Does anybody have the link to the clear motor cover?

[steve00s]

I could not see paying $700 for that. I've driven my car with the top up and the engine cover off and it sounds amazing. It was a cheap thrill. Also, if you are going to show the engine you'd have to keep it clean.

[djomlas]

i think it would be cooler if you had a little peak at the serpentine belt spinning while inside the car, like make a little opening trough the cover. now that would be cool couse u can always see it from the inside of the car

[Bob Z.]

I kinda like it, even with the "Porsche Taxed" price. I wonder if anyone here has bought one and can chime in with their thoughts & opinion (?)

[Lil bastard]

Originally Posted by steve00s

I could not see paying $700 for that. I've driven my car with the top up and the engine cover off and it sounds amazing. It was a cheap thrill. Also, if you are going to show the engine you'd have to keep it clean.

+1. The only way you can see it is through the window or by kneeling on the seat facing back (Top Up) or by putting the Top in the service position (unless you have the GAHH Top). All you're gonna see is a pretty mundane intake anyway, not like you're looking at a Ferrari V12 or anything. If you have the rear speaker box, doesn't that pretty much negate it anyway?

If it's the sound that you're after, I'd be more likely to cut the existing engine cover (or a replacement from a wrecker yard) and put a custom speaker grill over the opening something like this - Well, maybe not that one specifically, but there lots of available options out there.

For $700, I'd rather buy a set of tires, but that's me.

[Bob Z.]

While you have a good option (mesh grill) I've found over the years that sometimes it is just easier to buy something than to run around buying bits & pieces, stressing over making cuts the right way, etc. Besides, it's not that much money.

Again, if anyone has the clear cover, or knows of someone who does, let me know so I can hear what they think.

[mn box s]

You know the one I saw I was pretty sure it was one piece. Im taking the rag off and going hard top only. I very rarely take that off. The speakers Im not to worried about. Theres ways around that anyway. Im cool on having the door open right on my dome too. Think Ill just make my own. Get a piece of Lexan for a lot less than $700usd.

[Bob Z.]

I'll have to take another look at it - is it usable when the soft top is down? In other words, can it still be seen with the top down, slider opened, etc.?

[Lil bastard]

Originally Posted by Bob Z.

I'll have to take another look at it - is it usable when the soft top is down? In other words, can it still be seen with the top down, slider opened, etc.?

No, that's just it. The Top folds to rest against the roll bar, completely obscures the top of speaker box/engine cover. Just check out the .wmv files at their site for confirmation.

Wonder how many Rhodes Scholars forked over 700 former Presidents before making that minor discovery? Whuaaa - Whuaaa !

And, it's really poorly designed to begin with. It looks like someone's Shade Tree or Cub Scout project with all the pop rivets, square cut Lexan and surface mounting.

If they stylized it from Carbon Fiber with a rounded-edged Lexan window and sound port molded in flush with the rest of the piece, at least then it would look somewhat professional. And might better appeal to all the Blingers who have a hard-on for CF. And then, they could probably eek another couple hundred dead guys from them too. I bet if you look up the inventor's genealogy, you'll find an ancestor named Barnum...lol

It's all about the sound which is why I said to just cut some sound ports or add a grill to the existing cover. You could even 'louver' the engine cover for the same effect and a lot less moolah.

For me, it's not a Gottahave. I'll take a set of Tires instead.

[SeattleBoxers]

I think that cover is ugly, ridiculous and it's totally useless, when the top is DOWN.

If you want an engine under glass, buy a 360 Spider.