Vert Hardtop
 

has a hardtop been manufacturered for the masses or are the ones i am seeing all custom made?

I have never seen one. I think that I would be interested in one.

I've never seen one either.

Now, I am usually the first one to say "It's your car, do what you want" but in this case, I don't mind saying that I don't see the point. Alot of folks tell me the weight reduction stuff I do to my vert is a waste of time because, "if I want a light car, I should get a coupe". But I want a light VERT. However, if you are going to just plain make your vert INTO a coupe, then I also think that you should just get a coupe. I know that you could take the hard top on and off when you feel like it, but what a PITA. I leave my top down for the whole summer because I can garage it at night, but at least if it starts raining and I'm fifty miles away I can put it back up, something you can't do when it's leaning against the wall back in the garage.

I will say again, it's your car, so have fun with it. But the only benefit I can imagine is that basically nobody else will have one. If that's worth the expense and headache, then go for it. If you do, post pics!

I'd make it like a permanent hardtop if i did it. It would probably be cheaper/easier. Then you'd have a true FC coupe, since all the others are secretly hatches.

actually technically speaking a vert style body would be a sedan.....as sedans have trunk lids....

nit-pickin' much!!lol

Anyone have any pics of this Vert with a hard top?

Matt|ttaM

i remember awhile back on this forum someone posted a picture of a vert that had a mold of its softtop made from somesort of medal or fiberglass or something. so basically it looked just like a vert, except that instead of it having a softtop, it was a hardtop, the hardtop and softtop looked exactly the same. it looked really horrible and was kinda stupid.

i have seen a couple with fiberglass hardtops like the miatas...

in california

Weight reduction vert doesn't look good w/ top down, does it? I know "who cares!" but I didn't open my top this summer (or maybe only once) because I just didn't feel confortable doing it. Car is noisy (no tar, no carpet, RB exhaust) and it just looks crap w/o stereo, panels, etc etc.

Here's the original post:

https://www.rx7club.com/2nd-generation-specific-1986-1992-17/vert-hardtop-where-find-351402/

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Wow that looks like ass! I kinda like the way my vert looks with the top down

It looks no better or worse than the stock top. If I lived in a seasonally rainy area, I'd probably do something similar.

This reminds me, I got my RX7 inspected yesterday and they put it down as a sedan on the sheet O_o

That is ugly as hell. I would have at least made it leveled on the top and left it black.

Except for my seats being different and there is no stereo, the 300 plus pounds I've removed hasn't altered the appearance of the inside of the car at all.

And that is truly ugly. It is less of a "hard top" and more like a "fake" soft top.

What difference does living in a rainy place make? When the top is up it doesn't let the rain in, you know, unless it falling apart!

Ummm...sedans have 4 seats, coupes have 2...please don't call a 7 a sedan ever again. Thanks. :balls: :)

Hmm.... it's pretty ugly, because it's painted red???

Thats fukin disgusting..... PLease do not post anymore of those pics..

He needs to shape it more. =/

its a good attempt but a few things like, the fact that they took the stock soft top off anf fiberglassed it up, they didnt realy form it well, and cmon, this isnt an S2000, the color match doesnt mix well considering the 'hard top' is of different materials, but all in all nice attempt, i dont see anyone else trying this so more power to you on the next attempt

i like it, i'd buy one for my wifes vert, how much?? ;)

it doesnt look nasty like a rounded one would, like a miata hard top, that would just look odd with the FC's lines.

oh btw, a sedan is a 4 door car with trunk, a coupe is 2 door with trunk, thats how ive seen it anyways.

Well, I agree that itll never look as good as the s2k. But the worst part of the vert, is having the top up. You just made the worst part of the car, permanent.

nah, the vert looks alot better than the coupe and ofcourse I'm not saying this to start a war :D BUT ITS TRUE!! J/K That guy put alot of work into his vert but DEFINITLY NOT ENOUGH, if he just added an extra 50lbs of fiberglass and resin to the area between the rails it would look a hell of alot better, reason be it'd be smoothed out. But If someone made a hardtop for the vert for $1500< I'm sure they would sell a boatload of 'em.

yes that vert looks like it got beat with an ugly stick. I'm waiting for a coupe targa top ;)

man, that's got to be even uglier than the FC that some one made look like a fiero.

Ok, Really, that thing is super ugly.
I mean it makes the word ugly seem well, pretty....



I love the lines of my vert as a vert. the hartop on a FC is just disgusting. Cars like the miata and the older mercedes verts(190's-230's-250's) were designed to have removeable hardtops. Look at them, there's bracketry for securing it, and the body is designed to accomodate it.

Go look at a FC vert. The way the soft top is attached would mean that the hard top would have to sit over and around the soft top. Even when the top's down, the snaps for the boot stay in the same spot, so the hard top would have to be bigger than that area.

IMHO it would look bulky and strange.

I have personally thought about making a hard boot for the car. I thought one-piece would be cool, but if it rained and you ahd to put the top up, then you'd have nowhere to store the hard boot(being larger than the soft top dimensions).
So naturally, I thought that a 3 piece hard boot would be kinda cool. I haven't worked out all the details, but it would basically be two hard pieces that cover the side pieces that stick up(the integrated rollbar, etc), and then a bigger flat piece that would snap on the two end pieces.

Probably more trouble than it's worth, and definitly needs to be looked at a little more to make it happen...


and that brings me to
Are you serious?
I mean, if one was available, for say $1300 would you buy it?

and for selling a boatload of them, well, there's only so many Verts that were made to begin with, and I know many get junked......


If there is any real interest in a Vert hardtop, I'd be interested in doing the work, and that's a pretty simple mold and part to make (in fiberglass, CF, whatever)

my latest mold- 1971 P/u 1-piece front-end.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b6...l/MVC-009F.jpg

makes a vert top look downright small!!!!!



you mean making one? or waiting for the one or two in exsistance to become available?
Also you know the vert is kinda like a coupe with targa, well it can be opened targa,( I don't see the point in it myself) and some people would call it that!
LOL







anyways, that's my http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b6...1112566768.gif
|M|

yea my friends got a vert. i'd just like to see someone make one. like a supra, hatch and targa.

well someone did, and staticguitar313 owns it.
I think there are some issues with it. have to ask him....

https://www.rx7club.com/members/staticguitar313-56947/

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/729334

I think it looks sweet, funky chopped doors with solid glass, etc
Giving ya shouts Jared....

|M|

that shit is fuggn dope. super clean

it would be nice to have a removable hardtop for in the winter... because it would insulate the car a little better when its cold and also deadend the sound inside the car....also wouldn't mind it to protect the top, i have 83k orignal miles on my vert, with original top in immaculate condition...but its a lot of work keeping it that way. having a hardtop would really help cover it up when you dont want it down. i think the s2ks with the hardtops look better than the vert top up.

yea the s2k is sexy as hell. But we gotta face the fact that our cars arent as sleek and modernly designed as the s2k. The s2k has a rounder body, which is why a round hardtop looks good on it.

thats very true...but would be nice just to have that extra protection...until they come out with vynl that doesn't fade or tear etc....and replacing the top is probably a pain in the ass...