T Top

[roll2daspot]

The other day I saw this grand am in a parkinglot and it had a t top like a camaro or something, I thought it lookd pretty good, anyone thought of that before?

[TA^Guy]

What year? Photos?
I have a feeling you didn't understand what you were seeing.

[Pontiac34]

Grand Am T-Top huh?

[MXculture]

was it a sunroof?

[Pontiac34]

lol probably

[Gagt518]

No way, you sure it was a GA? :lol:

[sk8rjess]

I doubt it was a GA. they have never came ttopped and to do all the frame work to make them stable, it would be about as much as the car is worth.

[roll2daspot]

Im not stupid and I know what I saw, it was definitly a grand am, and it had a roof like this http://www.sunroofdoctor.com/images/92formula.jpg, a t top. I dont have a picture but if I see it again Ill take one

[TA^Guy]

Would be VERY hard to pull off on a Grand Am since GAs have a frame around the parimeter of the side glass. Vehicles with T-Tops usually do not so there is no bar when the roof is off and the glass is down.

Not to mentiona s others have said to cut into the roof would endanger the structural integrity of the vehicle.

[GregFarz78]

Did the guy have a mullet too?

[V6Kid]

Well just because it endangers the structural integrity of the car doesn't mean someone won't do it... Look at those who cut springs to lower their ride for a "cooler" appearance.

[Silversmok3]

Anythings possible.

Its likely a targa top(think Toyota Supra ) with a reinforcing bar in the middle. That makes more sense than a T-Top from a build perspective, that makes just one roof panel to snap in place versus two. A 2-door GA with a targa would look pretty bada$$...If someone's spent the kind of dough to pull this mod off,more power to them.Id like to see a pic just for curiosity's sake.

That said, I don't want to be in said car if/when it has an accident.

[Blackhawk]

smoke, targa tops been done, it was one of the sc/t concept cars.

[sk8rjess]

no, the concept sc/t wasnt a t-top.
http://www.n-body.net/features/images/SCT_Roadster/thumbnail_SCT_Roadster_Interior_2.jpg

[Blackhawk]

^Who said it was?

[Gagt518]

no, the concept sc/t wasnt a t-top.
http://www.n-body.net/features/images/SCT_Roadster/thumbnail_SCT_Roadster_Interior_2.jpg

Targa tops been done, it was one of the sc/t concept cars.

T-Tops and Targa tops are different from each other

[TA^Guy]

I have never seen a Targa or T-Top concept GA.

[GAJ83]

T-tops are awesome, but yeah, a lot of effort to install into a Grand Am. A Grand Prix would be slightly easier. There is probably some shop out there and an owner who would have the $$$ and desire to T-top a GA.

[Blackhawk]

John, doesn't the orange concept sc/t pretty much have a targa band?

[TA^Guy]

No, a Targa is simply a removable roof panel. Like what they use on Corvettes and old Porsches. It's basically like a T-Top but without the bar in the center. That orange one is a Convertable with a Roll Bar (more for structural integrity than actual roll over protection).

This is a Porsche Targa.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/ce/1978-Porsche-911SC-Targa.png

[ga5speed02]

John come over my house, we will make my GA have T-Tops. we will be done i like an afternoon :lol:

that would be sweet tho. we could get some 4th gen F body tops and work with that hahah

[Blackhawk]

I was thinking targa band because of this from the wiki entry on targa top:
In common usage, any piece of metal or trim which rises up from the side of a car and continues in an uninterrupted line over the roof and down the other side may be called a targa band, or sometimes a wrapover band.

[The Artist]

um, describing a targa top is as easy as referencing the orange supra from Fast & Furious... everyone has seen that movie

Either way, if you saw it once, hopefully you'll see it again so keep a camera in ure car, or get a celly w/ a camera :)

[sk8rjess]

^fo sho. :)