Eclipsed
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- Aug 14, 2002
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Chicago,
Illinois
I got a quick question for all you Spyder owners. Would you be interested in having a cf top or a fiberglass top instead of your convertable top that is removable? Of course this would be most about weight savings, but I have been thinking about it for quite some time.
I can probably get help making a mold for it. What I want to do is create a top made out of cf that can obviously be painted or kept cf. The top would be completely removable. What you would do is completely remove your retractable top with motors and supports for it. So basically you wouldnt have any top or any remanents for that top.
The top I am interested in making would kind of be removed like a targo top but it would be the whole top. Sort of find a way to put it on the car and latch it down much like a t-top or targa top car. The only two set backs would be needing a roll bar but those look hot on a spyder anyways and that you need to keep the top in a garage because it wont fit in a trunk. This would save an incredible amount of weight and it could be taken completely off if you feel like cruising with the top down and save a TON of weight. Then if the weather is bad you slap your top back on and ride away. The top would be reinforced to handle an accident and the rollbars would be an added safety feature. You would have to watch the weather if you feel like crusing without a top.
Just let me know if you interested so I can look into this. I have been wanting something like this for so long. I think it would look nice and then we could even put in a bigger rear window becasue everyone knows its as small as a tic tac.
I was also thinking of making it so it can be folded incase you need to park your car somewhere and you need your top. Find a way to make it bend and fold so you could stash it in your back seat.
Im probably just doing wishful thinking though.
Or we could just take out the motor and assembly and manually fold the top back. But cf would be much lighter and more leak proof. And much safer then parking your car in an unprotected unpatrolled lot at college where a knife could just simply cut through the top....
I can probably get help making a mold for it. What I want to do is create a top made out of cf that can obviously be painted or kept cf. The top would be completely removable. What you would do is completely remove your retractable top with motors and supports for it. So basically you wouldnt have any top or any remanents for that top.
The top I am interested in making would kind of be removed like a targo top but it would be the whole top. Sort of find a way to put it on the car and latch it down much like a t-top or targa top car. The only two set backs would be needing a roll bar but those look hot on a spyder anyways and that you need to keep the top in a garage because it wont fit in a trunk. This would save an incredible amount of weight and it could be taken completely off if you feel like cruising with the top down and save a TON of weight. Then if the weather is bad you slap your top back on and ride away. The top would be reinforced to handle an accident and the rollbars would be an added safety feature. You would have to watch the weather if you feel like crusing without a top.
Just let me know if you interested so I can look into this. I have been wanting something like this for so long. I think it would look nice and then we could even put in a bigger rear window becasue everyone knows its as small as a tic tac.
I was also thinking of making it so it can be folded incase you need to park your car somewhere and you need your top. Find a way to make it bend and fold so you could stash it in your back seat.
Im probably just doing wishful thinking though.
Or we could just take out the motor and assembly and manually fold the top back. But cf would be much lighter and more leak proof. And much safer then parking your car in an unprotected unpatrolled lot at college where a knife could just simply cut through the top....