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View Cart1997-02 Porsche Boxster Convertible Top and Convertible Top Parts
Important Information | New: Custom Fit Car Covers
Our Porsche Boxster tops are made by a specialist in German tops and interiors. There is no more finely made Boxster top.
Rear Window: The original (dealer) rear window is zippered, incorporating a Porsche patented zipper arrangement. No manufacturer we have found is making a replacement top with this zipper. Our top with the plastic window is made with a non-zippered plastic rear window. The sealed in window is likely to be preferrable to many drivers. Our top is correct in every other detail.
We also offer an aftermarket top with a defroster glass rear window. This is made with a newly patented encapsulation process for superior durability.
Inside Top Fabric: All canvas tops are three layers: the treated canvas outer layer, the pre-shrunk cloth inner layer and the central, bonding, layer. The inner layer of our Boxster tops will be black.
Original Fabric: If you select our original German fabric tops it will be the original Porsche "A5 German Sonnenland Canvas. This Sonnenland canvas has "silkier" surface texture and an improved performance (durability) compared with the classic Sonnenland.
Alternate Fabrics:
Sonnendeck Canvas (also called 'Twillfast') is an American made canvas, true double texture topping like the Haartz Stayfast. Many purists who own Mercedes and other German cars want to see the particular German weave (that is called "dobby weave") when they look up inside the car. Haartz Stayfast canvas has a plain (unwoven) inner lining. So for Porsche, Mercedes and BMW owners who will spend a little more in order to see that "dobby" weave we offer a fabric called Sonnendeck (in addition to the original German Sonnenland or Happich canvas. The wear rating of Sonnendeck is also greater than for Haartz, by perhaps 10%. This is due to the slightly heavier inner lining and subtle bonding specification differences.
Haartz Stayfast Canvas has a canvas outer layer and a preshrunk cotton inner layer. The two are bonded with and separated by a butyl rubber core. It is this core that makes the fabric last a very long time, with both better static and dynamic wear ratings than vinyl toppings. Haartz Stayfast is the American substitute for the German canvases used in Mercedes, Porsche, BMW, some models of Mustang and Lebaron and others. Canvas is widely regarded as "richer looking" than vinyl. It is a little harder to clean. The inside of the top is pre-shrunk cotton. The inner lining is usually black.
Headliner: The headliner is the inner roof covering. Headliners were introduced in 2001. The headliner is a separate part from the top. Our headliner is made in original black "dan" cloth.
Cables: Our tops are made with original quality cables covered in the resilient extruded casing.
Do-It-Yourself Installation: We offer a shop manual with step by step procedures for top installation. These have been successfully used by many owner/installers. However, we cannot offer consulting service for Boxster installers.
The installation of this particular top is quite elaborate and should not be undertaken by someone without mechanical confidence.
Boxster tops are fastened at their sides with embedded cables built into the convertible top.
Usage history indicated premature failure at these areas due to "pull through" of the cables in the Boxster top.
Only utmost care and quality control in the factory can reduce the possibility of early failure due to this design question.
Germanex and Robbins are two factories that have taken pains in their Boxster convertible top manufacturing processes,
in particular with regard to their installation of original quality cables.
Covercraft Custom Fit Car Covers
Since 1965 Covercraft has pioneered the market for custom fit vehicle car covers and today are the largest manufacturer of custom-patterned vehicle covers in the world. They have over 67,000 patterns, and are continually growing. Still family owned, Covercraft has always maintained the highest standards, utilized the finest materials and remained on the cutting of manufacturing technology.
Parts in this category (Porsche Boxster) fit cars for years: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002.
We a now pleased to offer hydraulic cylinders, hydraulic motor pumps, and hydraulic hose sets. Also, checkout our newly added roof rail weatherstripping seals, front header weatherstripping seals, door weatherstripping seals, trunk weatherstripping seals. Look for extra savings on weatherstripping seals kits.
