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Old 05-26-2010, 03:21 PM   #1
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I did not mean at all to derail this track. Maybe somebody can tell Chris who makes the hardtop he saw.
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Old 05-26-2010, 06:03 PM   #2
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I believe this is the top you are looking for:
http://www.boxster-hardtop.co.uk/

I really liked the way that top looked when I first saw it, but the more I see it the more I like the factory top. But that's just my $0.02.
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Old 05-27-2010, 08:30 AM   #3
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I believe this is the top you are looking for:
http://www.boxster-hardtop.co.uk/
That sure looks like a Zeintop - look at the odd shaped quarter window.

The OP's photos show something with no quarter window and what looks to me to be a flatter profile (and something braced through the rear window?). Like a spec-Boxster top but...different.
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The Zeintop replaces the trunk, and the one I posted only covers the clamshell. But I think it gets really close, and you might be able to order it without the windows (but I don't why you would want bigger blind spots.)

After looking again I think it is most likely a custom top. A few spec boxster guys do make there own hardtops out of fiberglass. Just look at the third picture, and how the top replaces the clamshell to save weight, and the oversized braced window. I can safely say I have never seen the one pictured for sale anywhere.
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Old 05-27-2010, 08:51 AM   #5
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I believe this is the top you are looking for:
http://www.boxster-hardtop.co.uk/

I really liked the way that top looked when I first saw it, but the more I see it the more I like the factory top. But that's just my $0.02.
IDK personally I think that quarter window setup is the ugliest I have ever seen. but hey that is my opinion.
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Old 05-27-2010, 09:53 AM   #6
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here's another, but don't think this is it either ...

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Boxster Spec Racing Hard top

Easily the best aftermarket hard top for the Boxster!!

http://www.bradrobertsag.com/product/SPECTOP/Boxster-Spec-Racing-Hard-top.html
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Old 05-27-2010, 04:42 PM   #8
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dude, did you even look at the pictures I posted?
You can't be serious that this is the "best looking aftermarket hardtop ever"
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here's another, but don't think this is it either ...

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WOW... that is gorgeous... do they actually make these?
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here's another, but don't think this is it either ...

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I think this one looks the best without trying too hard to look like the Cayman. Don't think I know anyone that owns one from all the boards I visit.
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Old 05-27-2010, 07:23 PM   #11
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I believe this is the top you are looking for:
http://www.boxster-hardtop.co.uk/

I really liked the way that top looked when I first saw it, but the more I see it the more I like the factory top. But that's just my $0.02.
That could be the top from the first track pics. If it is, the spec Boxster guy removed the gay triangular side windows, or had one made sans suck.

I do like the French/Canadian (D-Moris) top!! I bet it's really cost effective in "version Kevlar/Carbone"!
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Am I the only one that thinks the UK and Canadian ones look like the same top (except the window)?
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Am I the only one that thinks the UK and Canadian ones look like the same top (except the window)?
The rear window on the Canadian top looks much larger and the side window looks much more rounded at the rear. Maybe it's camera angle on the side windows, but not the rear window. Two different models/stages?
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Where are you guys getting the Canadian origin of the D Moris top, the address on the website is France not Canada. Am I missing part of the story?
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Sale?

i might be talked into selling my white hardtop from a 1998 986... We have not used it since the first month of owning the car.
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