Not sure if this fits in "UTH", mods, move thread as it may seem appropriate.

I currently have the OEM hardtop. I am contemplating about getting the Mugen hardtop. Would it fit on my current setup or would I have to remove the OEM install kit and replace with Mugen install kit?

 

Until someone with a Mugen HT posts to confirm this, I believe it is the same hardware that holds on the OEM hardtop. I know of someone who sold an OEM hardtop and left all the hardware on his car because the Mugen was a drop on and go.

(Yeah, UTH material. )

 

old thread but I have same question.

I have OEM top and want Mugen. Can I just swap the new top in with nothing else needed? Mugen instructions are horrible fyi

 

I thought you already had a MG HT?

 

Yes you can swap the material but will most likely have to buy some new clips because they tend to snap and break when you remove them.

 

What I prefer to do is leave all oem hardware in, and just drop the new top in. are the catchers or any other parts incompatible? What clips are you talking about?

Jeff - I do not have MG HT

 

the clips that hold the weatherstripping together. the mugen tops comes with OEM hardware so it will work fine.

 

sweeeet

 

OK, but Tom (medicalstudent) does and he has both. He swaps them from time to time. So that makes them interchangable.

 

Yes the mounting hardware is the same as OEM. The OEM hardtop mounts mounted in the car will accept a Mugen hardtop and vice versa.

The only thing that the Mugen hardtop doesn't compensate for is the defroster wiring. If you have a Mugen hardtop mounting kit and what to use an OEM hardtop, you WON'T have defroster capability unless you so add the wiring kit specific to your year car.