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Tin top 2 pop up top
Posted: Mon May 08, 2023 8:37 pm
by Brummy99
Has any one converted a tin top to pop up top ?
Re: Tin top 2 pop up top
Posted: Mon May 08, 2023 8:43 pm
by g8dhe
Welcome aboard!
Yes its a common option for quite a few of the manual pop tops if you study the adverts.
Re: Tin top 2 pop up top
Posted: Mon May 08, 2023 9:04 pm
by Brummy99
So has any one done it with the electric pop up top
Re: Tin top 2 pop up top
Posted: Mon May 08, 2023 10:09 pm
by Bob
Not that I've ever heard of, but that’s just me.
Welcome aboard.

Re: Tin top 2 pop up top
Posted: Mon May 08, 2023 10:12 pm
by Brummy99
I am half way through doing one

it’s been a challenge but fun
Re: Tin top 2 pop up top
Posted: Mon May 08, 2023 10:21 pm
by Bob
Wow, do, please, let us know how it goes.

Re: Tin top 2 pop up top
Posted: Tue May 09, 2023 8:23 am
by g8dhe
One person has and he won't do it again, because the roof on an AFT is double skinned, you have to cut off the entire roof, of both vehicles and then weld the AFT top onto the old Tintop, then you need the entire wiring loom from the AFT vehicle all the way back to dashboard as the looms fitted are different. So yes possible but it would have been cheaper to sell the Tintop and buy an AFT version!
Re: Tin top 2 pop up top
Posted: Tue May 09, 2023 9:07 am
by Brummy99
I totally disagree, you do not need to do all of that talking from experience
Re: Tin top 2 pop up top
Posted: Tue May 09, 2023 9:09 am
by Brummy99
There is a sub frame in the aft that can be cut out and the tin top has the bolt holes ready for it to be bolted in,
Then it’s just a case of drilling many holes for your aft rails.
Also I have just wired the aft up my self without the aft module
Re: Tin top 2 pop up top
Posted: Tue May 09, 2023 9:51 am
by g8dhe
It doesn't look like Stuc did put the pictures up but he did his a while ago and in other threads the above was his opinion
viewtopic.php?p=705932#p705932
Re: Tin top 2 pop up top
Posted: Tue May 09, 2023 9:58 am
by Brummy99
Ye I would assume he has done it a very different way to me, I will uploads photos when I have completed

Re: Tin top 2 pop up top
Posted: Tue May 09, 2023 10:09 am
by g8dhe
That sounds good if you can, I know Stuc did it by cutting the old one off at the top of the pillars and welding the replacement one on. However the mechanical diagrams don't show any bolt holes in the underlying Tintop section ?
Tintop
http://www.lushprojects.com/bongopartsm ... mgno=.html
AFT
http://www.lushprojects.com/bongopartsm ... mgno=.html
Re: Tin top 2 pop up top
Posted: Tue May 09, 2023 10:12 am
by Brummy99
Ye that diagram won’t because the bolt hole are on the body not the roof, I am at the point the roof is fitted and working, I am just doing interior and the little bits
Re: Tin top 2 pop up top
Posted: Tue May 09, 2023 5:08 pm
by Brummy99
How do you upload photos ?
Re: Tin top 2 pop up top
Posted: Tue May 09, 2023 9:57 pm
by g8dhe
Open a Reply, then look down below the text area and you will see Attachments Tab, select it, then add files and choose to place them inline and they will appear where ever your text cursor was placed.