are you guys changing out the softtop brushes for the HT ones?
seems as though this wouldn't hit with them.

 

xoz: i just trimmed the rail and used scissors to cut the brushes, it gave enough clearance.

shehatezme: i installed the iigq hardware with the soft top closed and it appears the brackets don't interfere with the operation (the iigq hardware is the first two pictures on the first page if you'd like to compare to what you received) but i won't find out operation (up/down) until i take off the hardtop (after paint).

s2kdude: we'll just have to see what the sides look like upon completion, if the gap is too large i'll just get a thicker seal, also my garage is little so i can't exactly get a side view perspective (only a zoomed in view or an angled view) but the gap visually hasn't bothered me yet (so no self kicking going on), summer i'm top down most of the time (not a hardcore hardtopper) and so this top doesn't exactly have to be a showstopper.

driven: regarding the price of the iigq hardware, $0, it was free/included (not the $600 retail price listed on the iigq site) so choosing between oem/iigq wasn't considered, not to mention your proposal for $1200 for oem hardware is a bit more than the $0 i paid for iigq.

 

STRONG do not want !

 

let us know if you experience any wind noise or leakage when the top is installed please

 

I can confirm the the soft to will still work just fine with the hardtop brackets installed. They are on my car right now and the soft top is up.

 

Great write up! Huge thank you!

People, whether you like the top or not please recognize the value of write ups like this one that help the community make informed decisions when buying.

-Chris

 

def in for more reviews once fully installed.

 

so the iigq4u hardware came with the frp cwings top you got from chaser for 999???

 

999+150 shipping= hardtop and IIGQ4U hardware kit. I am not big on replicas but for that price I had to jump in on the deal.

 

^ this guy bought a password JDM intake