Im sure there would be enough people who would pay enough money for the hardtop for you to get a soft top anyway
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| Author: | Thruan [ Thu Jul 12, 2012 2:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Hard top to soft coversion. |
Hi all. Been trying to find a sierra to do a ground up restore/build on. Managed to find a hard top for a great price. Problem is we really want a soft top. How hard would it be to cut the roof off the hardtop? Obviously I will add in a rollover bar and things like that. Also is it legal? I did search but couldn't find anything. Thanks |
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| Author: | 4x4xzook [ Thu Jul 12, 2012 2:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hard top to soft coversion. |
have u purchased the tin top already? |
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| Author: | 2stroker [ Thu Jul 12, 2012 2:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hard top to soft coversion. |
Dont even consider it,way too hard to do properly, would cost more than buying a soft top tub and converting it |
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| Author: | Scrawny [ Thu Jul 12, 2012 2:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hard top to soft coversion. |
2stroker wrote: Dont even consider it,way too hard to do properly, would cost more than buying a soft top tub and converting it X388,476,723!!!! There's not enough strength in a hard top body once you cut half of it off. And hard tops are too hard to come by anyway |
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| Author: | 4x4xzook [ Thu Jul 12, 2012 3:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hard top to soft coversion. |
2stroker wrote: Dont even consider it,way too hard to do properly, would cost more than buying a soft top tub and converting it that was going to be my next point. haha just keep looking around. You are bound to come accross a nice soft top in ur price range. ebay always has a few on the go. |
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| Author: | want33s [ Thu Jul 12, 2012 3:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hard top to soft coversion. |
Do a search on "Islandvitara" . |
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| Author: | abclarke [ Thu Jul 12, 2012 3:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hard top to soft coversion. |
Im sure there would be enough people who would pay enough money for the hardtop for you to get a soft top anyway
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| Author: | peter1321 [ Thu Jul 12, 2012 6:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hard top to soft coversion. |
hey fellas, on the topic i have a sierra soft top and would love to convert it to a tin top. is this possible? pros and cons? |
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| Author: | atari4x4 [ Thu Jul 12, 2012 6:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hard top to soft coversion. |
want33s wrote: Do a search on "Islandvitara" . = ignore sound advice & end up with a ruined unfinished project |
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| Author: | just_cruizin [ Thu Jul 12, 2012 7:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hard top to soft coversion. |
Could just buy it and swap the entire body |
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| Author: | sideways [ Thu Jul 12, 2012 7:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hard top to soft coversion. |
Chopping down a hard top is one of the Suzuki sins, it's like putting a 3.8 or 4k motor in, building a SWB ute or putting Sierra diffs under an LJ. In short, if you cut the roof off that hard top, we will find you and we will kill you. |
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| Author: | Thruan [ Fri Jul 13, 2012 8:41 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hard top to soft coversion. |
Haha fair enough. Thanks for the help guys. The search continues 
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| Author: | KEENSY85 [ Fri Jul 13, 2012 9:21 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hard top to soft coversion. |
sideways wrote: Chopping down a hard top is one of the Suzuki sins, it's like putting a 3.8 or 4k motor in, building a SWB ute or putting Sierra diffs under an LJ. In short, if you cut the roof off that hard top, we will find you and we will kill you. But iv always wanted  a 3.8 but iv always wanted to burn a Coily so I guess I'm square LOL.
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| Author: | Tyron [ Fri Jul 13, 2012 10:37 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hard top to soft coversion. |
Check gumtree for someone wrecking one. Just buy the body off them. and put that on it.
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| Author: | Highway-Star [ Fri Jul 13, 2012 4:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hard top to soft coversion. |
Thruan wrote: Problem is we really want a soft top. peter1321 wrote: hey fellas, on the topic i have a sierra soft top and would love to convert it to a tin top. is this possible? pros and cons? You guys should swap bodies!!!! 
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| Author: | KEENSY85 [ Sun Jul 15, 2012 8:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hard top to soft coversion. |
Highway-Star wrote: Thruan wrote: Problem is we really want a soft top. peter1321 wrote: hey fellas, on the topic i have a sierra soft top and would love to convert it to a tin top. is this possible? pros and cons? You guys should swap bodies!!!! X2 |
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| Author: | edubravia [ Sun Apr 03, 2016 1:14 am ] |
| Post subject: | converting suzuki sierra |
hello just bought a suzuki sierra 1987, I want to convert it to a convertible complete with a roll cage and canvas top...am new to the forum any advice or dos and donts? |
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| Author: | Joe [ Sun Apr 03, 2016 3:52 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: converting suzuki sierra |
edubravia wrote: hello just bought a suzuki sierra 1987, I want to convert it to a convertible complete with a roll cage and canvas top...am new to the forum any advice or dos and donts? Welcome to the forum  Scrawn wrote: 2stroker wrote: Dont even consider it,way too hard to do properly, would cost more than buying a soft top tub and converting it X388,476,723!!!! There's not enough strength in a hard top body once you cut half of it off. And hard tops are too hard to come by anyway |
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| Author: | Gwagensteve [ Sun Apr 03, 2016 8:09 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hard top to soft coversion. |
Don't. |
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| Author: | Gwagensteve [ Sun Apr 03, 2016 8:47 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hard top to soft coversion. |
^That's the short answer. The long answer is anything is possible, but you'd have to have a VERY good reason, and be quite skilled, to cut up a hard to top to make something suzuki already built. How much experience with fabrication, roll cage construction, and part design do you have? Do you want the completed car to be legal for road use? What is your intended use? The hardtop body looses all its strength once the roof is cut off. You need to add sufficient bracing to make the body rigid once the cutting has been done. this means you have to be able to fabricate and weld at a reasonably high level. The windscreen frame is much weaker in the hardtop and will need some form of support. Also consider that a light roll or flop will damage the now weakened windscreen frame. Here is a car that was been (successfully) cut into a soft top. The owner did it because the hardtop body was damaged from multiple rolls, and there was lots of work in the wheel arches, transmission tunnel etc, so swapping to a soft top body was more work than the chop. It's very well executed but it's an offroad only car, and would not be legal for road use without engineering approval as the seat belt mounts and roll cage intrusion would be issues. This car also has no provision for weather protection.  Note that both sides of the windscreen are protected. |
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| Author: | edubravia [ Sun Apr 03, 2016 9:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hard top to soft coversion. |
thanks joe. gwansteve some mechanic just shared his thoughts on the same and it boils down to 'bad idea'...problem is I want it soo bad am all over the interner looking up for success stories in regard to converting a suzuki sierra into a sporty ride:-( |
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| Author: | Gwagensteve [ Sun Apr 03, 2016 9:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hard top to soft coversion. |
Buy a soft top they're common enough. It's pointless to go through the cost and time of conversion to end up with something likely inferior to what Suzuki already made. |
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| Author: | Dan` [ Tue Apr 05, 2016 7:15 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hard top to soft coversion. |
would probably cost you somewhere in the region of $5k-$10k to do it even remotely properly...... its not like you can just lob the top off a tin top and stitch a canvas top back on... |
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| Author: | greavesyzook [ Sun Sep 17, 2017 7:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hard top to soft coversion. |
Sell tintop and by soft top |
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| Author: | Scrawny [ Sun Sep 17, 2017 8:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hard top to soft coversion. |
greavesyzook wrote: Sell tintop and by soft top Good advice Bye |
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