They quoted me $8600 for a 31. I am sure yours would be more given the size. They said I am getting a good price because they have two others the exact same size and they would not have to "Retool" to add mine. Figure Tiara wants 17,500 for my top and the shipping is another $2500. So this one is less that half that much.
(12-18-2020, 10:40 AM)reeltimebrad Wrote: You might not want to sell it after you put it on! They really make the boat.
I bought a Tiara 50 Open. Tiara only made 7 of them and 2 were destroyed in sandy hook during the hurricane. I DO NOT need 2 boats. I will say that I loved my 41, it is a great boat but the 50 if absolutely phenomenal.
You my want to contact Tiara. A friend had a hardtop installed on a 97 40 Express a few years ago by Tiara.
They made new molds that could be sized for other boats. I got a quote for a 2000 35 Express I was looking at in 2017. I figured it would be about 20K by the time it was shipped to Florida and installed. I wound up buying a Sovran instead.
I spoke to Tiara about the factory hardtop last month. They were helpful, as always, and the factory tops look amazing.
In my particular case, the cost of the factory top, with a few options, shipping, fabrication of additional parts/install is going to be too much relative to the current value of the boat. It would be great to have, but probably would be better to buy another boat with diesels/gen that has it already.
Base hardtop was around $15K plus options (hatches, lighting, sound, mast, sound, etc.). Shipping was around $4,500. Special parts fabricated by a third party (e.g., tower fabricator) to mate the hardtop with the windshield and add supports, and don't forget installation (at least $6,000 total). Again, would love to have it, but $30K for a hardtop is just too much relative to the current value of my boat.
