Congrats man. I need to do a top on wife's 560SL and I'm not sure what I'll do. Read the procedure for the replacement and it sounds ...well horrible. Price of top is bad enough, but pauing to have doen or DIY? I just don't know. Original top from 1988 as far as I can tell, so I don't really feel bad about it needing it. You've got some serious guts to tackle that job.