this was from a 2001

 

Ack, local pickup is not good for me, sorry! Keninirvine - what changes? I ask because I have an '04 and I wouldn't want to end up with a top I can't use...

 

I've pasted below a comment from the Renntech forum recently, by someone who installed a 996 hardtop on his 997.

"With all due respect to your dealers parts guy, if all he/she is doing is looking at the 997 PET they are going to see the 997 part numbers which end in .04 which will not work with the locking pins on the older 996 tops. I did a good deal of research on it and even the Sunset guys weren't sure if it would work when I ordered the parts. The part numbers I listed and you show in your post, which end in .03, are the part numbers I installed in my 2007 C4S Cab for a top from a 2003 996 Cab. I purchased them from Sunset Imports (think I originally said in one of my earlier posts Suncoast, my bad) ) for $ 122 and change each. (shipping was extra)

So long as the locking pins on the top are not the new threaded type ( looks like the threads on a bolt or screw) which would have had to be retro fit to a 996 top, than these are the part numbers you need if you are using an older 996 top. These locks have two pins sticking out from the sides of the end of the locking shaft which force themselves into the spring loaded mount. Should have taken pics of the install but it is simply a matter of removing the trim piece that covers the roll bars, removing the two black plastic spacers on either side and using the bolts that held in the spacer, plus one you'll need to supply, to bolt in the mounts which are marked left and right. It is not a complicated install. I'm sure I got that info from this site in the TSB section but I could walk you through it or take a picture or two to help you get started. PM me if you go ahead with project."

 

Thanks for the reply - and sorry for the threadjacking. So it appears, basically, that newer 996 tops have the threaded pins, whereas the older ones do not?

 

That would be my interpretation.

 

I'm considering purchasing a hardtop. Unfortunately my car is white, so I'd need to repaint. Wold you consider an offer of $350? what is the weigh of the hardtop? I need to consider shipping cost.

 

Dude, this thread died 3 years ago.. you really think the top is still for sale?