Is it at all possible to make this car convertible? Has it been done? - Page 2 - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

stevesnj · 12-26-2016, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat

For enough money anything can be done.

FX86 · 12-27-2016, 03:44 PM

my car was a convertible temporarily when it was in the body shop for hail damage

Summerwolf · 12-27-2016, 05:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MalcolmHimself

Well it has been done...

Omfg that looks awful. The gapping is so obvious.

MrDinkleman · 12-27-2016, 05:41 PM

LOL

If you want a convertible, buy a Miata/MX-5.
If you want a coupe, buy a BRZ/FR-S.

Simple.

wangson · 12-27-2016, 07:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MalcolmHimself

Well it has been done...

looks like cheap photoshop

MalcolmHimself · 12-27-2016, 10:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wangson

looks like cheap photoshop

There were a could other photos of it but the domain they were on isn't around anymore it seems

why? · 12-28-2016, 07:49 AM

you can get used miatas for dirt cheap if you really want a convertible. Autotrader

MR2 · 12-29-2016, 04:38 PM

I'm surprised nobody mentioned the Exige//Elise.

Vormund · 01-02-2017, 11:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MalcolmHimself

Well it has been done...

Yeah I saw someone post on facebook about that car and the sunroof caused numerous problems - chief of which it leaked water like a sieve. Hell you can see the gaps in the photo!

Owner sold it off not that long after....funny that. #ruined

To do it properly you'd need a whole new roof panel for starters and that's not even getting into the structural side of things.

Quote:

Originally Posted by MalcolmHimself

There were a could other photos of it but the domain they were on isn't around anymore it seems

Not surprised.

retoocs · 01-02-2017, 11:44 AM

Dadhawk · 01-02-2017, 12:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tcoat

With the design of the roof on these I don't know how a sunroof would even go in. There is just too much of a difference in the two levels.
Be a pretty tiny sunroof to fit in the flat space.

...and it would need just as much bracing as a convertible/targa would need since you would be cutting one of the main support structures in the roof (see skeleton below). To replace it you would have to do some type of box structure connecting fore and aft.

It does look like you could do some type of semi-T Top thingy but it would require a new roof panel removing the channel that runs down it now.

JD001 · 03-30-2024, 08:50 AM

Resurrecting an old thread.. Well, it is Easter after all... I was flicking through some of my old Car mags and happen up the following..

https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/toyota...ncept-pictures

Big dreams, no takers I presume...

Bergycheese348 · 04-04-2024, 05:17 PM

For what it is worth, an idea I have a few years down the line is make a 'roadster' like Cartel Customs did with their red and white FR-S. I am a big vintage racing guy, and this is a sort of throwback to the roadsters of the mid 20th century. I would use a shell that I would find for cheap to tinker, and if i made it work out structurally then id apply it to a normal car. Biggest thing is get a better livery than Cartel Customs haha

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