GT Motor Sport Hardtop, who has one? - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

RobZ · 07-29-2008, 01:34 PM

I'm interested in buying one considering how difficult it is to find a hardtop in South Texas. They are reasonably priced and are only $150-200 to ship from CA. I believe they only come black gel coated so painting would add to the $1k price tag. They also mentioned that the "Porsche hardware" is not included. I'm guessing this is easy to find and hopefully inexpensive?

Anyone have experience with them?

http://www.gtmotorsport.net/index.php?menu=Boxster+Series&page=Hardtop

Jeph · 07-29-2008, 03:51 PM

$1049 w/glass
$1000 painting
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$2049

And for a couple hundred more you could get a brand new PORSCHE factory top, with PORSCHE arctic silver, and it's NOT fiberglass -rather aluminum. With the time it takes to paint, and the fact that it's fiberglass... I couldn't bring myself to get that top. Splurge and get the real deal.

Shipping for either version would be the same. Finding a used one on eBay is usually in the ballpark of $1000 and would be a better way to go, right?

Mounting hardware will be $35-50 at the dealer.

angman · 07-29-2008, 04:11 PM

I have a factory hard top in Artic Silver that I barely use that I might consider selling. It is in excellent condition as I hardly use it since I have a second car to use when the weather turns nasty. Freight/shipping would be expensive though but at least you're getting a qood quality factory Porsche item. I wouldn't even consider buying a fiberglass knock off. Some misc items are Ok, but for something like this you're better off buying factory for the fit, finish, qaulity and durability.

MikeM · 07-29-2008, 04:40 PM

PM sent to "angman".

RobZ · 07-29-2008, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeph

$1049 w/glass
$1000 painting
-------------------
$2049

And for a couple hundred more you could get a brand new PORSCHE factory top, with PORSCHE arctic silver, and it's NOT fiberglass -rather aluminum. With the time it takes to paint, and the fact that it's fiberglass... I couldn't bring myself to get that top. Splurge and get the real deal.

Shipping for either version would be the same. Finding a used one on eBay is usually in the ballpark of $1000 and would be a better way to go, right?

Mounting hardware will be $35-50 at the dealer.

I was under the impression that you can't get factory hardtops any longer. Where should I look? Porsche dealer?

insite · 07-29-2008, 05:13 PM

$1,000 for paint is a bit high, no?

Jeph · 07-29-2008, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by RobZ

I was under the impression that you can't get factory hardtops any longer. Where should I look? Porsche dealer?

I got mine in 2005 from Brandywine Porsche in PA (and had it shipped to Dallas). The total was $1995 + $200 freight.

Brandywine Porsche: 610-886-1000
Try also Suncoast Porsche: 877-923-1700

Mike_Yi · 07-30-2008, 06:39 AM

I too have read that Porsche is no longer making hardtops for the older models (pre-05). Prices on them have been going up it seems. There is no way that it would cost $1000 to paint one. I'd guess you could get it done for more like $500.

I am seriously considering buying one of these. They are lighter which makes the car a bit lighter and makes it easier to put on and remove. I have heard that a lot of Boxster Spec racers use them. I've also heard that the finish on the gel coat hasn't been great in the past. Dunno if that's improved or not. Even if you had to have it sanded down and corrected, a good body shop should be able to do that fairly cheaply along with a nice coat of paint.

Thumper · 07-30-2008, 06:56 AM

I was lucky that mine came with a hard top when I bought it. But why would you pay $2K for this fiberglass copy when the aluminum factory hard tops go on eBay for $700 to $1,200 all the time.....and you can probably find one already painted the color of your car.

Unless you just have to have a new one........

Jeph · 07-30-2008, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Mike_Yi

They are lighter which makes the car a bit lighter and makes it easier to put on and remove. I have heard that a lot of Boxster Spec racers use them.

Weight difference is probably negligible. If weight difference really did matter, I'd imagine one would race without the top at all. Even so, the factory one is not heavy and BOTH version still ideally require 2 people to put on/take off. This isn't because of the weight, but because of its awkward size.