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Old 03-16-2004 | 04:43 PM
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Old 03-16-2004 | 04:50 PM
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I was thinking about the same thing. I've always wanted to chop the top, but I don't know if it would look good or not. I wonder if anyone already did it. If so, please post some pics...
Old 03-16-2004 | 05:15 PM
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For a nice weather car it would be interesting, but fabricating a convertible top would be a challenge. It would end up looking like a Model T top!

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I did some photoshop work for a guy on here and chopped the top, there is a three inch and a BIG chop.....I think some cars shouldn't be chopped......xB is one of those cars. IMHO.
http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4288151383&idx=5
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I don't want a convertible, just wanna bring the roof lower a couple of inches.
Old 03-16-2004 | 05:23 PM
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I think chopping anything is hot, but those pictures seem extreme, but who knows.
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Does anyone know the cost of chopping the top?
Old 03-16-2004 | 05:35 PM
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Keep an eye out for Tuner Bash in Florida...Scion has a surprise..I am sure everyone will like what it is!
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Is there enough room in the body to channel it also because that would be sick.... I like the extreme chop looks like one of the cars from the twenties....
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you and a couple of your boys could do it yourself in a weekend. probably cost couple grand if done by a shop.
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I don't have the slightest idea on how to chop the top.
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Well you would have to brace the interior so the body doesn't warp, then you remove all the glass.... mark your spots and cut you will have to fabricate new a pillars and get custom glass cut..... then line the other pillars back up and weld back together....it's pretty labor intensive..... not something I could do by myself....
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I like Subaru's Chop Top'd WRX (STi?)...
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i think everyone has thought about it, but the cost of doing it is alot.
Old 03-16-2004 | 07:57 PM
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Originally Posted by scioninla
Keep an eye out for Tuner Bash in Florida...Scion has a surprise..I am sure everyone will like what it is!
i cant wait to see this, if anybody goes to this, please take a camera. I wanna see pics damnit.
Old 03-17-2004 | 03:51 AM
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thnx for ur guys thoughts, i knew i wasn't alone.

I always thought it looked a lil too tall and too high for a ride height.

Making it chopped a lil, with a nice drop would make it look prettly slick won't you think?
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http://community.webshots.com/photo/...13119190msHJhu

I did this "Photochop" a while ago to see what it would look like... not as extreme as the other, and I think it works. I doubt I'll actually do it, but Cashman keeps bringing it up... :wink:

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Old 03-17-2004 | 08:58 PM
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I have chopped tops before on street rods. and luckily the xB is a lot of straight lines. That makes it a lot easier to do. Model As have vertical pillars so it is possable to do the metal work on a chop in one or two days. An xB would be about 3-4 days because the pillars are not exactly straight up. the roof will have to be split and widened.
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Probably something like this:

Suzuki Lapin SS Works with a chopped top. It's another boxy car like the xB.
Old 03-17-2004 | 09:46 PM
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i think its going to look like ___. :? as for channeling the body over the frame. there is no frame, its unibody.


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