New top, who dis?

"nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul" (nfamouscj) 05/27/2018 at 11:22 • Filed to: None

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Ah convertibles, the joys of open air driving while getting sun burnt, a lack of structural roof over your head and the inevitable fabric decay.

Pollen stains, wear marks around the windows, holes along the back window seal. Discolored. Gross.

Don’t worry I trimmed those boxwoods.

Difficultly level: 7/10 - not higher because a lot of the work was tedious or awkward positioning. Sitting in your back seat, over the back, underneath a glass window creates a nice greenhouse effect.

Day 1 was the removal process, taking pictures of where everything went (took 45 less pictures than I should have taken). Sunburn.

Decade old spider

Day 2 was purchasing an EZ up and working in it while it rained. Trying to figure out all the little differences and techniques. EG: using the liquid cement to tack the top to the tack strip, bolt it down, back it out bringing the positioned top with it to staple.

Pobably a lot easier as a two man job but I’m stubborn. It’s not perfect but I did save myself somewhere near $1k in cost and would have been trying to find every little imperfection.

Overall 9/10 pleased.

Cat/Dino tax:

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 05/27/2018 at 11:37

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I have no idea why I never noticed you had a convertible. I’m a bad person.

TheRealBicycleBuck > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 05/27/2018 at 11:41

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Great job! I have a Coleman pop-up that I use to provide shade while working in the driveway. A great addition is the wall. It will grant some shade once the afternoon sun moves around far enough to make the roof worthless. I got one with the pop-up and found a second one at Walmart. Two sides are handy for shade during track meets. They are universal fit, so no worries about the canopy brand.

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > TheRealBicycleBuck 05/27/2018 at 11:43

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Definitely purchasing one. Great recommendation

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 05/27/2018 at 11:44

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Well, I’m equally as bad since I’ve yet to actually use the convertible function for a week now that it’s beyond it’s 2 days of baking in the sun to get final stretch and fit. So effectively I’ve had a soft top non convertible.

Edit: also most of the pictures I’ve shared had minimal top present because it was so gross looking.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 05/27/2018 at 13:20

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I’m glad I Park indoors and live in Socal now. So I never ever need to replace the top on my Miata again. If it rains, I don’t drive the Miata. So the top does not go up. It will forever be “good enough” for occasional use, even if it gets holes.