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    T-Top Help, Please...

    Ok, I made the plunge and began my t-top conversion a couple weeks ago. I have the metal fabricated, weather stripping fitted on, and the t-tops in place. I have not began the finishing work (fiberglass, bondo, primer, and paint). I did patch up the metal fab work with duct tape for the time being.

    I did a small leak test and water just pores through. I was hoping there would be someone near by that has done this conversion that would be willing to come over some weekend and give me some pointers in the finishing work. Please let me know.

    Thanks in advance.

    1996 Pontiac Firebird - Blue/Green Chameleon - 3.8L V6 (231ci)
    Totaled & Declared Dead: 08/07/2001 - Rebuilt & Reborn: 08/21/2002
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    The only person I know that has done the conversion is phenomic, but he's on the East side of the state. Can you see where the water is pouring in?
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    • #3
      Darn for some reason i thought he was on the west side.

      The water stays in the stock water channel near the t-top weather stripping just fine, but when the water gets near the area where the weather stripping meets the side window it just flows down from the inside before it touches the side window weather stripping.

      It is probable because i don't have all the finishing work done. I wonder if Pace has any experience with this kind of finishing work. Maybe i will PM him too.

      1996 Pontiac Firebird - Blue/Green Chameleon - 3.8L V6 (231ci)
      Totaled & Declared Dead: 08/07/2001 - Rebuilt & Reborn: 08/21/2002

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      • #4
        good luck david, if it's any consolation my production t-tops leak in that area too, so gm had some trouble with this same issue
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        • #5
          Same issues here too! My factory t-tops don't let water pour in, but they will drip on occassion from a normal garden hose spraying towards it.
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          • #6
            Don't be too upset David. Thats the same problem on about 50% of the fbodies with t-tops.

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            • #7
              Same problem here as well

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              • #8
                Hopefully i will be able to at least minimize the leak, since right now all the water is just pouring in.

                1996 Pontiac Firebird - Blue/Green Chameleon - 3.8L V6 (231ci)
                Totaled & Declared Dead: 08/07/2001 - Rebuilt & Reborn: 08/21/2002

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                • #9
                  did you take some pics of the progress and how did it go for you assuming you followed one of the write up's.. what parts where the hardest for you if any? just wondering wanna do the conversion sometime too

                  1994 Z28...LT1, A4, Tune up-(2005) w/ MSD 8.5 wires, K&N CAI F2, Hooker exhaust, TB-bypass, clear turning lense's, cat delete/ 3"pipe install, J&M STB,90'degree silicone elbow, Royal Purple oil, MSD-blastercoil, current Miles~[130,000].. hawk pads,performance rotors.url]http://www.myspace.com/camerz2894[/url]

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                  • #10
                    Pics or it didn't happen!

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                    • #11
                      no i ment pics of you doing the conversion

                      1994 Z28...LT1, A4, Tune up-(2005) w/ MSD 8.5 wires, K&N CAI F2, Hooker exhaust, TB-bypass, clear turning lense's, cat delete/ 3"pipe install, J&M STB,90'degree silicone elbow, Royal Purple oil, MSD-blastercoil, current Miles~[130,000].. hawk pads,performance rotors.url]http://www.myspace.com/camerz2894[/url]

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                      • #12
                        It takes balls to cut off your roof ! Pictures would be cool to see.
                        I've never done the conversion but if you needed another set of hands I could come from Grand Haven. Where are you in the project now?

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                        • #13
                          I think he's all done except for a leak.

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