My friend who drives a miata said he took off the convertible soft top and got a fiberglass hard top cuz it sheds a lot of pounds of the car.. Is this True?

 

depending on what kinda ht you get and what its made off you can save some weight. weight of soft top with frame and motors is about 65lb.

 

Thats it .. mad dumb he said it was around 200 lbs. .. guess not ..

 

you will save about 20lbs

 

^ your friend does not know what he is talking about. but hey its still something the oem top ways around 40lb so if you throw out your top youll save about 20ish lb. I never drive with my top down so im gonna take it out when i get and ht whats the point of hulin an xtra 65 lb around?

 

very true .. But i'm scared that i'll get caught in the rain with no top.

 

Always drive fast and carry an umbrella.

 

hahahaha too funny man.. but what if im not strong enough to hold the umbrella?

 

I think there is thread dedicated to the weight of softtop and oem ht and various other ht.

Here it is: https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.ph...ic=606011&st=0

Apparently you save about 20lbs with OEM hardtop.

 

Just remove the soft top motors if you want to save weight, removing the soft top kills resale if you ever plan on selling. The motors are the most weight and can be put back easily.