Cracked Plastic

[ddb]

Hansaplastique:

Yes, my tops were installed by Upholstery/Convertible Top specialist. I believe the GAHH website lists recommended installers in most major cities. If not, they may be able to do so by phone. In my case GAHH knew and recommended a couple of installers they had been doing business with for years (long before they started producing glass-window Boxster replacement tops).

For a couple of reasons I switched installers for my second top (replacement for the defective top) which was blessed and paid for by GAHH.

ddb

[Benny986]

For me replacing the top with a glass one would have been nearly $2500. I had a new plastic sewn in for just over 600. I'd do that again until the fabric is worn out. The remove the top, remove the plastic, sew a new one one, and use some kind of adhesive around the corners to prevent leaking, and to hold the plastic in place.

for 450-500, that some of you have posted, that is VERY cheap. If they are reputable, and if they have done boxtster work in the past, I'd jump on it, My place is where the local Porsche dealer sends their boxster tops to be repaired. : )

[986Porsche986]

Had my back plastic replaced about a year ago at a dedicated convertible top shop, they charged me 450.00. I was very disappointed with the results. So I'm sharing my story to maybe give you some other insight. I was under the impression that they were going to remove the old plastic and replace with a new one. What they
did do was, sew in a new "clear" plastic under the old plastic and then cut out the old window. What was left was a frame of a very jagged edge of the old plastic layered over the new plastic. It stuck out of as much as 1/2 an inch in some places,
they said they had to do it that way to prevent wrinkles in the new plastic. Also it
was not watertight. The first gentle rain we had, the water soaked right into my
carpet above the engine. After complaining to the owner, he said that If I came back in, he would look at it and possibly refund half the money. I didn't even bother to go back in. So what I did was get out my old trusty xacto knife and trim the old plastic edge all the way down to the canvas, then I sealed it with some black RTV, It looks 100 times better and now there are no leaks. I will try to post some pics when i get a chance. Also found out later that they even used the wrong plastic. There is a green tinted plastic that should be used on all Porsches. I am going to replace it with a glass window top when the canvas wears out, although I heard that the dealer might charge extra to do any maintenance where the glass top will get in the way because they cant fold it. Good luck!!