Lol my question is can I apply the seals and all before it gets painted? I can't get it painted until after thanksgiving .

 

IMO, wait till its painted and then apply all the seals and window...Can you wait another week or two?

 

Hmm I guess I can wait till the christmas holidays, thanks for your input guys! (And gals)

 

Alright so I am thinking I am missing hardware for the installation, this hardtop came straight to my house from VISracing, this picture pretty much portrays what I received

Seals, a lexan window, and two brackets
Where are the screws, why does it only have two brackets to mount it? Surely there's more if not at least screws.

 

^ Looks about right. This is one of the problems of buying a replica top, it doesn't come with the OEM hardware, which makes installation more difficult and a pain the ass.

 

Lol alright, thanks to path motorsports I realized there are a total of 12 hex screws already in the top (My top is staying in the box until it gets painted, so I took it out to look). I didn't expect that since you have to drill holes into the mugen which this top might be easier to install than the mugen .

 

you shouldn't need to drill any holes brotha. I just picked up a carbon fiber vis hardtop, and used all existing holes without any drilling. I however, bought oem hardware. IF you can find it used, for the right price, buy it. I paid $230 shipped, rear catchers, and latches.

 

So you do need to buy latches to use with the top?

 

Well you use your stock soft top latches (the ones in the front). And then if you want to use it like oem, then you need the oem hardtop hardware ( but not necessary). IT might take a while to get the fitment perfect, don't get discouraged immediately. Generally they fit damn good.

 

I just bought new latches from the dealer, they’re quite expensive because latches I found in the scrap yard for more than $100 ! so I got em new from the dealer for $130.

My rear bracket are different from yours, mine are 4 pieces, 2 on the top and 2 on the car. You can fix the hardtop to the car with just a big hex bolt.