Tonneau cover fitted & a hard top??

[scrwright]

Stupid question time, can you fit the hard top over the tonneau cover? Hardtopp is on for winter now & want to make the rear shelf look a bit tidier.

[Planet Claire]

I've never tried it but I would suspect not as the tonneau clips over the back. Best thing to do is give it a try. Don't plan on putting my hard top on just yet to give you the verdict!

[attym3]

scrwright said:

Stupid question time, can you fit the hard top over the tonneau cover? Hardtopp is on for winter now & want to make the rear shelf look a bit tidier.

Poor form having it on already IMO.

[scrwright]

too much motorway driving, I am doing deaf with the soft top

[Aizle]

pardon?

[scrwright]

A mate just turned up so I gave it a go, answer is no

The rear lip of the cover sits where the back of the lid wants to be. I have left the cover tucked in on the rear shelf though, its somewhere to keep it over winter & will stop me scratching the rear screen.

[Mx5guy]

I have a soft child's toy to put under the glass when it's down. Simple, cheap and something to talk about when people get in the car,

In regards to the hard top - I only just started turning on the heater when driving topless these days, and I'm in Norway,

[scrwright]

TBH I prefer the 5 with the hard top, if I had a choice I'd have a coupe 5 over a soft top. Didn't get the 5 because it was a soft top

[attym3]

scrwright said:

coupe 5

?

[Aizle]

attym3 said:

scrwright said:

coupe 5

?

He was saying if he had the choice, i.e. he doesn't because they didn't make any.

Apart from a Mk2 Coupe, which was only JDM I believe and not many of them.

[attym3]

Aizle said:

He was saying if he had the choice, i.e. he doesn't because they didn't make any.

Apart from a Mk2 Coupe, which was only JDM I believe and not many of them.

That's fecking horrible!

[Aizle]

attym3 said:

That's fecking horrible!

I disagree entirely but that is what opinions are for

Nice shot of a White one on net somewhere.

[firman]

Aizle said:

attym3 said:

That's fecking horrible!

I disagree entirely but that is what opinions are for

Nice shot of a White one on net somewhere.

You mean this one?


Dont dislike it I just prefer the ragtop

[Aizle]

firman said:

You mean this one?


Dont dislike it I just prefer the ragtop

That's the one, I think I do prefer the coupe.

[attym3]

Aizle said:

He was saying if he had the choice, i.e. he doesn't because they didn't make any.

Apart from a Mk2 Coupe, which was only JDM I believe and not many of them.

I probably should know this, I guess it means only in Japan but what does JDM stand for?

[Aizle]

attym3 said:

I probably should know this, I guess it means only in Japan but what does JDM stand for?

Japan(ese) Domestic Market

Along with USDM and UKDM but I won't write those out for you......

[attym3]

Aizle said:

attym3 said:

I probably should know this, I guess it means only in Japan but what does JDM stand for?

Japan(ese) Domestic Market

Along with USDM and UKDM but I won't write those out for you......

[scrwright]

I think I would take my 5 to a coachbuilders and get it made into a liftback coupe if I had the cash, there are a few conversions about, some good, some bad. I do like the mk2 coupe concept but I need my pop up lights

[Raffles]

scrwright said:

Stupid question time, can you fit the hard top over the tonneau cover? Hardtopp is on for winter now & want to make the rear shelf look a bit tidier.

I did this one winter. I put on the tonneau before I put on the hard top, but I folded it round so that it wouldn't get in the way of the hard top itself. I kept it like that for that winter but never did it again (far from ideal), I just lay a block towel over the folded soft top.

The father of a friend of mine always took the soft top off the car before putting the hard top on for the winter. It was a big job to do twice a year but he seemed to think it worth it.

[MX-5 Lazza]

scrwright said:

Hardtopp is on for winter now & want to make the rear shelf look a bit tidier.

Have you seen the weather forecast for this week?