Boxster Convertible Tops

[anytops]

Originally Posted by Peter Serbanica

I have tried most all tops. GAHH is by far the most consistant with fit. Their new glass window is great. No seam and piping and the seal is guaranteed for life. You can look in the center bottom of plastic window for their logo. They stand behind their product. Sometimes the cheap comes out expensive.

Most people dont know this but the reason why GAHH now offers a lifetime warranty is because they had hundreds of those tops returned because the adhesive around the glass window was not holding the window in place. They lost alot of money and had to refund alot of angry customers their money back. Imagine buying a $700 top and paying $700 for installation and having your glass window fall out. I know this for a fact and I wouldnt be bad mouthing GAHH. They are a very reputable company and their products are awesome. But you can get the same quality from other manufacturers for almost half the price.

[RandallNeighbour]

I will be replacing my top in the next year. The elastic bands on the sides don't pull the top in place when it's going up and down and it's a pain in the arse to drop AND raise... but it's in fairly good condition otherwise.

I will pay whatever the GAHH installer requires for one reason:

When (probably not if, but when) my new GAHH glass window top requires adjustment or the seam for the glass window separates or if any other factory or installation defect should arise, I will be able to drive it straight over to the installer and have it done for free. He will be reimbursed by GAHH directly.

Buy any other brand and have an indy shop install it for you and you may be paying them to swap out a bad top for a new one on your dime. The other top manufacturers, such as Robbins, make good tops and warrant materials for five years... but not the labor to yank off the old top and put the new one on for you in case of a warranty claim.

GAHH was the first to offer a glass window replacement top for older Boxsters. It took them about a year and a half to get the window seam design right and they should not have released the product without long-term use on test cars. But that was four years ago. A lifetime warranty on a convertible top is simply unheard of due to the use and abuse a top takes day in and day out.

I'm with Peter on this issue. I'll go with a double priced GAHH top the first time than pay it out later, and possibly more than once. I just wish Peter lived close by so I could get him to do my installation for me.

[mts]

I had a friend use a top from www.cabrioworld.com it was a really nice quality glass window unit for his 1999. He installed it himself and he's really happy with the results. I would recommend the top, but no way I would install it myself after seeing what he went through.......he's got more skills than I have.

[anytops]

Originally Posted by RandallNeighbour

I'm with Peter on this issue. I'll go with a double priced GAHH top the first time than pay it out later, and possibly more than once. I just wish Peter lived close by so I could get him to do my installation for me.

But the warranty is not on the top the warranty is on the seal around the window.

[anytops]

In any case you guys are right GAHH is so far the only company that stands behind this product and pays out of pocket to make sure it works. But the only reason why is because they have to give people this much assurance to buy their products. I mean not only do they offer a lifetime warranty on the seal, they also offer to pay any labor fee's and they have that acoustic a5 canvas which they claim is $200 more that they give away for free. If you had any more intelligence you would ask yourself why would a company be offering all of these incentives? The reason why is because this top was origianlly a flop and it cost them hundreds of thousands of dollars. And now just to regain some trust in their products they are offering these crazy incentives with their tops. Most of their other products are top notch, but if you dont really care about this glass upgrade top then I would definatley say go with either Robbins, Ez-On, or German Auto tops. I would definatley suggest to stay away from Germanex that company is just garbage. Their user name on ebay is diamondmall. They dont offer any warranty once you buy their tops your screwed.

[boxster7614]

My top was replaced under waranty from porsche because of the cracking issue in plastic window. Manual says don't lower top below zero, dealer told me don't do it under 40. it was probably around 45 when it cracked. They replaced it but made me sign a document saying it was operator error and not a defect. I think they don't want it to be on their quality reports to keep there numbers up. I signed what ever, seeing how I only had another 2000 miles left under waranty anyway. Well 2.5 years latter and the top cracked again this time it was around 75 degrees out. I was sick of splitting windows and doing the chop. so I replaced mine with a robins top with glass window. it took me around 7 hrs to take old top off and put new one on. this was in the fall it was great all winter but..... come spring when we hit 80 degrees the glue heated up and seperated around rear window. I called robins and they said they had some bad glue that went out. They sent me a new top and they would of paid to have it put on if I would of had a shop do it. It only took me about 5 hrs the second time to change it. The new top now has 1 summer and a winter on it and it seems to be great. I love the defroster in the winter. The glass window takes some getting use to because it is smaller to view out of than the plastic. best part is no more chop it fold that stupid plastic window. Anyways Gahh arn't the only ones robbins will take care of you. I got mine from tops online around $700 shipped to my door.