![]() We do our best to find tops in very good condition, but they are now 17-23 years old and WILL show some signs of use. Still have not run across a Paradise Blue top, though, sorry. ![]() ![]() On very rare occasion we can find a white top (6 in 14 years), or an Electric Green Mica top (4 in 14 years). Inquire for other colors, we get them in Black, Phantom Grey Pearl, Solar Yellow, Red, 8M6 Blue, and Silver. The price is all-inclusive (hardtop, hardware and shipping), but the purchaser is responsible for any import duties (typically ~$80 in the USA) billed by the carrier (DHL). The hard tops are stored overseas and shipped air express directly to your door in the USA (shipping for other locations is available but may vary on price). The hardtops come with all the hardware needed to attach it to your Spyder - side posts, rear clips, bolts and a defogger wire unless otherwise noted. Please do let us know if you would like to be notified when a top of any particular color comes in, most of them get sold before we get to post them on this site. We are always getting more, but there is a list of people waiting for them and they rarely make it to this website.If you are interested in purchasing this top without side striker posts for $3500, just ask. Please zoom in to the pictures to examine this top. This top has a few scratches and I can see one paint chip, and can use a good polishing. A Silver top in Good condition priced at $3750 shipped to your door in the 50 states.Just contact us and we can send an invoice. If you see it listed below in "Current Stock," it's available now at the listed price. Contact us with your desired color or colors to be added to the notify list. We maintain a 'notify' list for each color (and a special one for any color), and as tops become available we will email those on the list. Right now, demand far exceeds supply for hardtops, so it is rare that a top makes it to be listed for sale. We get them when we get them, so check back often for your preferred color (or send us a note requesting a color). These are used OEM hard tops, imported from overseas. Here's a pic.Genuine factory OEM Toyota hardtops for your 2000-2006 MR2 Spyder The VG will create a vortex going counter-clockwise as viewed from the front. This assumes, however, that they are properly mounted in the right location.įor maximum effectiveness, my eyeball believes that you should mount them a little bit farther forward than most modern cars have them. In fact, in aircraft, most owners do not report any change in cruise speed or max speed when using CG's. In fact, at track speeds (150mph+), VG's are totally ineffective at directing the airflow that far downard that quickly. Nevertheless, rest assured you don't need to be "at track speeds" for VG's to be doing their thing. I can't say, however, whether it will be a noticeable improvement. So anybody driving on the highway will probably get at least marginally improved mileage (less buffeting, maybe less noise). Those types of speeds are where the VG's are doing the most good. Or to retain good rudder or elevator control on the tail feathers at a high angle of attack. They are used to get that Cessna to stall at, say, 46mph rather than 48mph, or to get a super STOL homebuilt down to a 28mph stall speed rather than 32mph. On aircraft VG's are considered LOW SPEED aerodynamic devices. So what are you gaining on a car? Well, interestingly, the VG's make the most difference at LOW speeds. 2 or 3mph with better control is more common on planes that are deemed to "really need" VG's. On some homebuilts, the VG's will lower the stall speed by as much as 4 or 5mph. The window appears to kind of be like a flap that is dropped down from the wing ("roof"). Similarly, your roof to your rear window looks a lot like the top of a wing at high angles of attack. there are some homebuilts (most canard planes come to mind) which get piss-poor airflow over the front horizontal stabilizer at high angles of attack (this is because they are laminar flow designs intended for high speed cruising). It's really such a ridiculously simple device and it really works well.Īs for how important is it. Realistically though, all they really are are a piece of 90* bend so you have a vertical triangle and a horizontal rectangle (which is glued down to the surface). Also an Airframe and Powerplant mechanic with a 4 year aeronautics degree.įirst off, most of the experimental guys who use VG's make them themselves or buy them for a ridiculously low price. Longtime Experimental Aircraft Enthusiast and Builder here.
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