r/carporn • u/Mega_Dunsparce • Feb 19 '21

Fastback Miata

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u/FuturePollution Feb 19 '21

For a regular hardtop would installation be something you need to hire someone for or is easy enough for a layperson to do, like a Jeep hardtop?

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '21 edited Feb 19 '21

Super easy to pop on and off. I could probably do it solo if I had to.

You slide the top into the clips in back then clamp the front the same way you would a soft top.

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u/RandomPCUser8 Feb 19 '21

There are also side mounted clips that aren't fitted as standard that help stabilise the hardtop, but it can be installed without.

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u/einTier Feb 19 '21

On later cars, the “Frankenstein” bolts needed for the rear weren’t installed on cars sold without a hardtop so you need those too. But once you have all the mounting brackets (and they just bolt right in), the top is as easy to install as wrestling it up on top and flipping four latches.