More Bad Luck: Roof Cut Open, Stereo Stolen

[Supermiataman]

Naw, Sharpie was just asking for the price I believe and the first guy said too much. So its mine ya hear!

yup. Wish I had the cash I'd just buy it, to have a spare. (might be neat to have a blk and a tan top, switch em out to confuse ppl.) But I'm what you'd call poor, so that won't be happening.

[Walter]

you can get another piece of leather and some 3M interier glue from a autoparts store. Just glue that piece of leather over the rip. That may work depending on how big said rip is. Or you could always call around to auto upholstery shops and see how much they would charge you to recover it. I would think that would be a cheaper solution to purchasing a whole new top.

Thanks so much for everyone's help. After calling Pep Boys, Autozone and O'Reilly, no one carried any strips of leather or vinyl. Autozone had a seat repair kit, but I was a bit uneasy about sealing space-age Miata roof up myself. I called an upholstery shop here in Arlington. Initially the guys estimated $1200 and tried to replace the whole thing, but after further negotiations, they agreed to sew a patch on that will keep the rain out for $75. They said they'll even use the same material the top's made of! Now to get that dent fixed...

Actually, I believe you're third in line.

1. Walter
2. Sharpie
3. You

You guys can have it; a tan roof with my car's interior would look silly.

This happen in the same parking lot as your dent.....

How did you guess? Technically it was the "non-economy" lot right next to it. Needless to say I won't be parking at 1901 Main St anymore. Instead there's a garage caddy corner to it that costs less... provided I get my parking validated in the school's office.

I haven't had my car for over a week..

There's something weird here. We're both students living in Arlington who were born in May of '83 and have had recent bad luck with our cars.

[icepenguin66]

You guys can have it; a tan roof with my car's interior would look silly.

The tan top was the link to the guy in Austin, the other one for sale is the black one that is soon to be mine now!

There's something weird here. We're both students living in Arlington who were born in May of '83 and have had recent bad luck with our cars.

Yep, you both are in Arlington! I'm not too familiar with Arlington other than UTA but I felt a little worried on the drive to campus and have read plenty of stories. I'd always be on the lookout!