Originally Posted by DTP525

The Challenge top has Kevlar lining on the inside of the top portion to help with splintering. Also a no points hardtop if you're competing in TT.

Originally Posted by thepoi

It also doesn't actually exist as a thing. I paid for one about a year ago, and it's delivery was pushed back week by week for 7 months. Took about a month to get my money back after canceling the order as well.

Originally Posted by goldenfri

So my hardtop was recently stolen from the S I was going to turn into a track car. I have been looking at replacements because the idea of spending $3500 on another OEM isn't very appealing. The replicas seem to be much lighter with out the glass and I would want to get an OEM replica for potential time trials etc, but I'm wondering how safe fiberglass and/or carbon fiber is in the event of a rollover.

I imagine it would shatter and splinter and the result wouldn't be pretty and could possibly dangerous. I know race teams use carbon fiber but I assume its dry carbon which is considerably stronger (and much more expensive) but I'm no expert.

Does anyone have any opinions on this?

Originally Posted by postman

In my opinion if you are running a hardtop on the track it should be an OEM with fixed mount hardware.