Moddiction

Just wondering who here has done a soft top install on their S. I just bought a new soft top with glass window from ebay. Got an EZ-ON brand top. $382 shipped brand new so couldn't pass it up!
Now I would love to just have someone else do it but would kinda rather save the $400 or so for something else by doing it myself.
So how bad is it really doing it yourself? Any specialty tools needed? How many hours should I expect it to take first time?

bbp

6-8 hours if its your first time and a pain in the ass.
You have to drill the rivets out and that put new ones in.
It's possible to do it yourself but not worth it, that's just my opinion.

Billman250

You will easily spend over 10 hrs with an ez. They require adhesive in the front corners.

Best tip you'll get....don't bend the top retainers to get you old top off. Cut your top with a razor, and slide the leftover top piece out of the retainer from the sides.

2ks2knyc

There are two threads with detail instructions including pictures. You have to take apart a lot and I would say to give it at least a weekends time just to be safe. I want to do mine myself as well but i'm in no rush since I have a HT now. If you want an extra hand let me know. I wouldn't mind helping out just to gain the experience.

vduber

Its not fun but well worth it once your said and done. Took me about 8hrs just have patience and buy lots o beer and pizza.

Moddiction

Ok cool. Thanks guys. Gonna give it a try soon I think. Rather spend time than money on it right now.
Beer and pizza sounds good to me!

jojipoji

i am a weekend warrior doing fluids/brakes/valve adjustments. I tried the top and I gave up and brought it to a shop and paid $800. it was wicked hard. make sure you have a friend, lots of beer and a whole weekend

fastkx125

Where are you located Moddiction? I might want to help out to see how its gonna be because I think I'm going to need to do mine soon.

dwight

Indeed, I am also interested in both how this goes and how it compares to the Honda top.

2poor2mod

Hey moddiction sent you a pm a few minutes ago about top replacement before reading this. It is a pain and will take you at least 10 hours by yourself the first time. You will need a few tools such as a rivet gun, drill, and some other misc. Tools. If you're planning on doing this on your own then disregard my pm.