Discovery soft top?

I have a 96 3-door disco and was wondering if anyone has ever converted one to be soft top? Appreciate being told this is the stoopidist idea ever, but having a roofless disco in the summer would be so cool!!!

Is is possible?

Other than the rear seat belts mounting points high up near the roof I cant see many problems with the actual removal of the roof and sides but should imagine making a frame and hood for it would be a bit of a bugger.

I did think about cutting the roof off my landy to make a convertable but I was thinking about how much flex you have to have and there is alot more to it than you think
My mate has cut roofs of cars and the amount of extra work and working out how much flex you have to have is a bitch, because if you make it too strong it will bend if you make it too weak it will fold up. so it is a case of working it all out and putting the strenth in the right places

Dont think body flex would be much of an issue as the chassis provides the rigidity to the car unlike say a ford fiesta which uses the body as a stressed member. Cut the roof of a fester without strengthening it will fold up under it's own wieght. If you search around on other threads on here there are a couple of disco pickup conversions and at least one trayback which is fundamently the same idea just without the worry of having to make a rag top up. Seat belt anchorages could be incorperated into the roll bars that would be adviseable.

shinydiscoball said:

Dont think body flex would be much of an issue as the chassis provides the rigidity to the car unlike say a ford fiesta which uses the body as a stressed member.

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I second that!

This ones on ebay at the mo, to do a soft top you leave the back out of the cab and take a piece out of the front part of the remaining roof similar to a suzuki sj410 soft top or just have the rear part open like some tartlanders iirc.

could allways ask the bloke thats sellin this rangie to tek sum more piccies to give you sum ideas.
Land Rover Range Rover Convertible V8~FULL MoT on eBay, also, Land Rover, Classic Cars, Cars, Parts Vehicles (end time 26-Mar-09 21:26:55 GMT)

oil dripper said:

could allways ask the bloke thats sellin this rangie to tek sum more piccies to give you sum ideas.
Land Rover Range Rover Convertible V8~FULL MoT on eBay, also, Land Rover, Classic Cars, Cars, Parts Vehicles (end time 26-Mar-09 21:26:55 GMT)

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That's well nice

It looks nice till you see it with the top up, then it looks like someones thrown a tarp over it... bet that leaks like a seive

the range rover convertible looks brill.... god ideas for my disco....cheers

Sleepwalker said:

the range rover convertible looks brill.... god ideas for my disco....cheers

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Its not a convertable its a cabrio, convertables are totaly open and they dont have the bars above your head, and the glass has no surround around it
:mooning::mooning:

I don't suppose any of you have the pic of that convertible range rover do you?
I am about to cut the lid off of my 96 Disco this weekend and could use a bit of encouragement!! It's my every day ride!

:doh:

3.9 v8 the way god designed engines ??

Naaa! 427 cu inch, 7.6 litre V8 chevy. 430 BHP on standard 98 octane fuel!!!
Now that's how God makes engines

Sleepwalker said:

I have a 96 3-door disco and was wondering if anyone has ever converted one to be soft top? Appreciate being told this is the stoopidist idea ever, but having a roofless disco in the summer would be so cool!!!

Is is possible?

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HI Sleepwalker.
Did you ever cut the roof off? If so I would very much appreciate any and all advice, pics and inside knowledge. I am about to do the same to my 96, 3door Discovery.
My number is 07500 451 412 if you have a moment to talk.
Cheers
Paul