anyone ever fit a softop to an e30 convertible?

[da4x4turbo]

any body ever do this?

i bought a brand new roof off ebay. no frame though.

just wondering if anyone has any tips on fitting it. as i've never done it.

any special tools i might need, time it will take????

sound!

[mrLEE30]

nice looking cabby you got there, not too sure on the double exhaust look as when one does not smoke on cold mornings can look silly

anyway go here http://www.worlduph.com/topbmwinstructions.htm

i just bought a top myself and was going to fit it but got a great deal from a good local company so they did it and i watched them for a bit, to be honest it does not look too difficult to make a fair job of it, but biggest problem is making it waterproof, sealing wind noise is not too hard but water is something else.

i would also as a minimum you change the top seal pt1 (that goes over the front window and half way along the door windows) and there is a metal rivet bracket (i think part no 2) here http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do ... g=54&fg=10

the part i am on about is made of metal and get broken when you take the old roof off as it is fixed on with rivets, you will find that bit when you remove the old roof!!

if yer brave enough to do it you should be a zone hero and take loads of pic and do a tech report! was my idea before i cheickened out!!

good luck mate

[johnna]

It is a pig of a job mate!

Did you buy it from germany? I left neutral feedback as I wanted a lot more for my money... like a frame, fasteners and rubbers!

It took me two days to get it done. I used the old roof as a template.
1 fix in the c pillars and slide the side wires through the holes cut in.
2 fix the rear trailing edge.
3 pull it tight and fit the front leading edge.
4 roll and glue the cloth fasteners around the cross bars of the frame.

It's do-able, but do it slowly and properly.

[DaveD]

if you pm me an address i will post you 2 sets of instructions with pics...i chickened out of doing mine as i was told by several professionals to leave it to the experts,,,it cost me £200 + vat to have it fitted

[da4x4turbo]

@ mrLEE30
the 4 pipes work buddy. at the middlebox the two pipes are fed back to a seperate system on either side. it sounds the tits, i wouldn't have em on if they were fake!!!
but thanks for all the info.

@ johnna
sound for that, any tips are well recieved. i'll be goin at it this weekend!

@DaveD
pm sent mate. thanks!

[mrLEE30]

sorry mate if they work then but seemed from the picture that they were at a funny angle so i thought they were chrome tips stuck in there!!

good luck with the roof.

mrlee

[da4x4turbo]

the ones on the drivers side stick out a bit further alrite. hasn't annoyed me enough to do anything about it yet though.
heres another pic



oh yeah and you're a complete hero for that link to the instructions!!!

sound!

[stevetigger]

So lots of photo's and a full write up please, for future reference!