Page 4: T-top Conversion(some pics of my conversion)

T-top conversion on my 2000 Camaro.

COMPLETED! (and yes they are leak free)

This is a small write up and account of my 4th gen t-top conversion. I have owned 3 Camaros from 85 to my 2000 and all have been hardtops. So I convinced myself DO THE CONVERSION!

I looked around for some kits, most affordable for an entire kit was www.tacreationsusa.com they quoted me ~$600 for the parts. I felt that was a little high and thought I would piece together my parts from other places.

So far this has been my budget
-Passenger Side t-top on ebay $75 + $17.10 shipping = $92.10
-Driver Side t-top on ebay $125 + Free shipping(guy had more then one set and offered it to me for $125 and free shipping since the one I was bidding on I lost)
-Re-keying of t-tops(I did it myself, just pulled the cam lock out and pulled out the pins myself, I removed 2 out of the 4 pins so my door key would work.
-Center trim piece $12.99 + $10.95 shipping = $23.94
-Rear interior trim pieces(cover rear t-top receivers) $9.50 + $5.20 shipping = $14.79
-T-top recievers and T-top holders = $30 shipped
-A-pillar pieces and T-top weatherstripping = $50 shipped

Total = $335.83

Also here are some links to sites that have helped me on this endeavor to convert to T-tops.

http://members.fortunecity.com/gripenfelter/conversion.html

http://www.dw-zone.com/t-tops/t-top.asp

http://www.geek-racing.com/curt/T-top_conversion/

http://web.camaross.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=247223

http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~adamez/38SCamaro/pics/andy/ttops/

I had the help of a local friend name Mark, he is known as 5LiterEater on most boards and was one of the firsts to do the conversion on his Electron Blue Lt1 Camaro.

I won�t lie, he was definitely the brains of the operation, even researching he was the big help. Here are some pics of our progress� I�m in the black polo and JD hat, he is in the gray tank top.

Some tips� we came up with, that we haven�t noticed to much in other writes up that we came across�

-If you are doing this in an apartment complex garage, expect to get booted for sparks and noise.
-On the main cuts, leave the factory headliner in, this will help make clean up a lot easier, and protect your interior.
-cheap wood chisels and a few hammers work great on getting through welds(save time over drilling them out)
-Air-tools, especially an air hammer is nice, and quicker then wood chisels and hammers