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Old Jul 30, 2009 | 05:12 AM
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So about a month and a half ago my top was slashed and my seats were stolen. Never thought it would happen to me but low and behold it definitely did. On my first S, I had a hardtop, loved it, but hated the constant rattles/creaks. But after getting jacked, I decided I'd go back to it with my new S. Luckily I came across the Izzy custom hardtop race hardware. It requires you to remove all of your soft top components, but it's an amazing product. After 3 days of being installed I still have not heard 1 rattle . You do have to trim the headliner and rear hardtop panels though, which I haven't gotten to yet...been driving too much ...Can you blame me? haven't had my car is a month and a half .

Here's the Izzy hardware, I got it powdercoated for free through my work. When I bolted the bolts down some of the powdercoat came off though.





I highly suggest this hardware if you're willing to remove everything softtop related from your S .

Also, this was my second hardtop...here's how the first one arrived.







This was the reason for the extent of time I was without my car. Pretty much the longest month and a half ever lol. But it all worked out in the end.

Here's how it looks now, You can definitely feel a difference without all the softtop components in there, but it also may feel more drastic to me since I hadn't driven it in a while. Now that I don't have rattles and what not with a hardtop, I'm loving this car about 10x more with the hardtop. I know it needs to be lowered, next on the list is coilovers and a front lip.












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Old Jul 30, 2009 | 05:27 AM
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looks good! will look a ton better when those coilovers go on.
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Old Jul 30, 2009 | 05:28 AM
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Old Jul 30, 2009 | 06:40 AM
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Old Jul 30, 2009 | 06:42 AM
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Looks good will it work with non oem hardtops?
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Old Jul 30, 2009 | 06:49 AM
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Looks good.
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Old Jul 30, 2009 | 08:05 AM
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What size is your front tire? It looks huge.
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Old Jul 30, 2009 | 08:18 AM
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Originally Posted by SimpleMan,Jul 30 2009, 08:05 AM
What size is your front tire? It looks huge.
It's 225 on the front / 255 on the back.
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Old Jul 30, 2009 | 08:20 AM
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Originally Posted by s2k_aristo,Jul 30 2009, 06:42 AM
Looks good will it work with non oem hardtops?
I don't see why it wouldn't...I'm pretty sure all hardtops use the same mounting points.
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Old Jul 30, 2009 | 08:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Mike21,Jul 30 2009, 05:27 AM
looks good! will look a ton better when those coilovers go on.
Very true lol. For some reasons in the pics the 4x4 look really comes out. In person, the gaps don't look nearly as bad.
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