Speed with Soft Top

[Gen1blk]

Curious what is a safe top speed to drive with the soft top on? Will it handle 80-90mph? Might take the car on a trip and need to have it on.

 

[99RT10GTS]

I have run mine up to 120, BUT it depends on what your front latches are. Are they a blade type or the roll pins? If roll pins, stay below 100

 

[Gen1blk]

I have run mine up to 120, BUT it depends on what your front latches are. Are they a blade type or the roll pins? If roll pins, stay below 100

My front latches have a handle from the inside that you twist to lock.

 

[99RT10GTS]

Got that, they all do. Look on the business end. What does the other side of the latch look like? Pic?

 

[GTS Dean]

The early ones had a small roll pin driven thru across the lever shaft. It engaged under a stiff piece of wire in the windshield header receptacle. With too much air pressure at the header, the wires would deflect up, the roll pins would lose contact and the top went sailing.

In my new '93, I hit a hundred or so with the top on a few times. But I was already hearing of failures so I didn't do it very often.

 

[Dan Cragin]

The soft top will come off at exactly 147mph. I have confirmed this.

Keeping the front latches tight so there is no air gap between the windshield to and seal is critical.
The is an adjustment if you remove the latch.

 

[Chad Spackman]

Mine has come off at 75. At which point it was never ever used again. Model year 94. Autoform to the rescue. But making a statement about precise speeds is nonsense. Prevailing winds, and gusts, etc. c’mon

 

[BlackVenom]

I hope he was joking…

 

[99RT10GTS]

Nope, but if you want to guarantee the 100 MPH number, just put 4 strips of 100MPH tape on the top to the front windshield, then it's locked in!!!!

 

[Gen1blk]

Mine is a 1995 model. I would assume these are the later updated latches?

 

[99RT10GTS]

These tops br

Mine is a 1995 model. I would assume these are the later updated latches?

These tops break pretty easily, don't assume anything, but if it is the original top, then yes.