s2000 Glass roof upgrage from plastic

[ITEAZR]

i have a 99 s2k with plastic window i want to upgrade to a glass window?


who in melbourne has done this work on a s2000 befor? i need mine changed asap.


also did u go oem or aftermarket?

[vyets]

ROLLED bought one of hardtop guy i think in the usa, got a shop to install it was good quality :)

[ITEAZR]

i found on s2ki.com Blackman & Sons in Moorabbin and OlympusTrimmer.

anyone else?

[BaSsMaXiMuS]

Not sure how that would work as Plastic rear window is bigger than the glass window, have you considered replacing the whole roof?

[vyets]

You have to replace the whole roof. The glass window folds diffrently

[ITEAZR]

yes that what i wanted to do replace the whole roof.. im going to head down to OlympusTrimmers on saturday to get a qte for a full new roof with glass window

vyets- ur the dude with the celica? duys mate yeah? i did ur insurance on ur s2k lol

[BaSsMaXiMuS]

If too expensive to get here try Ebay from US. I paid under $1000 for new roof and this was including postage, this was back when USvsOZ had good currency exchange



Hope this helps.

[vyets]

yes that what i wanted to do replace the whole roof.. im going to head down to OlympusTrimmers on saturday to get a qte for a full new roof with glass window

vyets- ur the dude with the celica? duys mate yeah? i did ur insurance on ur s2k lol


Yeap thats me, gotta call back and update some parts haha.

[ITEAZR]

lol ur s2k is sexy man i always see it around

[armak81]

if its any help I purchased a robbins glass top from US for under $1k AUD shipped.
friend installed it himself. took a full weekend, but the end result was very good. near perfect fitment. PITA to install, but well worth the learning experience.

[vyets]

Hey Randall!! Long time no see :) Not that I'm really seeing you at the moment haha. I want to see that softtop! :D:D

[ITEAZR]

ok guys OlympusTrimmers is very good. he uses robbins glass roof and he has done a few s2ks.

http://www.olympustrimmers.com.au/

[DNTBLO_S2k]

hey what did they quote you, if you dnt mind answering.

[jooboo]

does anyone know anyone that can do the swap in qld?

[ludecrs]

I'm still waiting on Mad to come up from Sydney for my swap.

I havent found anyone in QLD to do it yet. :(

[rokkuchan]

Anybody in Adelaide knows how to do it or has it done by a restoration workshop that can recommend? I got 2 places a friend recommended but seems they havent done a conversion for s2k b4 and 1 place quoted me 7-900 buks for 2 days just to install...

[ludecrs]

Thats cheap.....

[ITEAZR]

hey what did they quote you, if you dnt mind answering.

im going threw insurane broo... the qte would be massive

[vyets]

Heard about the badnews daniel unlucky man.
Hope you get it all sorted out! :)

[ITEAZR]

Heard about the badnews daniel unlucky man.
Hope you get it all sorted out! :)

thanks man. be back on the raod soon

[rokkuchan]

Thats cheap.....

It is? Mmm i dont trust anyone with my car... when people rush, they'll forget 1 or 10 screws...


Anyone in Adelaide wanna help me install in return I'll help YOU install ? haha... DREAMZ - u r helping me if u read this...

[AHMARNI]

Hey guys,

I'm also in Adelaide and looking to replace my roof, upgrading the window to glass with defroster at the same time. I have spoken to many places around AUS for quotes, and to make sure that whatever i get is going to be quality. A guy in Sydney can provide a top custom made with the highest quality two tone Sonnendeck fabric from Germany for just under $3000 installed, but said he couldn't reccommend a fitter in Adelaide to do the job, and lots of places will only supply it to a fitter because apparently (safety standards?) do not allow you to fit it yourself. Spencer P W Motor Trimmers in Adelaide have quoted me around the $800 mark for labour, factoring in a 10 hour job. They're happy to source a roof for you or byo, and he's *pretty sure* he's done one or two S2K roof replacements in his time.... "is that the one with the long nose??" hmmmmm. I might do some more shopping around... :)

If you've found anything please let me know, and if not, i'm pretty close to just ordering the best i can find in the US; so can anyone personally vouch for the quality of either www.convertibletopguys.com or www.topsonline.com? The exchange rate is a lot better now than it was when I first looked into replacing my soft top!

If I do this I might look at doing the replacement myself as i'd really like to learn, and it's almost uni holidays which means i'll finally have some time on my hands.. rokkuchan are you in on this??? :)

[rokkuchan]

Hey guys,

I'm also in Adelaide and looking to replace my roof, upgrading the window to glass with defroster at the same time. I have spoken to many places around AUS for quotes, and to make sure that whatever i get is going to be quality. A guy in Sydney can provide a top custom made with the highest quality two tone Sonnendeck fabric from Germany for just under $3000 installed, but said he couldn't reccommend a fitter in Adelaide to do the job, and lots of places will only supply it to a fitter because apparently (safety standards?) do not allow you to fit it yourself. Spencer P W Motor Trimmers in Adelaide have quoted me around the $800 mark for labour, factoring in a 10 hour job. They're happy to source a roof for you or byo, and he's *pretty sure* he's done one or two S2K roof replacements in his time.... "is that the one with the long nose??" hmmmmm. I might do some more shopping around... :)

If you've found anything please let me know, and if not, i'm pretty close to just ordering the best i can find in the US; so can anyone personally vouch for the quality of either www.convertibletopguys.com or www.topsonline.com? The exchange rate is a lot better now than it was when I first looked into replacing my soft top!

If I do this I might look at doing the replacement myself as i'd really like to learn, and it's almost uni holidays which means i'll finally have some time on my hands.. rokkuchan are you in on this??? :)

Hey Dude, let me know if ya gonna get one and DIY, i can help as I wanna do mine too. And yes buy one from Topsonline (Robins stayfast). I've been researching for months of how to take things a part, just haven't got the time and still gaining my confidence, my car is a daily and i need my roof since it's been raining. haha

[sho]

there is a good write up with pics on s2ki that you can use as a guide :)
it took me 18hours all up ( extra hours came from me dropping a bolt and well i had to take off the roof to find it lol )

http://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=448840&st=0&#entry9364730

and theres this as well to help you out
http://www.s2000.org/mods/top/s2k_glass_top_instructions_v2.pdf

[amelia]

ROLLED bought one of hardtop guy i think in the usa, got a shop to install it was good quality :)

ditto - fit was magic! saved prob $1500 by doing it this way...!

[ITEAZR]

its one of the best upgrades for the early s2000's.

http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w163/autokandii/of2ad8s2000.jpg

mine came up pretty good im very happy with the fitment

[vyets]

Looks good man :) makes the car looks heaps cleaner :)

[ludecrs]

i will one day endevour to get around to doing this..... LOL.

Probably not too far away, my soft top has 2 tears in it, one each side from the fold / crease / soft top bar rub areas.

[JAP-S2K]

i will one day endevour to get around to doing this..... LOL.

Probably not too far away, my soft top has 2 tears in it, one each side from the fold / crease / soft top bar rub areas.

Whatever happened to you getting your Hardtop? I was near locked in to getting one, then read you were having difficulties. This was something that worried me, as the supplier wanted all costs paid up front.

[michaelswinners]

Hmmm yeah i was also looking into doing the top on my own befor the end of the year as i have the 2 little tears, stupid rubing bars :P

i was haing a look on topsonline and the thing i cant figure out the difference is, HV Denim to Stayfast Cloth??

[Ferrari]

Go the canvas option, I cant remember if its stayfast or HV. The more expensive one is better. I have installed both on my car. Canvas shines.

[Clint]

bit of an old thread.. but just thought id mention what i have. i got mine from tops online, $780 delivered. am currently part way through installing it. removing the old roof took about 2 hours, now i need to take the rain guard from the old roof, rivet it to the new roof and put the new roof on, but i need to buy some rivets tomorrow before i can get anywhere.. it isnt an easy task so far, just fiddly things like removing the plastic panels from in behind the roll bars/above boot area.. next task is to put the rain guard on the new roof, and mount the straps to the frame then its ready to go together..

[Ferrari]

bit of an old thread.. but just thought id mention what i have. i got mine from tops online, $780 delivered. am currently part way through installing it. removing the old roof took about 2 hours, now i need to take the rain guard from the old roof, rivet it to the new roof and put the new roof on, but i need to buy some rivets tomorrow before i can get anywhere.. it isnt an easy task so far, just fiddly things like removing the plastic panels from in behind the roll bars/above boot area.. next task is to put the rain guard on the new roof, and mount the straps to the frame then its ready to go together..

The fun is about to begin for you! Good work on DIY. Post pics when its finished.

[Clint]

im not sure thats the words i want to hear hahaha... i hope to have it finished tomorrow night after work, i have a date wednesday night, probably out thursday night too, working friday night on the gold coast taking photos of a miss v8 model comp, so i would prefer the car was finished tomorrow night ready for the rest of the week.. but at the very latest it must be finished by saturday, 2 girls have booked me for a photoshoot with the car, and i dont want to have to postpone them cause of no roof on my car haha..

[slackzy]

Anyone done a conversion in Perth? Google only threw up 1 shop and his phone goes to his fax... d'oh

[STAiN MASTER]

Anyone done a conversion in Perth? Google only threw up 1 shop and his phone goes to his fax... d'oh

Send him a fax with your details to call you back

[JamieP]

A part of me regrets getting stay fast cloth over the OEM fabric. granted it does look alot nicer but its less practical and so hard to keep clean. everything sticks to it. Ive got cats who constantly jump up on my car and sleep on the roof and it takes alot of effort to get all the cat hair off it and due to the fact I dont have an uner cover garage I put a car cover ontop of my car when weather is bad and my car cover has a cotton lining to stop it from damaging the paint... but when I remove the cover the roof is covered in bits of cotton that have stuck to it. Where as with the OEM fabric you dont have any of these problems.

I guess it all depends on your particular situation as to which option is more practical for you

[jesses2k]

I have the robbins soft top too which is cloth and I dont have any issues with keeping it clean or stuff sticking :P

It seems to maintain itself quite well, but then again I dont have any cats climbing on my car and it is garaged overnight. I still prefer the look of the robbins top over the standard also as it looks more modern and fresh :) very happy with a cloth top!

[Clint]

OK.. so it was 3 nights instead of 2 for me to install the new top.. but i didnt get much done the first night, took about 2 hours to get the old roof off, then realised i dont have any rivets to rivet the rain guard to the new roof, so that stopped me there. on night 2 i didnt get started til about 8:30, got the rain guard fitted to the new roof, and looked around seeing how it would all go together, worked for about 2 hours, although most my time was wasted trying to find washers and stuff and getting the fitted. the rivets were a bit short and i only had larger washers.. bad combination but with persistence it worked. having the correct long rivets and correct sized washers would have finished it in less than 30 mins. so at this point 4 hours.. but could have really been 2-3. the final night i got stuck in and worked out how to mount the straps for the 4th bow, then put the roof on. everything went pretty smooth. was about 4-5 hours on the 3rd night, so all up about 8 hours to do it. got finished just in time to take the car to the tyre show the next day to put the new wheels on :)

it seems to be a similar material to the original roof. my only complaints was insufficient instructions, but i worked it all out anyways, i think they should have supplied a few rivets for attaching the rain guard, would have been so much easier haha.. and around the window the ends of the stitching is visiible, every time i look in the rear view mirror i see the stitching ends hanging down infront of the glass.. kinda annoying so ill cut them shorter. il post some pics soon, tonight im doing a photoshoot using the car, so hopefully ill remember to grab a few shots of the roof while im doing it.

[jooboo]

had the ezon installed about 2 weeks ago...last night was the first night i had the roof down for a couple hours...and now it wont shut tightly...any ideas? lol

[jooboo]

ps it doesnt even go down all the way either?

[tay113]

HI guys, i am new and just got my s2000 yesterday .Firstly, i like to say its a great car to drive and bring bk memories of my old 240zs but naturally more modern in its tech and drive too
I must admit its harder to see the back when its plastic while reversing...
.Guess the cheapest way around it is to each time have the hoot down when i reverse and might probably kill the convertible top motor.

[euromandeluxe]

HI guys, i am new and just got my s2000 yesterday .Firstly, i like to say its a great car to drive and bring bk memories of my old 240zs but naturally more modern in its tech and drive too
I must admit its harder to see the back when its plastic while reversing...
.Guess the cheapest way around it is to each time have the hoot down when i reverse and might probably kill the convertible top motor.

and be careful on cold mornings. the plastic's brittle when cold and might crack if you try to put the top down

[tay113]

and be careful on cold mornings. the plastic's brittle when cold and might crack if you try to put the top down

Thanks and never thought of it.Would it be good idea to use a warm cloth to wipe it though its in the garage?cheers guys.

[ludecrs]

www.modifry.com IIRC

like $10 for the straps.