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Old Jul 12, 2006 | 05:09 PM
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Your Best Pictures W/ The T-Tops Out!!

Like the title says, post your best picture(s) with the T-tops out. I've seen some pretty cool shots but lets try to get them all together!
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Old Jul 12, 2006 | 05:25 PM
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man.. I wish this forum would stop resizing pics on its own.
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Old Jul 12, 2006 | 05:37 PM
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Old Jul 12, 2006 | 05:39 PM
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man.. I wish this forum would stop resizing pics on its own.
Kick a$$ car bro.kinda makes me want t-tops for my bird.
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Old Jul 12, 2006 | 06:40 PM
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Considering I don't have t-tops and its so nice outside I find this thread very inappropriate and should be locked at once. You guys should be ashamed.





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Sonar_un: I love that car. Nice color, hood, and spoiler.
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Old Jul 12, 2006 | 07:18 PM
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darn t-top guys...
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Old Jul 12, 2006 | 09:50 PM
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Sonar_un: Your car is amazing. Normally I'm not a fan of that type of spoiler, but with the RA hood up front it all of a sudden looks bad*ss.
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Old Jul 12, 2006 | 10:17 PM
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darn t-top guys...
hey at least my ttops dont leak
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Old Jul 12, 2006 | 10:47 PM
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heh.. my t's leak like a siv... freaking annoying.
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Old Jul 12, 2006 | 10:54 PM
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Mine don't leak but I also never have them off lol Ok, maybe 4 or 5 times I've driven with them off around town in the past 7 years.
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Old Jul 12, 2006 | 11:58 PM
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Not bad I'd say...this is without my new cowl hood.
Edit: And yes I do have mismatched tail lights one of my lenses broke and I am looking for a grid one heh.
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Old Jul 13, 2006 | 01:01 AM
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my laptop fried on me the other day so most of my pics are lost


...here's the most recent though with the tops off
Attached Thumbnails Your Best Pictures W/ The T-Tops Out!!-picture-014.jpg  
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Old Jul 13, 2006 | 01:04 AM
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You guys better stop posting all those great shots of T-Top cars, or you'll force me to go out and buy another thirdgen.
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Old Jul 13, 2006 | 01:56 AM
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i actually have zero pictures of my car with the tops out.
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Old Jul 13, 2006 | 02:03 AM
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guess my cardomain has a few
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Old Jul 13, 2006 | 02:07 AM
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Here is one of mine.....


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Old Jul 13, 2006 | 06:21 AM
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I have always liked how our cars look from straight above. Very aggressive.
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Old Jul 13, 2006 | 10:05 AM
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I have always liked how our cars look from straight above. Very aggressive.
agreed...they look like race cars
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Old Jul 13, 2006 | 10:36 AM
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Old Jul 13, 2006 | 10:51 AM
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Chris,

Did you climb a tree to take that shot?
If so that must have been a long climb cause that shot seeems kinda far.
By the way looking at you guys t-tops car makes me want mine back.

Jay
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Old Jul 13, 2006 | 10:56 AM
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No, I did not climb a tree to take that shot. If you look at my Sig pic you can see that old stone train bridge in the background. I had a friend clime up there to take it. When he got down he was like
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Old Jul 13, 2006 | 11:04 AM
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Oh okay I see it
I thought you were

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Old Jul 13, 2006 | 11:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Chris's 85z
No, I did not climb a tree to take that shot. If you look at my Sig pic you can see that old stone train bridge in the background. I had a friend clime up there to take it. When he got down he was like
that is a really cool picture though. im deathly afraid of heights lol. so i doubt i would have got up there.
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Old Jul 13, 2006 | 03:59 PM
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crappy pic....

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Old Jul 13, 2006 | 06:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Camaroguy18
guess my cardomain has a few

Can I marry your car?

It's just plain beautiful!
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Old Jul 13, 2006 | 08:00 PM
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anyone remember this one?
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Old Jul 13, 2006 | 10:22 PM
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I had a long range top view of my old Notchback
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Old Jul 13, 2006 | 10:27 PM
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I had a long range top view of my old Notchback
I have never really liked those type of rims... too much going on in them, and I'm also not fond of the gold color. But, nice car
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Old Jul 14, 2006 | 02:41 AM
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I'll join in on this too

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Old Jul 14, 2006 | 06:04 PM
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WOW...i was gonna post some pics but the forum horribly resized them...screw that
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Old Jul 15, 2006 | 09:34 PM
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I'll join in on this too


Wow your looks so amazing. I don't know what it is about it...but i really like it.
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Old Jul 16, 2006 | 02:33 AM
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Old Jul 16, 2006 | 03:43 AM
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Wow your looks so amazing. I don't know what it is about it...but i really like it.
yeah it's one of those cars that are so simply perfect looking(or it seems so).
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Old Jul 16, 2006 | 01:42 PM
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Took a few more pics this weekend

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Old Jul 17, 2006 | 02:19 AM
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Nothing like a T Top Car, Nothing!

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Old Jul 17, 2006 | 03:55 AM
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Thought I better make a contrabution to this one.

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Old Jul 17, 2006 | 07:31 AM
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This is easy for me since my T-Tops are almost never in..



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Old Jul 17, 2006 | 12:01 PM
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Originally Posted by 82firebird
This is easy for me since my T-Tops are almost never in..




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Old Jul 17, 2006 | 02:21 PM
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Originally Posted by ram air'd gta
Took a few more pics this weekend

dont be covering up that beautiful tan interior with those seat covers

red and tan (leather) is the best color combination in my opinion

do you have any pictures of the car without the seat covers on?
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Old Jul 17, 2006 | 02:50 PM
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This forum has way to many posts on a page, my computer is lagging up!





Best two I have hosted right now. I don't have many recent pictures with the t-tops off that turned out decent.
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Old Jul 17, 2006 | 05:02 PM
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do you guys ever just pull your car into the garage w/ the t-tops off and just keep em off...kinda like how some vert / jeep people do??
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Old Jul 17, 2006 | 05:25 PM
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I probably would if the garage wasn't our main point of entry.
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Old Jul 17, 2006 | 05:39 PM
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It's been a while since I've posted on the boards, but what better way to come back then posting a few of my favorite pics!

Enjoy:



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Old Jul 17, 2006 | 08:25 PM
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Originally Posted by a mack6
do you guys ever just pull your car into the garage w/ the t-tops off and just keep em off...kinda like how some vert / jeep people do??
dude dont get a t-top car, you will regret it...so much frame twist. and then u gotta worry about putting them back on if you park somewhere...its kind of a pain to take them on and off with the bag and everything. i know im gonna get flamed for this, but its true
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Old Jul 17, 2006 | 08:48 PM
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dude dont get a t-top car, you will regret it...
Opps...Too Late
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Old Jul 17, 2006 | 09:02 PM
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Originally Posted by a mack6
Opps...Too Late
are you serial!?
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Old Jul 17, 2006 | 09:23 PM
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yea. Pictures will follow within the next week...
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Old Jul 17, 2006 | 09:34 PM
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Old Jul 17, 2006 | 09:46 PM
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my fav pic but needs paint

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Old Jul 17, 2006 | 09:48 PM
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Originally Posted by rwdtech
dude dont get a t-top car, you will regret it...so much frame twist. and then u gotta worry about putting them back on if you park somewhere...its kind of a pain to take them on and off with the bag and everything. i know im gonna get flamed for this, but its true
Shouldn't subframe connectors take care of that?
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