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Uncle Bob 06-24-2006 10:53 AM

Anyone seen this hardtop in person??
 
The Hardtop Company recently started making this top for the '05 and up Boxster. I'm curious if anyone knows anything about it??
http://www.boxster-hardtop.co.uk/img...ster-roof1.jpg
http://www.boxster-hardtop.co.uk/img...ster-roof2.jpg
http://www.boxster-hardtop.co.uk/img...er-hardtop.jpg
http://www.boxster-hardtop.co.uk/img...-boxster-3.jpg

Pics are obviously of a 986, but they advertise a 987 as a new addition.
I'm not crazy about the oddly shaped second window, but I'm curious if anyone knows of the company, a UK based enterprise.

Marc Gelefsky 06-24-2006 11:28 AM

To each his own.. and all that crap but I must say I don’t find that top aesthetically pleasing at all

Uncle Bob 06-24-2006 12:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marc Gelefsky
To each his own.. and all that crap but I must say I don’t find that top aesthetically pleasing at all

I agree....it just misses the mark somehow. The stock is a little too chopped off as well, for my tastes but what else is there? The zeinntop is nice but requires a lot of work to install, even if it becomes available here at all!

I did find a stock top 986-563-005-01 is the part #. http://porsche.parkplacestores.com/boxsterhardtop.html wants $2995 and only (yup, I called!) $5.00 shipping anywhere in Continental US. They also offer a 10% discount for PCA members making it $2700 delivered to my door in factory painted condition. It sure looks like a good way to go. The 987's take their own top and I can't find any used ones at all.

kyle986driver 06-24-2006 01:57 PM

You guys are crazy if you dont like that top!! that thing is SIIICK! i love it! I personally thing that the factory hard tops look gay...to each his own

creseida 06-24-2006 03:17 PM

Then call me crazy, because that quarter window is fugly. Ruins what otherwise would be half-way decent lines. Very distracting.

Uncle Bob 06-24-2006 03:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by creseida
Then call me crazy, because that quarter window is fugly. Ruins what otherwise would be half-way decent lines. Very distracting.

If it had round lines (like the rest of the car!!) it would be great......it just seems to clash!

creseida 06-24-2006 04:21 PM

Exactly! The roofline itself isn't bad at all; rather Caymanesque, which isn't a bad thing really, and judging from the Cayman S badging on the boot, it is the look they were going for. ;) If the quarter window were more along the lines of a 911/Carrera.... that would be sweet.


But that quarter window is definitely at odds with the rest of the lines of the car; the shape is wrong, the angle is wrong, and the trim is wrong...makes it look like an afterthought.


The aesthetic just isn't there for me.


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