New top - would you do plastic or glass window?

[MN 986]

I'd highly recommend a top with glass. I think the aftermarket ones look pretty good, but I was lucky enough to find a complete OEM top/frame from a 2004 that was being converted to a track car. Following instructions from this forum, I was able to swap the assemblies easily myself. If you can find one at a decent price, I think it is the best option, and it keeps (03-04) OEM engine access.

[derfo]

My top was fine and I am sure it would have lasted a few years more. I just wasn't thinking one cold day and it cracked when I folded it down. Its a 2002 Boxster S, the fabric is in excellent condition. What I am going to do is stitch another plastic top in. I am going to do this over the winter ( they seem very long in the UK) I take my car off the road at the end of December. To me the shape of the roof is better with the plastic. I will post how I get on, I am doing it by hand.

[Perfectlap]

Originally Posted by MN 986

I think the aftermarket ones look pretty good, but I was lucky enough to find a complete OEM top/frame from a 2004 that was being converted to a track car..

finding a good price seems to require some leg work. LA Dismantler is asking $2K for a used glass top... and the canvas/trim is in only fair condition.

I contacted a junkyard that had a wrecked Boxster that belonged to a forum member. They would absolutely not sell to me, only distributors/dismantlers. I went onto their website was surprised to see that complete totaled Boxsters were selling for barely $3K.
Meanwhile dismantlers sell just the top for $2K? nice.