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Drop Top Customs, an aftermarket customizer which typically creates convertibles, has created a T-Top kit for the Chevrolet Camaro. The Drop Top T-Top Camaro will make its debut at SEMA show this November and the company says most of its creations will come equipped with a supercharger, but Drop Top assures us that chassis flex isn't an issue. Sales begin shortly after its debut in Vegas next month and carry a sticker of $6,500.

[Source: Drop Top Customs via Inside Line]Drop Top Customs creates Chevrolet Camaro T-Top originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 21 Oct 2010 16:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.



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Cool.
More pics, please.

 

Leave it behind with the mullet hair cut it came in on.

 

It looks a little odd.

 

Sweet!!! Thats the one thing I wouldn't give up from my 4th gen.

 

I wasn't sure if I wanted to be the first to say it. But I agree...it looks good as far as craftsmanship...but not right on the car.

I got curious and threw together a very crude Photoshop of a targa top to see if I could figure out why. It looks fine from the front to the seats...but from the b-pillar back, it is all wrong. That is why T-tops don't work visually, either. See the attachment.

I wonder what their crash testing results are? Maybe I will ask them at SEMA.

 

It just looks odd with the rear quarter windows.

 

different angles would be good to view tho. Will be nice to see.

 

That's similar to the price premium one would pay for the convertible model. Which is what I would buy hands down. BUT, for the many people out there who think droptops compromise too much (safety, etc.) this would be cool.

 

I don't understand the comments about it looking odd because of the area over the back seat.
G-bodies were pillared coupes with fixed quarter glass and they had T-tops from, what, 1976 thru 1987. Nobody thought they looked strange.

We need more pictures. And from a natural human vantage point. Not looking down from a second story window or from a tall ladder.

 

You yelled at me on the podcast when I asked about this very thing. You said it would never be done.

WELL GUESS WHAT?!? THEY WENT OUT AND DID IT! GUESS WHO'S YELLING NOW?!?

 

Yell all you want, I have always said that a factory t-top option is incredibly unlikely to happen. This is aftermarket by a company mentioned in the first post.

 

Eh, I'm just joshing ya. I personally am not a big fan of t-tops anyways, I was just curious what they would look like on a 5th gem. I think if you want to take the roof off at times, a convertable is much better because you just pop the latches and press the button. With t tops you gotta get out and remove them then store them in your trunk. Though I guess it does give you proper time to reflect on whether any papers you might need are in a secure spot before hitting the open road.

 

Did they even crash test something like this?

At any rate, yes the t-tops don't work visually because of the design of the car. It isn't like a hatch where the b-pillar turns into the roof.

Eh I think they look a little odd too. However, they benefit from a slightly thicker and visible B-pillar that integrates the t-top cutout more fluidly. On the Camaro the B-pillar is blacked out to hide it, so the C-pillar swoops forward into the roof which looks like it simply ends abruptly where the t-tops are for no rhyme or reason.

 

I did, and still do.

Besides, the T-top G-bodies have a notch back rear window/roof-line so it actually isn't as dramatic. The 5th gen Camaro is more of a fastback.