Solid or T-Top

[LBNJWE4]

Ok, thinking I got lucky with my car no major rust yet, just some were the paint chiped from flexing. I do know about the leaks, went to the car wash(hand wash) went to take off and got drinched in water. Avoiding the T-Tops when I was it now, they get hand wash no power wash. Another thing i had to do was take the drivers sunvisor out. It was so lose when I would take off it would almost hit me in the head, heard this is a because of the T-tops. O-well gives the car some character

I've had sunvisors do that on hardtop cars, not just g-body either. Try tightening the screws on the base, that worked on a Caddy I had.

 

[Bweavy]

Originally Posted by LBNJWE4
+1

I would do some research also, I think they only made 100 or so WE4s with t-tops. Check with Brian Weavy on that.

Really?

No I never said that at all. Quite the opposite. I have owned 28 we-4's, 1 moon roof & 2 soild roofs.The rest all T-tops I would guess from what I have seen more then half were t-tops.
I think most we-4's ended up in the mid atlantic area.
This is just an educated guess of what I have seen online,worked on, seen at shows,etc from being around these cars. This is not fact just my educated guess.

Damn Jim by now I figured you would know it is Weaver Not Weavy

We just cut a T-roof off a GN & put it on a we-4 t-top car that was rotted out. Plan on spending about $1600-2000 to go back to a t-top car from a hard top car. It depends who does the work, & the condition of the roof you buy.
To go from a t-top to a hard top once again it depends on the person doing it but I would say about $300 for a the roof & parts & about $700-1000 in labor & paint.

Like stated find a hard top we-4.

 

[Garrard8]

Damn I wished there was only 100.Then I would have a turd that would definitly remain a t-top.I very seriously doubt this will ever happen but I just wanted to gauge the responces.I love the car and only want the best for it in the future.I got screwed bad by the jack ass I got it from but my wants where more than my needs and I wasnt going to leave Columbus Ohio without it.I have spent alot of time troling this web site and enjoy reading what everybody has to say so I will start to post a little bit.I belive I have a picture of the car on my computer when I find it I will post it.Just do me a favor and dont laugh at its pissy looking silver bullet paint job it currently has.

 

[usetaboost]

don't feel bad, mine was a real rust hole and everything was t rashed. I overpaid for the pos. Got about 6k into it so far and the body isn't even close to going on the frame. You feel better now????

 

[TurboMonte 2]

...My car needs all sorts of attention and this was one of the things I was concerned about.I bought the car back in August in Ohio from a dip sh1t that just about ruined it(I think he just taped the windows and sprayed the hole car silver,,trim and moldings and all.)... There is a little rust where the seals are on the drivers side t-top so thats what started making me think about converting the top.I have a body repair education and so does my freind that would be helping so I would be doing the work myself...

Now, let me see if I have this correct??,,,

1) the car looked like this when you bought it--so your dip sh1t rating of "seller" is likely over-played,,,

2) existing rust visible @ purchase to "experienced body person"--should be no whining here,,,

3) you likely thought you bested-him for this "cheap purchase"--but perhaps got stung more than wishful thinking,,,

Good luck with either the sale (recommended), or the transformation to hard-hat type...

I believe I'd just clean-up the silver monochrome theme (maybe even redo some/most of it--go all-the-way??), silicone seal the T-tops/ leaks, install a good stereo, slip in a Lynard Skynard "Freebird" CD, crank up all boost options & enjoy it--(then sell it...)

 

[Garrard8]

I guess he wasnt as much a dip sh-t.He got me.But I am beyond that.I will make the best of the car I can its not about to fall off the frame or nothing.It has a very small rust spot uder the seal and I am capible of fixing.

 

[LBNJWE4]

Originally Posted by LBNJWE4
+1

I would do some research also, I think they only made 100 or so WE4s with t-tops. Check with Brian Weavy on that.



No I never said that at all. Quite the opposite. I have owned 28 we-4's, 1 moon roof & 2 soild roofs.The rest all T-tops I would guess from what I have seen more then half were t-tops.
I think most we-4's ended up in the mid atlantic area.
This is just an educated guess of what I have seen online,worked on, seen at shows,etc from being around these cars. This is not fact just my educated guess.

Damn Jim by now I figured you would know it is Weaver Not Weavy

We just cut a T-roof off a GN & put it on a we-4 t-top car that was rotted out. Plan on spending about $1600-2000 to go back to a t-top car from a hard top car. It depends who does the work, & the condition of the roof you buy.
To go from a t-top to a hard top once again it depends on the person doing it but I would say about $300 for a the roof & parts & about $700-1000 in labor & paint.

Like stated find a hard top we-4.

Brian, you told me that when we were talking about Ben's car, that you hated to cut it up because there were only about 100 made!

 

[Bweavy]

Brian, you told me that when we were talking about Ben's car, that you hated to cut it up because there were only about 100 made!

Was I drinking? Must have been to say that. I may have said out of the hundreds of cars I cut up that was the first we-4. It killed me when the owner called me & told me he had the title.

 

[turbonut85]

I belive I have a picture of the car on my computer when I find it I will post it.Just do me a favor and dont laugh at its pissy looking silver bullet paint job it currently has.

Don't get discouraged. This is what mine looked like when I got it. All it takes is a lot of patience...and a S#!T TON of $$$$!!!* Not quite sure which one you need more of though.

 

[LBNJWE4]

Don't get discouraged. This is what mine looked like when I got it. All it takes is a lot of patience...and a S#!T TON of $$$$!!!* Not quite sure which one you need more of though.

Great job! Love to see them revived!

Brian, I am sure you said that because I kicked myself in the a** for trading it to him for a hardtop GN after that conversation. Hell, I even almost bought one this year just to hold on to a few months ago but I didn't have the money. Unfortunately, that was the second one I know of to get cut up. Brian, I'm not trying to start a fight, maybe you were drinking that day.

 

[Garrard8]

You have me there.At least I can drive mine and do about 4 times a week.Your car looks great by the way.