new soft top?!$

Graeme & Gretchen · Post by **Graeme & Gretchen** » Tue Jan 28, 2003 8:19 am

Hi there from Invercargill

I need a new soft top..rather than re-invent the wheel please tell me where
and the cost ($$$$) of purchasing a new soft top for a 1990 MX5.
We would need to get it to Invercargill so are there freight charges and is
the price GST inclusive??

Thanks for your help fellow MX5ers, as I know some one out there will have
already done all the homework recently.
Gretchen Mark-Dear
KOOLKA

Mike Pearson - WYSIWYG... · Post by **Mike Pearson - WYSIWYG...** » Tue Jan 28, 2003 5:36 pm

Gretchen wrote:
where and the cost ($$$$) of purchasing a new soft top for a 1990 MX5.

I'd be interested in a price comparison across NZ too.

FYI, Here is a Wellington retail price list excl GST

MX5 tops fitted
1. PVC top with plastic, $1,185
2. PVC top with hard glass, $1,385
3. Canvas top with plastic, $1,585
4. Canvas top with hard glass, $1,785

They can do things like a silver soft top too.

Replacement window fitted
1. Hard glass curtain $535
2. Plastic window, sewn, $250
3. Plastic window, welded, $385

You can see them at
http://www.lemansoriginalfabrics.com/ma ... t_tops.htm

Say you're an MX5 club member and what discount will they do.

Milford Autoelectrical · Post by **Milford Autoelectrical** » Tue Jan 28, 2003 9:37 pm

A genuine Mazda soft top is $850 (Ive just bought one but havent fitted yet)
Steve
Mike Pearson - WYSIWYG Ltd <mike@wysiwyg.co.nz> wrote:> Gretchen wrote:

where and the cost ($$$$) of purchasing a new soft top for a 1990 MX5.

I'd be interested in a price comparison across NZ too.

FYI, Here is a Wellington retail price list excl GST

MX5 tops fitted
1. PVC top with plastic, $1,185
2. PVC top with hard glass, $1,385
3. Canvas top with plastic, $1,585
4. Canvas top with hard glass, $1,785

They can do things like a silver soft top too.

Replacement window fitted
1. Hard glass curtain $535
2. Plastic window, sewn, $250
3. Plastic window, welded, $385

You can see them at
http://www.lemansoriginalfabrics.com/ma ... t_tops.htm

Say you're an MX5 club member and what discount will they do.

jeff · Post by **jeff** » Tue Jan 28, 2003 9:48 pm

wow, good price (incl or excl GST?)... has it come
down lately?

http://www.mx5club.org.nz/news/mazda_ne ... mazdatops/

--- Milford Autoelectrical
<milfordautoelectrical@yahoo.com> wrote:

A genuine Mazda soft top is $850 (Ive just bought
one but havent fitted yet)
Steve
Mike Pearson - WYSIWYG Ltd <mike@wysiwyg.co.nz>
wrote:> Gretchen wrote:
where and the cost ($$$$) of purchasing a new soft
top for a 1990 MX5.

I'd be interested in a price comparison across NZ
too.

FYI, Here is a Wellington retail price list excl GST

MX5 tops fitted
1. PVC top with plastic, $1,185
2. PVC top with hard glass, $1,385
3. Canvas top with plastic, $1,585
4. Canvas top with hard glass, $1,785

They can do things like a silver soft top too.

Replacement window fitted
1. Hard glass curtain $535
2. Plastic window, sewn, $250
3. Plastic window, welded, $385

You can see them at

http://www.lemansoriginalfabrics.com/ma ... t_tops.htm
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lou Girardin · Post by **lou Girardin** » Wed Jan 29, 2003 8:08 am

A new glass window top cost me $1700 approx. in '98. The glass window is a
huge improvement if you can stretch to it.
Lou

Milford Autoelectrical · Post by **Milford Autoelectrical** » Wed Jan 29, 2003 7:14 pm

Can you fit a glass backed softtop to a MK1?

If so what year/ spec had them? Where they heated?

Can you fit a glass window inplace of the PVC one??

Steve

jeff · Post by **jeff** » Wed Jan 29, 2003 7:32 pm

The NB (99+) top will fit on a NA model. Seems like a
good idea as you don't need to fiddle around with
zipping/unzipping the window before dropping the top!

http://miata.net/garage/garagetops.html

--- Milford Autoelectrical
<milfordautoelectrical@yahoo.com> wrote:
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Mike Pearson - WYSIWYG... · Post by **Mike Pearson - WYSIWYG...** » Wed Jan 29, 2003 9:40 pm

Steve wrote:
Can you fit a glass backed softtop to a MK1?

Those prices I posted before had a fitted Hard glass curtain for $535. It
was a 3rd party curtain and wasn't heated.

You can probably do anything if you're prepared to pay, including having
them make a custom heated one, if you could source the right glass and had
the $$$.

lou Girardin · Post by **lou Girardin** » Thu Jan 30, 2003 8:05 am

Yes.
They're aftermarket only, unless you adapt a MK2 roof.
Maybe, depends on original roof.
Lou

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