Makes me want to cry...
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Racer
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From: Potomac MD
Makes me want to cry...
Knocked over my drivers side (mirrored/blue tint) t-top last night and shattered it. It was already cracked a little and all it needed was a reason. Talked to Derek at corvettettops and he said for the price of one OEM replacement he could get me two new tempered tops. Can you tell any difference in tempered and the OEM? Is there an advantage with going OEM vs tempered? I didn’t realize that the most common top broken is the driver’s side, that must be the reason ebay has a lot of passenger sides for sale. Just trying to get some options. :sad: :sad: :sad:
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Re: Makes me want to cry... (Skyhigh82)
Man that does bite. That was always one of my fears when I had my 79. Good luck in finding replacements. I feel for ya!!!
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Re: Makes me want to cry... (Skyhigh82)
If OEM isn't tempered it won't be as strong as the tempered units, but the tempered will explode into a million pieces if you smack it on the edge. That's it's only weakness :thumbs:
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Re: Makes me want to cry... (Skyhigh82)
Try having a large object hit the drivers T-top at 60 miles an hour and shatter into a million pieces! Only thing that held it together was the static cling dot matrix liner. When that was pulled off, everything fell apart.
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Re: Makes me want to cry... (Skyhigh82)
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Re: Makes me want to cry... (Skyhigh82)
Here is a guy on ebay with the opposite problem that you have. He's selling his blue tinted drivers side and has a cracked passenger side.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...&category=1255
Hope it helps.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...&category=1255
Hope it helps.