Vortex

Anyone know a reputable place I could go to that will convert my hardtop Civic coupe into a convertible? I've been thinking about it for maybe early next year.

Vor

Fern

yea, american sunroof company. they build convertibles for car companies. only reputable place to do this, theres a few others but they're all expensive. its a bad bad idea. if you remember, any convertible from the '80's or '90s that was orginally a coupe with its top cut off (I.E. domestic cars and even top $ cars), then you'd remember that these things were horrible. MAnufacturers sent coupes to places like ASC and they would cut the roof off, brace it, and throw a top on it. bad bad idea, but they made them anyway and people bought them and complained about them. if you do this and you can pretty much guarantee to twist the hell out of your car till its falling apart. you'd have to add many additional frame and body braces just to keep your car from twisting into a pretzel. granted it would look cool, but youd be dumping tons of money into something thats inevetibly going to be in horrible shape. again, the only place that successfulyl converts car is the american sunroof company. and i dont think they even do personal cars anymore unless your willing to shell out the big money(read many $k's). if you really want a convertible honda go lease an s2000 cause you'd be wasting tons of money that you could put towards a car like that.

marker126

just go buy a really big pair of tin snips and cut out the roof. You can latch it back on when it rains...haha

01civicboi

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a few comments:
1) it would cost too much
2) the chassis wasn't designed to be a convertible so if you ever got in an accident, it wouldn't be pretty (you'd have to get a roll-cage or something
3) even if you did pull it off, i think it would look plain ugly

but it's your car and if you wanna pull it off,

wishihadavtec

it would look real nasty

Alt

mine as well be the first to do something.....[IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/IMG]

bhayes82

well, those who think it would look ugly -- you're right! i played with the idea in photoshop a bit... and decided it was too ugly to even bother going any farther. so i stopped working on it, and threw tila nguyen in the front seat... and it STILL looks ugly! i know, i know... WTF, she can make ANYTHING look perfect!



oh well. BTW, that WAS hawk's ride [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/IMG]

aZnVoYCe

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In my neighborhood I saw a purple pearl 2nd gen convertible Integra! YES AN INTEGRA!!! I was like "Whoa!" Too bad I never saw it again, just one tyme. I wonder were it went. LoL. Prolly got stolen. [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/IMG] [IMG]i/expressions/laugh2.gif[/IMG]

symmetry

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I like the pic here but the back end really reminds me of a dodge shadow. yuck. otherwise front half looks great.

RC

dont do that it would look soooo bad

slowroll

i was thinkin the same thing, i think its tight. I'm not going to do it though.

sspem2

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dam that civic is mother fu**ing ugly has a covertible. dont do it man plz dont. dont ruin the rep 4 our civics

Speedracer32

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i don't like that
how about just cuttting out the whole middle section of the roof
like a supra and NSX... targa top!

P.S.
anyone know where to get those Volk look alike rims at a good price?

EternalVTEC

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I like the look of a drop top CIVIC, but, i like the idea of a Targa top better, anyone wanna do a photoshop of that?

Vortex

Thanks for the sugestions and info. I think I'll wait until it's past its warranty and I've gotten about 150K miles on it, and then when it's the second car I'll have fun and experiment with it. I don't think it would be ugly at all, and it would solve that headroom problem for some of my passengers, hehe. It will definitely be the second car when the Dodge Razor comes out.

Vor

mattskav

good luck in a wreck.

merz

How about a 7thGenLimo then!



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2k2civicballer

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The car would crumble and fall apart. Your unibody would be like "eff this" and give up. Dont be stupid. Buy a convertible.

FamilyMan

I say go for it! I think it would look good as heck. bhayes82, I want you to get Tila outa there and finish that photoshop project right away. (I'm not joking) Also, merz, what front end is on that Limo? It looks goodish.

AceKicker

it is the stock front bumper without the oem kit. and the tyc silver projectors.

atomicblue

a civic convertable would look stupid. dont waste your money. spend it on something better like a body kit or something.

dragoon

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hahahah, the limo's cool

Mex

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it sure doesn't look like a stock front bumper. it seems much lower to the ground. that lower grill is bigger compared to the other civics. at least, it looks that way.

merz

Hehehe... good eye. The front bumper on the car is something I've been thinking about... I designed it keeping the front clean & simple but lower with a bit more agression than stock. Now if someone would build it with clean side skirts... something like this:



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FamilyMan

I would be all over that! Good work. Time to start a company!

pleasejoe

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civic wid drop top would not look stupid, here the pic!!!