...take that for whats it worth

75coug · Post by **75coug** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 5:47 pm

Be sure to let us know about the quality of the top, too. I need to get off my can and order a new top pretty soon, so your input would be appreciated.

ascmclarn · Post by **ascmclarn** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 2:55 pm

Well the top is about 75% on the car. Still need to finish up the header and the back of the window pieces and she is on. I guess you get what you pay for. The big difference is the stitching, which i read about in a thread here. The orignal top has white thread and the replacement top is black thread. Not a big deal to me. And the fit seems pretty good. It is a little off on the sides, but that could be due to my lack of experience fitting vert tops and the flexing of the frame for the last 17 years. But for the $391.18 delivered price, it was worth it to me. Let me know if you have anymore questions or pics.

Also forgot to add, that the cable that connects to the header and down the back of the driver side window frame isnt on this top. Not sure how that is going to effect anything.

75coug · Post by **75coug** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 3:14 pm

When the installation is complete, post a photo for us so that we can check it out. I, for one, would love to see how it looks.

ascmclarn · Post by **ascmclarn** » Sun May 01, 2005 9:22 pm

Ok, I have found the biggest fault/difference in the $400 top vs the $750 top. The cable I talked about early does really serve a purpose. It keep the sides of the top from lifting up at highway speed. Which in turn allows air under the top and lifts the first bar up. It doesnt look like it puts to much stress on the top. But it is annoying, and probably looks bad from the outside.

SO...my question is to other who have purchased the ez-on top did you find a solution to this problem. I tried to just make a small slit in the edge and run the cable myself, but they have glue that fold over to the top and that makes it vertually impossile to run that cable.

Any suggestions would be helpful.

As soon as the sun comes out I will get pictures up of the top.

svo413 · Post by **svo413** » Mon May 02, 2005 4:00 pm

My top is getting old and the cables broke. I have not tried to find replacements yet. Keep us posted if you find some.

hanksgt · Post by **hanksgt** » Wed May 04, 2005 6:20 am

Glad to see you are brave enough to self install. I bought the top from Cabrio world last summer for the '88. I have it draped over the top of the car. I think I'm just going to have a local top shop put it on.

for the cable, I just thought I'd pull the old one out and use a piano wire to snake it through the new one.

ascmclarn · Post by **ascmclarn** » Wed May 04, 2005 1:15 pm

I tried that, but if you look at the edge...it shows two stitchings(from the top), but when you flip the top over and really look at it. The inside stitch doesnt go thru the whole top, it is decoration. The fold over it glued together.

And if you take your time it isnt to difficult to install the top.

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