I was just wondering if anyone has ever done a convention from hard top to t-tops. under the head liner there is a t-top like frame i think all third gen camaros came out of the factory with the ability to have t-tops but not all got the privilege of heaving t-tops people say "buy a camaro with t-tops" but the car is to sentimental. I always loved the feeling of havening t-tops that cool breeze going at you wile driving down the beach. i seen videos and photos of how its done (but not detailed enough) so i was wondering if anyone here has ever done this or know someone that has,? so they could guide me in the right direction. thanks

 

i wanna do the same to my car, and ive been searching online to see how much it cost to get it done and i read somewhere that it cost $1500 to convert but im not for sure tho, i seen the price on a forum.. u can always find a place that will do it for cheaper. thats if money isnt a issue for you.

if anyone else knows where to get this done cheaper i would like to know. thanks

 

There was recently a guy on the body boards doing something similar to what you are talking about. Basically what he did was find a car with a t-top roof. Cut the roof off at the pillars and replaceed his hardtop with the t-top. This was just the simplified version. He did a lot of bracing to the car before cutting the tops so things didn't shift around.

 

do you know roughly what that will cost to get it one that way?

 

Jason has it right, I read that same thread. I wanted to do this too until I realized I wasn't up to the task currently, and having some guy do it for me is financially out of the question. The guy might have also put in a cage to make sure it didn't have flex problems, in any case the cost would be the price of the roof (at pick-a-part or wherever you want to get one) and the cost to have it welded in.

Roof cost? At pick-a-part under 100 I'm sure.
Welding cost? Do it yourself and free, have a pro weld it in and you're looking at a nice sum for such a structural job, guessing around 600-800.

 

That's exactly what I was thinking when reading the first post. I was (and still am) considering converting my T-top second gen into a hard top, simply because I cannot find parts to restore the aftermarket C&C tops. I've talked to quite a few body shops and they all seemed to think it was quite feasible. As long as paint and finishing work (installation of interior parts, and paint prep) was not involved they were all willing to do it for a couple hundred cash if I supplied the hard top.

 

I finally found the thread about the conversion. https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/body...-top-roof.html
It was an interesting thread with some good information, but alot of work.