[R129 SL] soft top replacement

[BJonesNY at aol.com]

1. soft top replacement (Deneal Schilmeister  (MacbookPro)  SBC)


----------------------------------------------------------------------

Message:  1
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2009 22:49:39 -0500
From: "Deneal Schilmeister  (MacbookPro) SBC" <deneals at sbcglobal.net>
Subject: [R129 SL] soft top  replacement
To: SL Mailing List <r129list at mbcoupes.com>
Message-ID:  <C6801903.12E8C%deneals at sbcglobal.net>
Content-Type: text/plain;  charset="us-ascii"

I will need to replace my soft top before the next  open-top driving season.

Does anyone have any suggestions for where I can  learn about different
material being sold?  Comparisons with new  materials vs OEM?

How to choose an installer?  Should I pay dealer  price to assure the job is
accomplished correctly?

Any help much  appreciated.


-- 
Deneal Schilmeister
1997 SL500   140k
http://homepage.mac.com/deneals/SL500.htm





Quote:
Originally Posted by deneals  
(http://www.mbworld.org/forums/sl-class-r129/307552-replacement-soft-top.html#post3619213)   
I will need to replace my soft top  before the next open-top driving season.

Does anyone have any  suggestions for where I can learn about different 
material being sold?  Comparisons with new materials vs OEM?

Deneal,  the Haartz Corp is the largest manufacturer of the top materials 
in the  US. Good place to learn 

_http://www.haartz.com_ (http://www.haartz.com/) 

How to choose an  installer? 
I would only do this on referral from  another owner locally, or high end 
autobody shop
Should I pay  dealer price to assure the job is accomplished correctly?
Paying dealer price, imo, does not assure correct  installation. The 
dealers here, and I suspect probably everywhere in the  US sub this work out to a 
local contractor after adding alot of markup  to the installers normal 
price. Where I live, the dealer was 25% higher  using the same guy that I could 
use walking in the door. About the only  advantage of working through a 
dealer is they can be held accountable  for errors, etc. To me, however, the most 
important criteria is the  level of experience the installer has with these 
tops/cars, and  references supplied by the installer of other 129 happy  
customers.

Any help much  appreciated.

Bob  

**************Looking for love this summer? Find it now on AOL Personals. 
(http://personals.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntuslove00000003)
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://www.pairlist.net/pipermail/r129list/attachments/20090713/9809ddb3/attachment.htm>