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Old Nov 20, 2004 | 06:15 PM
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FB Convertible?

Anyone transformed there fb into a convertible????
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Old Nov 20, 2004 | 07:49 PM
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Eww...i'd never do that. Hardtop 4 lyfe!
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Old Nov 20, 2004 | 09:11 PM
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mariah has one converted.. looks aight.
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Old Nov 20, 2004 | 11:35 PM
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looks terrible in my opinion. here's a link to two...

http://www.mazspeed.com/JeffB3.jpg
http://www.mazspeed.com/rightfront.jpg
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Old Nov 21, 2004 | 04:25 AM
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Dude, that's sweet. Looks like a TR 7
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Old Nov 21, 2004 | 04:35 AM
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Red one looks nicer.
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Old Nov 21, 2004 | 04:48 AM
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Red one looks too much like a Leb.
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Old Nov 21, 2004 | 07:57 AM
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iit looks a bit old.... maybe a convertible with a wide body kit
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Old Nov 21, 2004 | 08:45 AM
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Originally Posted by soulja77
Anyone transformed there fb into a convertible????
It's been done by a handfull of people. The convertibles can look very nice, if done right. However, it really needs a custom subframe or something to compensate for the loss of chassis stiffness.
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Old Nov 21, 2004 | 05:49 PM
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If you look at them long enough they have sort of a classic Ferrari Daytona look about them. That's the car used on Miami Vice, which BTW was actually a kit dropped onto a Corvette chassis.
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Old Nov 21, 2004 | 06:59 PM
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Not everyone has the same tastes, but I think it looks good. Some people do not like convertibles, and might not like the Daytona convertible or the Maserati Ghibli Spyder either. For comparison, here are convertible and hard top versions of the RX-7 and Ghibli:



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Old Nov 21, 2004 | 07:02 PM
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Its the real miata
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Old Dec 3, 2004 | 04:50 PM
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Originally Posted by soulja77
iit looks a bit old.... maybe a convertible with a wide body kit

I gave it a shot

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