Mazda Miata: Top replacement

"John Matava" <com> wrote in message
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Robbins vinyl with glass window, but I am not set. Any opinions on the
following subjects:
 
lot of rain.

From what I've heard from various other owners glass isn't a good idea. The
hood just isn't designed to hold that weight, and on several occasions the
glass windows have been known to just pop out. Don't know if anybody else
here has had that problem.

Eric

Eric Baber (com) wrote:
: "John Matava" <com> wrote in message
: news:supernews.com...
:>Will be replacing the top on a 96 in the near future. I am thinking a
: Robbins vinyl with glass window, but I am not set. Any opinions on
: the following subjects:
:
:>Vinyl vs canvas. I like the look, is it worth the money? It will
:>see a lot of rain.
:
: From what I've heard from various other owners glass isn't a good
: idea. The hood just isn't designed to hold that weight, and on
: several occasions the glass windows have been known to just pop out.
: Don't know if anybody else here has had that problem.
:
: Eric

This is the first I've heard of that. I bought a vinyl, zippered glass
window Robbins top last summer (after my vinyl window cracked) and it
works great. I like being able to unzip the window and leave the top up
for the shade.

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Roald Oines wrote: 

This is the first that I have heard of it too, though I have heard that
the weight of the glass can be bad for the zipper.
Does the Robbins model require you to unzip the glass window to lower
the top, or do you have the option of leaving it in place to drop it the
way the top works on the OEM 1999+ models?

Pat
'96M

pws <rr.com> wrote:
 

I had an aftermarket glass window (Brainstorm) for five years,
and no problems with the OEM zipper half in the 1996 top.
(Nor the BS zipper half in the window.)

When I put in a no-zip 1999 Miata top, we moved the top
with the Brainstorm glass window to another Miata and it
is still fine as far as I know.

More importantly, aftermarket glass window tops such as
Robbins tend to lay higher when down. I do not like
how that looks and would not want a Robbins.

Leon

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