A T-Top Story! - NJFBOA - Home of New Jersey's Camaros and Firebirds

Predator86 · 08-24-2007, 07:35 AM

Now this story isnt about me personally, its about my neighbor/friend and his 95 formula. I was gettin home from work this morning as he was leaving and he told me.

He was driving his bird on route 18 and he was doing about 120 and climbing! Well anyways hes goes through this tunnel on full throttle to hear his car (SLP Loud Mouth). Now he gets to where he needs to be and notices one of his T-Tops missing! So him and his friend back track down the highway and find a huge trail of shattered glass

. So apparently either him or his friend forgot to latch down that side

.

So this mornign he said that a replacement piece would be around 600 bucks...that dosent sound right, it sounds way to expensive. Im gonna look it up for him later but im wondering if anyone here knows a ball park estimate on ones side t-top glass?

Crazy story huh guys?

ChriSS · 08-24-2007, 07:39 AM

I had one fly out after my Dad borrowed the car and didn't latch it. I had a dealer tell me they had to buy each piece and basically build the thing. He was well over thousand bucks and I told him not to bother. I found one at a junk yard for $250. That would be my advice.

LS1Hawk · 08-24-2007, 08:32 AM

Not too crazy. It's happened quite often on these cars. And your neighbor doing 120 in a tunnel isn't smart either.

Predator86 · 08-24-2007, 08:36 AM

I just find it funny that the LM1 kit is so loud that u wont notice ur roof flying off! hahaha

and im not sure if he was doin the same speed in the tunnel...probably much less ...hes not that careless

But ya he better not spend 600 on a new one...i'll tell him to goto absoulute (middlesex junkyard)

JW · 08-24-2007, 08:42 AM

Ebay always seems to have T-tops for sale also!

JW

BonzoHansen · 08-24-2007, 09:05 AM

Used t-tops FTW.

Next time, tell numbnuts that taching it up in 1st or 2nd makes loud noise w/o doing 120 on rt 18.

Blacdout96 · 08-24-2007, 10:00 AM

X2 for Ebay.

AliWantsNss · 08-24-2007, 10:48 AM

I had one fly off as well, I wasnt doing 120 like an ******* tho. I got my replacement for $75.

89formula · 08-24-2007, 11:03 AM

That happened to me when I was at the Lowes Raceway in NC showing my car.
I forgot to latch one side when we left, hit a corner pretty fast, and bye-bye t-top.
I had to have my spare set shipped up from here fed-ex overnight, because of course, it started raining that night and didn't stop for 2 days....

slasherbarb · 08-24-2007, 11:28 AM

that happened to friend on 287...that thing went flying about 120 ft...

foff667 · 08-24-2007, 11:30 AM

:secret:

Squirrel · 08-24-2007, 11:45 AM

IBTL

Savage_Messiah · 08-24-2007, 01:38 PM

120 on rt 18??? He probably by all rights shoulda died at that speed on that **** *** road

oh one ls1 SS · 08-24-2007, 01:45 PM

i almost had one fly off on me on the parkway. i put the passanger side top on from the drivers side (leaned over the car) and forgot to lock it down. it started sliding off at about 80 and once i realized it i grabbed the latch and pulled over to latch the beiotch down. im supprised it didnt fall off when i was merging on tho.

DaSkinnyGuy · 08-24-2007, 02:25 PM

He probly went to a dealership to buy that hey could find a set for $100. But that would mean from where ever he got those numbers that would be $1200 for a set thats insane.

Jared1970Chevelle · 08-24-2007, 02:28 PM

i got a mintttt set for 100 bucks.... come and get um... lol

BonzoHansen · 08-24-2007, 02:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oh one ls1 SS

i almost had one fly off on me on the parkway. i put the passanger side top on from the drivers side (leaned over the car) and forgot to lock it down. it started sliding off at about 80 and once i realized it i grabbed the latch and pulled over to latch the beiotch down. im supprised it didnt fall off when i was merging on tho.

I lost one off my 82 on the GSP. It flew out, rolled end-over-end across the car lanes, down the grass median and exploded when it hit the express lanes (around Eatontown).

<--not funny then, funny now.

89formula · 08-24-2007, 05:09 PM

Yeah they explode into a really pretty bunch of sparkly shards, don't they?

jims69camaro · 08-24-2007, 05:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BonzoHansen

Used t-tops FTW.

Next time, tell numbnuts that taching it up in 1st or 2nd makes loud noise w/o doing 120 on rt 18.

Predator86 · 08-24-2007, 07:29 PM

granted doing that was dumb but in his defense he only hit that speed for a lil...he wasnt doing nearly that much by the time they made it in the tunnel...everyone makes mistakes... so right now he mad a nice system with an umbrella and he ties around the shifter to keep the rain out lol...it actually looks like it would work pretty nicely

live and learn i suppose....this is the first time that im HAPPY that i dont have t-tops

Brando56894 · 08-24-2007, 10:21 PM

i almost lost one of mine. i was on a highway either up in north or central jersey and i started to hear a whistling sounds and i looked up and the thing wasnt latched, i was like holy sh**! so i reached up and held the stupid down even though it was insanely cold out that night