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Old 10-09-2004, 06:07 PM
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Are there any aftermarket hardtops for the boxster, or only the factory one ?

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Old 10-09-2004, 06:09 PM
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there are no aftermarket ones, only factory.

admittedly there isn't a huge market for these things, most of the time the softtop is enough to keep the elements out, and a small niche market for people that leave the hardtop on all year round, or people that put it on during VERY hot summers or very cold winters.

but its a VERY niche market.

is that a ZHP 330XI? i thought i saw a 4 door M3, had to do a double take cool
Old 10-09-2004, 06:13 PM
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thanks for the info, and no, its not a ZHP, its a lowly 325i. BTW, you cant get a ZHP XI. The reason you thought you saw a 4 door M3 is because I retrofitted an M3 bumper to my car , but no ///M badges or anything like that, i still represent with my 325i badge of course.
Old 10-09-2004, 06:31 PM
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hehe as you can see my BMW knowledge isn't quite as coherent as i would like to think my porsche knowledge is.

great looking car!
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Getty Design makes a fiberglass version of the factory roof. There's a guy in northern cali. that has one which slopes down over the entire engine compartment. But I think he had that one custom made.
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yea but those are one off custom fabrications.

like i said before, the market niche is too small for companies to tool up/design alternatives.
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Originally Posted by Moogle
yea but those are one off custom fabrications.
They may make them to order and not have a bunch sitting around in the warehouse. But I don't think they are one-off or custom fabricated. Well, at least the decklid wasn't custom fabbed nor a one-off, that much I know for a fact.



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