05-26-2010, 10:24 AM
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Best looking Boxster hardtop ever?
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05-26-2010, 10:53 AM
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Not sure who makes that one but has anybody used this one?
http://www.zeintec.com/products?pid=21#img
Does a hardtop remove the broomstick requirement?
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05-26-2010, 11:26 AM
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Originally Posted by hvangeel
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FYI: It looks like Zeintec has closed its doors but not with out stiffing many who paid in full for tops that were never delivered.
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05-26-2010, 11:33 AM
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^ That sucks. I had my eye on one of those Z-tops. Pricey but tempting.
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05-26-2010, 11:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Aron in Toronto
FYI: It looks like Zeintec has closed its doors but not with out stiffing many who paid in full for tops that were never delivered.
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Where did this info come from?
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05-26-2010, 12:11 PM
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05-26-2010, 12:15 PM
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There may be one Zeintop for sale that was delivered but didn't fit the owner's car.
Not sure if it's still available & I have no affiliation with the seller.
http://www.ppbb.com/phorum/read.php?14,1565386
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05-26-2010, 12:16 PM
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05-26-2010, 12:42 PM
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05-26-2010, 02:11 PM
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I'm selling mine!
SOLD. I'm selling my Z-top color seal gray for $2500 Cdn. Pickup only and I'm in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. First person with cash gets it.
Dai
[IMG]Zeintec.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]Zeintec2.jpg[/IMG]
Last edited by Dai; 05-28-2010 at 09:52 AM.
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05-26-2010, 02:21 PM
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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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05-26-2010, 05:03 PM
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There Is No Substitute.
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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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05-27-2010, 07:30 AM
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Originally Posted by rick3000
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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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05-27-2010, 07:48 AM
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There Is No Substitute.
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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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Last edited by rick3000; 05-27-2010 at 07:55 AM.
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05-27-2010, 07:51 AM
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Originally Posted by rick3000
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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05-27-2010, 08:53 AM
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here's another, but don't think this is it either ...
linky
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05-27-2010, 06:23 PM
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Originally Posted by rick3000
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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05-27-2010, 06:25 PM
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There Is No Substitute.
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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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06-02-2010, 07:52 AM
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Originally Posted by reluctantmechanic
love the look - any chance you know the driver?
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The driver is Ethan Dahlkamp. He is one of the Boxster hot shoes from San Diego. Ethan drives a stripped and caged Boxster race car with a stock 2.7 motor, $8k in suspension and tires and he drives the wheels off that thing, regularly posting GT3 lap times. I have not seen Ethan since Buttonwillow but I believe the top is a one off prototype that does not meet Boxster spec rules so it was not mass produced. It does look good though.
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06-21-2010, 03:48 AM
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Hardtop (zeintop)
For your Information
Z-Art automotive would like to start production for a Boxster top in Canada St. Paul Alberta. Andreas Zeinecke are the real Inventor for a hardtop that changes the Boxster into a Cayman look.
http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/wo.jsp?wo=2007054352
Pub. No.: WO/2007/054352 International Application No.: PCT/EP2006/010858
Publication Date: 18.05.2007 International Filing Date: 13.11.2006
IPC: B60J 7/08 (2006.01)
Applicants: MITC AG [CH/CH]; Hauptstrasse 145, CH-8274 Tägerwilen (CH)
(All Except US).
ZEINECKE, Andreas [CH/CH]; (CH) (US Only).
Inventor: ZEINECKE, Andreas; (CH).
Priority Data: 20 2005 017 786.5 11.11.2005 DE
Title: (EN) HARD TOP UPPER PART COMPRISING A COVER
Abstract:
(EN) The invention relates to an upper part that can be detachably connected to the body of a vehicle and comprises a hard top. According to the invention, a cover (3) for closing a boot or bonnet is connected to the hard top (1).
We are looking for partners and/or investors
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