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Originally Posted by sweetbmxrider
yeah but a hard top can be t-topped. kinda gayy those guys wouldn't do it. they looked real reputable. good luck though. i'd stay hard top as well.
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I haven't looked at the site, but I'm guessing that's a generalized statement, not directed at 4th gen F-bodies only. Most cars would require too much custom work to convert, but the 4th gen F-bodies were all built as T-top cars. You don't have to cut any structural integrity out of the car in order to convert it.
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Looking from a shop owners viewpoint, my guess is a shop can't make enough money to warrant the potential risks involved.
A decent shop would likely insist on new GM parts, at least key parts like the weatherstipping ($500+? and the shop only makes like 10% on that). Then add what would be likely a minimum of 10-12 hours labor ($1200+? there is no book time to reference for this) plus paint ($1000? time & materials) I might guess a minimum customer cost would be in the area of $3000. Of which the shop might make $500 after costs & overhead.
Now, if they leak then that shop will never get that car out of their bays - it'll just keep coming back wasting hours of their time. The paying customer won't want to hear the OE ones leak too. Chasing a water leak can take hours. And I am not even getting into the potential liability of altering the structure of a car.
So no, it is not kinda gayy a shop wouldn't do it. I imagine if Paul or Josh saw this they might tend to agree. Sure it could all go easy & well and everybody is happy. But the potential downside is probably too much for a shop to want to take on, especially if this is a one time deal and not something they do on a regular basis.