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Old Apr 20, 2001 | 02:48 PM
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T-Top shades

Anyone have information on where I can get T-Top shades? I have seen them on 3rd gen cars but who manufactures? I checked dealer and no luck.

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Old Apr 23, 2001 | 06:30 PM
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there are some on e-bay right now for $40.00 (well thats what they were earlier today)
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Old Apr 27, 2001 | 06:29 PM
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Someone had a pic of some kind of t-top shades, they were hard black plastic--never seen those before. Sound familiar anybody??
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Old Apr 27, 2001 | 11:03 PM
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dunno about the hard black plastic, but mine are cloth and match the headliner of course...they came with the car, so i don't have any info on where to find them, but just adding my .02 that they are cloth and are original to car
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Old Apr 28, 2001 | 01:04 AM
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I was some on ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/aw-cg...425499&r=0&t=0
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Old Apr 28, 2001 | 02:34 AM
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I think the hard plastic one's are what come on 4thgens, that's what I had in my 98 WS6....they suck compared to my nice soft GTA one's

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Old Apr 30, 2001 | 02:03 PM
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I made my own. The OEM type are no longer made. In fact the guy at the parts place tried convincing me that they did not exist period, and that I was confused with 4th gen pieces...

I went to the local craft store and bought these pieces of black "cardboard" type material. I can't remember what the true name of the stuff was. Anyway, the pieces were almost a direct fit, only slight to big. I just cut them to fit, using my brother's GTA shades as a template. I added black cloth to the black cardboard, and the result looks great.

I would suggest that if you use a set of existing GTA shades as a template, that you give yourself a little more material on the corners than the OEM pieces. I can see a little light sneaking in on both mine (home-made) and my brother's (GM).

Total cost...$10-$15.
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Old Apr 30, 2001 | 03:04 PM
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You could just paint them (on the inside) too.

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Old May 1, 2001 | 12:51 PM
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I did the same thing as andrew,but wrapped them in the headliner material.

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