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I recently bought Fiat 124 Spider. I bought it year-round driving in mind, and I live in Finland, Europe with good winter. The soft top can handle the cold conditions but ice in seams and mud, salt and other splashes will be hard on the soft top. Therefore I ordered Abarth 124 Spider GT carbon fiber hard top (https://www.italo-welt.de/Abarth-124-Spider-Hardtop-Carbon-Originalzubehoer) for winter use. This article describes how to install the hard top on my car.
I paid an eye watering 3700 EUR for the top. In internet there is a spare part manufacturer and web shop offering a similar hard top half the price. However, the American roof provider did not respond to emails. I also read from forums they may have both quality and delivery difficulties. Therefore my choise was the expensive original part.
Roof mounting really brief:
I paid an eye watering 3700 EUR for the top. In internet there is a spare part manufacturer and web shop offering a similar hard top half the price. However, the American roof provider did not respond to emails. I also read from forums they may have both quality and delivery difficulties. Therefore my choise was the expensive original part.
Roof mounting really brief:
- Soft top open and in the rear position
- Trunk lid open
- Remove slabs and millennium falcons
- Put the hardtop in place with a friend and latch it to the edge of the windshield same way as the soft top is latched.
- Screw in the two bolts at the slab holes
- Close trunk lid
- Install the two brackets and screw in their bolts near the B-beam
- Switch the rear window heater connection from the soft top for the new hardtop