convertible top - Camaro5 Chevy Camaro Forum / Camaro ZL1, SS and V6 Forums

KEN CROCIE · 02-08-2024, 04:43 PM

I need to replace the top. Any brand favorites ?

yodaslim · 02-09-2024, 12:37 PM

I'm guessing there's not many convertible owners

*mlee* · 02-09-2024, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by yodaslim

I'm guessing there's not many convertible owners

Maybe if it was moved to the Convertible section

Dirgam · 02-09-2024, 03:41 PM

I've had two Gen 5 convertibles 2012 and 2013 haven't had to replace either. what is the issue ?

CamaroCracka · 02-10-2024, 07:02 AM

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Originally Posted by yodaslim

I'm guessing there's not many convertible owners

Not many convertible owners needing tops. I was trying to get some trim pieces off a vert getting parted out, but the seller would only sell the entire top for 1k.

c-57d · 02-11-2024, 06:12 PM

To be honest, I haven't heard of anyone needing to replace their top. (Mine sits covered in the garage during winter)
Please post on what you find.
-me

alberrt · 02-20-2024, 05:26 PM

I just had my second one put on. During the search to find a new one I learned there are only two manufacturers for tops. Don't remember the names. For example Robbins (my second top) is manufactured by one of those two and they make multiple others; same top different name like Robbins.

The hard part now is GM discontinued the rain bag and if yours is leaking, you have a bigger problem than which brand of top. Mine is a 2011 and when I took it to the shop in Bowie Md. where my local chevy dealer sources these jobs out to, they told me they would do nothing with the rain bag and I should just replace the top and sell the car. There is a long facebook thread for camaros and there is a lot of info on this forum, but the short answer remains; the rainbag along with a lot of the other parts are no longer available. On one of the forums I found a boty shop in the cincinatti oh area that will patch the rain bag and one in Raliegh NC that will also try to repair the existing bag. I had mine done in Raleigh, just before the end of 23. Was not cheap, but the window fell out of the back after about 4 years of very casual driving. The original top lasted over 100k miles and had rub holes in it but window glass is still in it.

Good luck getting yours replaced.

02-08-2024, 04:43 PM	#1
KEN CROCIE Drives: CAMARO 2SS 2015 convert. Join Date: Sep 2020 Location: CUCAMONGA Posts: 5	convertible top I need to replace the top. Any brand favorites ?

02-09-2024, 12:37 PM	#2
yodaslim Drives: 2013 Camaro SS Join Date: Feb 2024 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 23	I'm guessing there's not many convertible owners __________________ 2013 Chevrolet Camaro SS (My first baby and now my weekend car) 2023 Chevrolet Silverado Custom 4WD (Negotiated $10K off, I brag about every chance I get)

02-09-2024, 03:41 PM	#4
Dirgam Drives: 2012 VR GFX SS/RS M6 Convertible Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Orlando, Fl Posts: 94 View My Garage	I've had two Gen 5 convertibles 2012 and 2013 haven't had to replace either. what is the issue ? __________________ Super Power: Love of all mankind Kryptonite: People

02-11-2024, 06:12 PM	#6
c-57d Drives: 14 2SS/RS Triple Black Ragtop LS3 Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: California Bay Area 95008 Posts: 305 View My Garage	To be honest, I haven't heard of anyone needing to replace their top. (Mine sits covered in the garage during winter) Please post on what you find. -me __________________ Come see the violence inherent in the sysadmin.

02-20-2024, 05:26 PM	#7
alberrt Drives: 2012 LT1 RS Convertible Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Maryland Posts: 9	I just had my second one put on. During the search to find a new one I learned there are only two manufacturers for tops. Don't remember the names. For example Robbins (my second top) is manufactured by one of those two and they make multiple others; same top different name like Robbins. The hard part now is GM discontinued the rain bag and if yours is leaking, you have a bigger problem than which brand of top. Mine is a 2011 and when I took it to the shop in Bowie Md. where my local chevy dealer sources these jobs out to, they told me they would do nothing with the rain bag and I should just replace the top and sell the car. There is a long facebook thread for camaros and there is a lot of info on this forum, but the short answer remains; the rainbag along with a lot of the other parts are no longer available. On one of the forums I found a boty shop in the cincinatti oh area that will patch the rain bag and one in Raliegh NC that will also try to repair the existing bag. I had mine done in Raleigh, just before the end of 23. Was not cheap, but the window fell out of the back after about 4 years of very casual driving. The original top lasted over 100k miles and had rub holes in it but window glass is still in it. Good luck getting yours replaced.