Rear window

[Peter Serbanica]

Originally Posted by clb0099

peter,


For that price I would get the new one with rear glass for like 700 and get it installed .

GAHH top w/glass window 1450 installed

[djomlas]

yeah i would go for it. taking the top off w the frame is a 10 minute deal lloks like, so you can take it in the house and do it in a warm room.

[ozspearo]

Originally Posted by Peter Serbanica

GAHH top w/glass window 1450 installed

New tops with glass window on Ebay at the moment for $625. Install yourself with instructions found on this site. Also new tops with green tinted plastic window for under $400. Better than your $525.00 for just the plastic then sewing it in yourself.

I'm going down this path at the moment as my plastic window self destructed in the last 2 days. From zero cracks to more than 5 this weekend, one of which is about 6 inches long.

Anyone have a comment on the glass windows? Visibilty, etc? I'm looking at getting a tinted plastic one sewn in (have access to professional [military] seamstress) or the glass option.

Cheers.

"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them
Lest we forget"

Veteran's Day '07

[rick3000]

I say go for it!
I have talked to a few people who have fixed there tops this way, and it seems to be just fine. Just think of the money ($400+) you will save. You can always take the entire top off, if you want to as well.

[tomc88]

about 4" of stitching has broken! Nice new air vent.

I am OK with getting UV thread to re-stitch,

but how about water-tighting? Do I need to glue before stitching?

Or apply something after the re-stitch done?



thanks

(and hoping it doesnt rain)

[Tieniber]

I highly recommend the glass window top from Autotopsdirect.com

They offer the same product as GAHH for way less, and I installed it myself in a weekend with the instructions they supplied. In terms of aesthetics, I think the car looks much better than the plastic top. In terms of visibility, you lose a bit but not a ton, and the clarity is off course much better. Access to the engine is a little tougher but manageable.