Inner cover

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Principle drawing of a retrofittable inner top

With interior roof (also headliners, roof lining , the inner lining is called) a canvas top in a convertible or Roadster designated.

Up until the turn of the millennium, convertibles and roadsters were often only equipped with unlined, thin fabric tops . For a long time, this was a distinguishing feature of roadsters. Modern two-seater convertibles are therefore actually no longer roadsters in the original sense, as they mostly have comfortable, electrically operated folding tops made of fabric, metal or even plastic.

For many open vehicles without these comfortable folding roofs, hardtops have been developed to protect the soft top in winter as well as for noise and temperature insulation , which can be mounted as a fixed roof when the top is folded. At the same time, as an alternative to the hardtop, the inner soft top was created, a cladding of the "soft top from the inside" for open vehicles that are not factory-fitted with a headliner or are not intended for this. Like the hardtop, the inner top can be easily retrofitted.

An inner cover is attached with plastic or rubber profiles , Velcro and buttonable straps. It usually consists of a velor fabric with an insulating layer on the back , which can both keep out noise and compensate for temperature fluctuations. An inner hood can be permanently installed like a factory headliner.

  • Roadster with and without an inner hood

  • open convertible with inner top

  • modern roadster with inner hood

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