T-Top flew!

[NorthwoodDavid]

Ok, I was already running late for work. My car was going to be sitting in a sunny parking lot all day so I figured I would put the shades in. Well did my dr side first but didn’t lock it because I was going to center it better well finished with my pass and I took off.

Getting on 820 a minivan wont let me in so I leave it in 4th and pick it up to 80 85ish no big deal. Well just before I let off, I here this big gush of wind I put my hand up and knew I had something on my head and yea, I was holding the shade against my head.

Look at my side mirror and see traffic splitting and breaking. Check my pass top it was locked, so I put it back in 3rd and hit it. Stoped at a gas station took the other one off and drove 55 the rest of the way. Went by after work and picked up the little pieces.

After searching all day I found a savage yard that had one, he look through the window at my car and said “yep got one left 250” im like WTF I just need one “yep 250, you will be back”After about a week found one in Kennedale guy was like give me 45. So I took them both, now I got a spare, lol.

Sorry for the long read. Just check your tops.

[shaolink9]

thts happend to me b4 lol ever since then i lock my tops when i put them on , i paid 60 for mine the faqctory wanted lik 600 dollars. i saw mine fly in the air like a kite when it cam off lol

[chuckie669]

Ok, I was already running late for work. My car was going to be sitting in a sunny parking lot all day so I figured I would put the shades in. Well did my dr side first but didn’t lock it because I was going to center it better well finished with my pass and I took off.

Getting on 820 a minivan wont let me in so I leave it in 4th and pick it up to 80 85ish no big deal. Well just before I let off, I here this big gush of wind I put my hand up and knew I had something on my head and yea, I was holding the shade against my head.

Look at my side mirror and see traffic splitting and breaking. Check my pass top it was locked, so I put it back in 3rd and hit it. Stoped at a gas station took the other one off and drove 55 the rest of the way. Went by after work and picked up the little pieces.

After searching all day I found a savage yard that had one, he look through the window at my car and said “yep got one left 250” im like WTF I just need one “yep 250, you will be back”After about a week found one in Kennedale guy was like give me 45. So I took them both, now I got a spare, lol.

Sorry for the long read. Just check your tops.

holy crap, some crazy shit. I'm OCD about those when I take em off, put them back on. I'll check it two times at least just from compulsion. Glad you got a new one without much grief.

[NorthwoodDavid]

holy crap, some crazy shit. I'm OCD about those when I take em off, put them back on. I'll check it two times at least just from compulsion. Glad you got a new one without much grief.

yea and a buddie let me borrow one for a while becuse he has his car covered up but i still spent over a hundred at the salvage yard on other crap too lol

[1flynDO]

Happened to a friend in an 80 TA at 110MPH it flew like a kite and landed in a farmers field unharmed.

[01ws6er]

Fogot to lock mine and had it lift up on me but I was lucky enough to catch it in time. Another kid I know took his dad's SS out and his passenger was drunk and pulled the lever. Bye bye t-top haha.

$250 is pretty ridiculous, you can buy them for $150 a piece on ebay I believe...?

[Cronex]

Hahaha. I always lock mine. That has to suck though. You can find T-Tops all over the internet. There is one place that specializes in just getting T-Tops, replacing what needs to be replaced if anything and then reselling them. Don't matter what generation either. But im on my laptop right now, so I don't have the site saved on here. Ofcourse, depending on where you go, there will always be different prices.

[chuckie669]

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[TempleU_WS6]

damn that sucks. I always check them after i put them back on.

[egod]

i have never locked mine, i can't believe that they would just unlatch and fly like that, now i'm gonna be paranoid to check and lock them. How does it unlatch anyways?

[Speedy_Gonzales]

that happened on my 95 Camaro..........cost me $125

[qwk93ta]

My drivers side came off on my 89 IROC many years ago.

[Speed Psychosis]

when you guys say lock each time do you mean with the key of just lever? does the key help keep it there at all?

[Speedy_Gonzales]

when you guys say lock each time do you mean with the key of just lever? does the key help keep it there at all?

with the lever

[Silver Streak]

I never lock my tops.. just latch them.. as I like to be able to pull over and quick rip them off and get back on the road.. anyway... back in HS, I was Driving my 85 with a buddy... going down a county road at about 80... when I hear him say whats this as he reaches up toward the lever.. But before I could say don't touch that.. WHOOSH! THe t-top was gone... my heart sank.. I was staring at the rear view mirror for what seemed like an eternity... waiting for shattered glass... but nothing... then I hear "Hey man.. can you stop.. this thing is heavy!" He held onto the t-top by the handle at 80 and it never hit the car or did any damage... I stopped and we put it back on.. and kept driving!

[02cetransam]

i didnt know so many people lost t tops

[ls1camino]

SFCs solve this problem...

[NorthwoodDavid]

i have never locked mine, i can't believe that they would just unlatch and fly like that, now i'm gonna be paranoid to check and lock them. How does it unlatch anyways?

yea i ment i didnt latch it in place. I never lock mine either.

i am guilty of taking them off at a stop light,lol.my younger brother can pop them off as fast as me. they just ride on top of the folded back seats for a bit.

[Speed Psychosis]

SFCs solve this problem...

how so? i heard they prevent twisting that can lead to leaking, but how do they keep the tops on without the lever?

[chuckie669]

how so? i heard they prevent twisting that can lead to leaking, but how do they keep the tops on without the lever?

Weld them on top of the car... Duh...