Re: hard top for e30 ic

["David R. Lefebvre" <drl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

An old girlfriend of mine opted for an SLK when the BMW dealer told her the 
optional factory hardtop for the new 3-series was around $9K.

At 07:02 PM 2/14/03 -0500, you wrote:
>        First off there are alot of differences between the 2 cars. The
>floorboard sits alot lower in the ragtop than the standard coupe. Then are
>the doors with the glass, quarter panels and so on.
>        At todays market prices you can find a cheap ragtop on ebay and then
>if you really want a hardtop look for the factory hardtop offered on ebay or
>one of the forums. The hardtops do creep up sometimes here and there but they
>do get expensive. Also the hardtop on the E30 can be painted and takes away
>most of the work of making a hardtop.
>        Well I have given my 2 cents on this subject considering I own an E30
>M3 and an E30 cabrio also an E36 cabrio. Both cabrios have the hardtops and
>on the E30 I have removed the fabric(vinyl) cover off it and had it painted
>to the body color of the car and it looks amazing.
>
>Good luck with your endeavor,
>Harry G.
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