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05-31-2013, 05:23 PM
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Drives: 2011 Camaro 2SS/RS Vert Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Lubbock Texas
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Top down time?
My top seems like it takes forever to go up/down. Are there actual released times from GM stating the time it should take? Ive googled/forum searched and found nothing. Has anyone had a top motor go bad?
How long does it take yours?
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05-31-2013, 05:32 PM
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Drives: 2023 2SS Red Hot Vert Camaro Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Citrus Springs FL
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To my understanding, it's 29 seconds. This was advertised somewhere in the marketing before the verts came out.
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06-01-2013, 07:16 AM
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Drives: 2011 Camaro 2LT RS Convertible Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: USAREUR, CONUS/DOD-A, VA
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Various Chevy publications list 18-20 seconds. I may have counted 15 seconds on mine but most likely it's 20 seconds.
See page 3 under the heading "Open Air Excitement" of the attached "Sales Reference Guide" for the 2011 Camaro Convertible (lots of other interesting and useful information contained in this, as well).
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06-01-2013, 10:08 PM
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Drives: 2011 Camaro 2SS/RS Vert Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Lubbock Texas
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thanks y'all. mine is taking about 20-25 seconds
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06-03-2013, 10:01 AM
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Drives: 2013 2SS Convertible, LS3 Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Republic of Texas
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Twenty seconds under normal conditions.
About ten minutes when I got caught in a sudden rain shower... |
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06-03-2013, 03:32 PM
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Drives: '11 2SS/RS LS-3 IOM/IO vert Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Southern NH
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20 sounds about right.
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09-01-2013, 08:17 AM
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Drives: '19 ZL1 1LE Join Date: Dec 2012
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Quote:
"If the radio is on, the sound may be muted for a brief time due to a new audio system equalization being loaded." And BTW, my top takes 17-18 seconds. |
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09-01-2013, 03:51 PM
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Drives: 2011 Camaro Convertible SS2/RS LS3 Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Olive Branch, Ms
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I seem to remember 17 down 25 up from Motor Trend. It's definitely a slow moving top. But who cares when it looks so good
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09-01-2013, 05:00 PM
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Drives: '12 2LT Convertible Join Date: Mar 2012
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I haven't timed it but my '12 2LT top is definitely slower than a '13'ZL1 I test drove. The '13 was noticeably faster up and down. Maybe it's the new top motor or they made it faster.
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09-04-2013, 07:20 AM
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 Drives: 2013 Crystal Red RS Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Southern IL, Fla
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Not sure of the time it takes, but I know that the Camaro is slower than the Toyota convertible. One day at a winery it started to rain and a guy at a table by ours and I ran out to our cars (his being the Toyota) and we started to put the tops up at the same time and his was up faster than mine by about 5 seconds. This was with my 11 not sure how much faster the 13 is, if it is faster.
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09-04-2013, 09:47 AM
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 Drives: 2011 - 2LT/RS Convertible Join Date: May 2011
Location: Ontario
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top down in 19 seconds. Haven't timed the top up movement.
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09-04-2013, 03:53 PM
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Drives: 2011 2SS/RS Vert Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Oshawa
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20 average here.
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11-02-2015, 01:35 AM
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Drives: 2013 2LT/RS BRM convertible Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: Sin City
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Love this question....mine takes about 24 seconds. And our Mustang top is quicker by about 4 seconds. That being said I HATE the Stang top for 2 reasons:
1- it's vinyl not fabric 2- Not driver friendly at all. I put the top down so easily in Camaro with the 1 center latch in middle. Mustang has 2 latches...on driver and passenger side. I can't put the top down without unlatching passenger side first or getting out and walking around to that side of car to unlatch.
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