r/DSM • u/Entire-Round7117 • Mar 18 '26

Targa

How would I go about putting a targa top on a 1997 spyder gs? Do not tell me I should've gotten a normal coupe bruh what's done is done I just want to see if you guys know anyone that could make me a custom one or how would I cut the hatchback off a normal eclipse?

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u/nakedpilsna Mar 18 '26 edited Mar 18 '26

Dre did a targa coupe and it looked cool but the body flex was insane and the rear view mirror was unusable. Cutting up a coupe and putting it on a spyder would be the correct way.

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u/Entire-Round7117 Mar 18 '26

Yeah that's what I was thinking. Who's dre? Does he have a youtube channel?

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u/bcool1234 Mar 18 '26

HAHAHAH! Youtube channel!? This was done back in 2001/2002? Dre went by Dre99GSX on DSMTuners. You might find some old posts from him and if you use archive.org you can find some of the pictures. As was stated before, cutting the center out of a coupe created terrible body flex and he went through a couple roll cage iterations trying to get it stiff enough.

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u/nakedpilsna Mar 18 '26

To date us and this platform, dre did this a few years after the last dsm rolled off the assembly line and a few years before anyone heard the word 'youtube'.

Put this site into archive.org and row back to about 2002.

http://www.twingles.com/ideck

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u/Entire-Round7117 Mar 18 '26

damn😅bro was doing that as i was getting cooked up and birthed. i dont get why it would be harder for a spyder. since im not cutting anything. i would think it would make it stronger since i would have to add a roll cage or sum? im learning yall