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Old Nov 3, 2008 | 02:50 AM
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Default It's hard to take good pictures of carbon fiber

so here are some shitty ones. I'm going to borrow an SLR and a human who knows how to use it later this week, but figured I'd share these now.

Sold my OEM top Wednesday for $1200, picked this up for $1300 on Thursday evening. C-West wet carbon top, 40lbs with OEM glass and seals. Fits pretty much like the OEM top did, keeps water out (tested that thoroughly this weekend). The rear latches are a little gross, still trying to figure out what I'm going to do about them.

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Gives it a much more brash look than the car used to have, less sleeper more racecar. I was going to do a vented FRP hood and paint it black, but I think I'm going to stick with raw carbon and mabye do a trunk as well later on.
Old Nov 3, 2008 | 03:43 AM
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Ricer...




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Old Nov 3, 2008 | 09:47 AM
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Whats the official weight on an OEM hardtop? I wouldn't rock a CF hardtop unless it met 2 criteria
1. It's appreciably lighter than OEM
2. It's painted
Old Nov 3, 2008 | 10:05 AM
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Stock hardtop weight is 44.5 lbs.

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Old Nov 3, 2008 | 10:24 AM
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Unpainted body parts are for ricers. Paint that ****. It looked good before.
Old Nov 3, 2008 | 10:29 AM
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A lot easier to get good shots in the sunlight FWIW.
Old Nov 3, 2008 | 10:51 AM
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I like it. You couldn't pull it off with any color other than black.
Old Nov 3, 2008 | 11:53 AM
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turn off autofocus or focus on something that's not shiny but is at the same distance first (half button press) and with the button held half way, THEN take a pic of the car. the AF is picking up the reflection, not the top.
Old Nov 3, 2008 | 01:09 PM
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$90 point-and-shoot camera. fail. :(
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I like the idea of a CF top but paint that ****!

Seriously though how much does it weigh?
Old Nov 3, 2008 | 01:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Savington
40lbs with OEM glass and seals.
Originally Posted by chriscar
Stock hardtop weight is 44.5 lbs.
Originally Posted by ApexOnYou
Seriously though how much does it weigh?
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Old Nov 3, 2008 | 01:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Savington
$90 point-and-shoot camera. fail. :(
should still work with the half-way button press. make and model please.
Old Nov 3, 2008 | 01:59 PM
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What are you going to do about the frankenstein bolts?

I'm planning on removing mine and sticking some longer bolts in with a fat washer and painting the head and washer black. One of many projects I haven't gotten around to.
Old Nov 3, 2008 | 02:44 PM
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Shoot some pics through a pair of polarized sunglasses rotated for max glare reduction
It works
Old Nov 3, 2008 | 08:48 PM
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looks sick, i love some CF
Old Nov 3, 2008 | 09:33 PM
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I think it looks great. Black+CF is nice.
Old Nov 3, 2008 | 09:40 PM
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Sav you son of a . . . . . . .



I read that top is strong enough to support the weight of the car..
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Originally Posted by elesjuan
I read that top is strong enough to support the weight of the car..
WTf? No more need for a roll bar?
Old Nov 3, 2008 | 11:24 PM
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40lbs is what I was told, at least. Next time it's sunny and I have it off I'll throw it on a bathroom scale and see what it really weighs.

As far as color, IMO painting a $2000 carbon fiber top is heresy.
Old Nov 3, 2008 | 11:54 PM
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Honestly, a top on any color car I'd keep it carbon. Black tops go very well on ANY color... just look at soft tops! On a lot of cars I like the carbon hood, top, and trunk lid.. I'd do it myself, but thats like 15 times the cost of my car....



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