This is obscene. How can anyone charge that?
Originally Posted by
Goldwing
My roadster's time finally came. I had it parked outside in the sun while doing some repairs in the garage, and later that night I discovered the rear window had separated at the top. I live in Michigan and the car has been garaged its whole life (and usually covered as well in the garage), although it spends the summer with the top almost permanently down and the 4-5 months of winter in an unheated storage unit with the top up.
Visited a local upholstery shop who had repaired my motorcycle seat and confirmed it was not repairable (reason below). Top is about $2100 and labor $770. This is not a DIY deal for me - I want if professionally repaired and good for another 20 years.
My BAS top was $780 and was installed free at the Eureka Meet in just under 90 minutes. And even if I'd taken it so someone, we have at least seven people nationwide who will do it for $300-400 depending on various factors. Why did you not ask the rest of us about options? (I take it you do not attend Crossfire meets - replacing of tops at meets seems to be a 'thing' now. MIne was done before breakfast in a parking lot.
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And my default position for the top is UP and always has been. I put it down when I want it down and UP when I park the car.
I dont see top replacement as a big deal - most of us are paying $750 or so plus $300 labor - a set of tires costs almost that, and they last only 25,000 miles at most -my first top lasted 12 years. If only tires could last like that.
