Convertible top and windshield

[HeadacheGuy]

Ok...sucks to be me..... Baseball size hail today and my 65 convertible was a casualty. Here's the question. Who has the best quality tops and windshields for the money? Though it is an insurance issue I want good stuff and there appears to be several suppliers. I want to make sure the top is a good fit and the glass isn't some Safelite thin piece of crap. Sheet metal didn't fair out horrible given how thick it is but she got peppered pretty bad. I will have to do the windshield gasket as well and don't how quality is on these either. Help!!!!!

 

[HeadacheGuy]

Added note...mine is white so Stayfast vinyl appears to be out. Looks like I have to get pinpoint vinyl (which is cheaper anyway)

 

[HeadacheGuy]

Insurance company wants to total me out for 13 grand minus the 3500 they want me to buy it back for. I have to use the internet to improve my position as I replacement value for what I have at around 22 grand. If anyone out there has sold one for in the past yr (or so) could you give me an idea of what you got for it and the condition it was in? (don't sugar coat the condition, if it had issues it helps me value mine against it). No, I ain't totaling it....WAY to nice of a car even with hail damage to get rid of it. I just get the pleasure of dealing with idiot adjusters who want me to bail out cheap. Geez.....keep the same policy for 40 years and THIS is the service I get? I have to upload all my research and if anyone has good advice on twisting arms at the insurance level (yes I will threaten and make good on legal action), it wont fall on deaf ears.

 

[HeadacheGuy]

Also.....if anyone knows of a good used under panel (the sheet metal underneath the top) for sale it is the only bad panel on the car for corrosion and when the top comes off it will be a great time to address it. I have looked in the past and it isn't the easiest thing to find.

 

[HeadacheGuy]

Happy days. After a sternly written letter and some internet info the insurance company upped my value to 20K and assured me they will fix the car. Still going to do the top myself to help eat the deductible and could use any words of wisdom on the process. Going to be on the long list for getting into the body shop so I have time. Also still think I want to replace the lower top panel if I can find a decent one but that is getting tougher.