- 1. Re: Soft top header rail installation (score: 1)
- Author: jcarlile@altavista.net
- Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 23:32:30 -0400 (EDT)
- It depends on where you live. First time I did it I followed the books with caution and my top sagged almost immediately. Second time I set it in sun for awhile and it's been fine-- but I live in So.
- /html/spridgets/1998-05/msg00085.html (7,446 bytes)
- 2. Soft top header rail installation (score: 1)
- Author: Philip Hubbard <phubbard@carroll.com>
- Date: Thu, 23 Apr 1998 20:28:48 -0400
- Wondering if anyone can help me with a soft top install question. I just bought a 1974 Midget with a new top. Only thing is, the owner handed me a header rail, weather strip and said "never got aroun
- /html/spridgets/1998-04/msg00747.html (8,094 bytes)
- 3. Re: Soft top header rail installation (score: 1)
- Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>
- Date: Thu, 23 Apr 1998 20:49:48 -0400
- If the rivets are too long, then it takes a lot of pumping of the gun before the rivet stem breaks. The rivet length should be about an eighth of an inch (or a little longer) than the thickness of t
- /html/spridgets/1998-04/msg00749.html (8,926 bytes)
- 4. Re: Soft top header rail installation (score: 1)
- Author: jcarlile@altavista.net
- Date: Thu, 23 Apr 1998 23:07:04 -0400 (EDT)
- -- Definitely. That's the only way to go. Forget the rivets, they're unnecessary. Use screws instead. Replacing a soft top is super easy if you get one with snaps already installed. Just be sure you
- /html/spridgets/1998-04/msg00752.html (8,248 bytes)
- 5. Re: Soft top header rail installation (score: 1)
- Author: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>
- Date: Thu, 23 Apr 1998 22:44:17 -0700 (PDT)
- I don't know about that. I mainly put my top up when it is very cold and I think it would be next to impossibe to do that if I had installed the top hot and stretched. Ulix __/__,__ .................
- /html/spridgets/1998-04/msg00755.html (8,101 bytes)
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