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dseretakis

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Soft top material
« on: April 17, 2016, 00:21:15 »
I'm looking into purchasing a soft top for my car. Bud's Benz has a twill fast material for $425 and german material for $525. They claim that the twill fast is better. Any thoughts? Why is it better? How does it look originality wise?
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66andBlue

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Re: Soft top material
« Reply #1 on: April 17, 2016, 05:40:58 »
The original material is "Sonnenland - Classic" with the tan (not black!) waffle-weave on the inner skin manufactured by the Haartz Company:
http://www.sl113.org/wiki/Tops/SoftTop#Cloth
Many of us have bought tops from GAT: https://www.germanautotops.com/mercedes-benz/mercedes-convertible-tops ,
great service and perfect fit!
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Re: Soft top material
« Reply #2 on: April 17, 2016, 14:54:26 »
I ordered samples from GAHH, German Auto Tops and from World Upholstery---

GAT was clearly the best quality and 66andblue is 100 % correct.
https://www.germanautotops.com/mercedes-benz-w113-230sl-250sl-280sl-63-71-black-german-w-plastic-window

 John at GAT- is working on my interior as we "type" --they are great to deal with!
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dseretakis

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Re: Soft top material
« Reply #3 on: April 17, 2016, 18:15:50 »
This is some good information! I will order from GAT! Thanks!
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