Mail Archive Search: <+subject:/^(?:^\s*(re|sv|fwd|fw)[\[\]\d]*[:>-]+\s*)*TR4\s+Top\s*$/>

Results:

References: [ +subject:/^(?:^\s*(re|sv|fwd|fw)[\[\]\d]*[:>-]+\s*)*TR4\s+Top\s*$/: 14 ]

Total 14 documents matching your query.

1. TR4 Top (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 15:08:18 -0700 filter01.roc.ny.frontiernet.net; I have a new soft top for my TR4 and was wondering how difficult it is to install the grommets. The reason why I ask is that the nearest upholsterer for me is 90 miles away. Is this something a perso; /html/triumphs/2004-10/msg00614.html (7,180 bytes)
2. Re: TR4 Top (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 19:08:15 EDT; I have a new soft top for my TR4 and was wondering how difficult it is to install the grommets. The reason why I ask is that the nearest upholsterer for me is 90 miles away. Is this something a perso; /html/triumphs/2004-10/msg00615.html (8,125 bytes)
3. Re: TR4 Top (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 16:19:56 -0700; Not too difficult I think. I go slow... measure, do 2 fasteners, trial fit, do 2 more, etc. I use an Xacto hole punch (about 3/16") and a snap installation kit (little seat for the snap head and a pu; /html/triumphs/2004-10/msg00616.html (7,967 bytes)
4. RE: TR4 Top (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 16:24:14 -0700; Even the hole punch isn't necessary. I prefer to use the X-Acto knife to cut away the excess material inside the hole just before crimping the prongs. However, I find my "water pump" pliers to be qu; /html/triumphs/2004-10/msg00617.html (7,177 bytes)
5. Re: TR4 Top (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 16:48:26 -0700; And I'll add: I've always been able to install the pronged top half of the L.T.D. fastener by positioning in, having a block of soft wood underneath (end grain of a short 2x4) and just smacking it wi; /html/triumphs/2004-10/msg00618.html (7,659 bytes)
6. Re: TR4 Top (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 20:05:25 -0600; Tim, this is an easy job -- all it takes is the right tools and a lot of patience. Plus the old adage, measure twice, hole-punch once. It's possible to do it wrong, so think carefully and even do a m; /html/triumphs/2004-10/msg00619.html (8,187 bytes)
7. Re: TR4 Top (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 06:11:50 -0700; I have not been following this thread closely, but there is one gotcha that I didn't notice anyone mention. Soft top material stretches easier when warm. When you put the snaps in the top you want th; /html/triumphs/2004-10/msg00622.html (7,541 bytes)
8. TR4 Top (score: 1): Author: "Tim I. Purdy" <timipurdy@citlink.net>; Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 15:08:18 -0700 filter01.roc.ny.frontiernet.net; I have a new soft top for my TR4 and was wondering how difficult it is to install the grommets. The reason why I ask is that the nearest upholsterer for me is 90 miles away. Is this something a perso; /html/triumphs/2004-10/msg01248.html (7,812 bytes)
9. Re: TR4 Top (score: 1): Author: ZoboHerald@aol.com; Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 19:08:15 EDT; I have a new soft top for my TR4 and was wondering how difficult it is to install the grommets. The reason why I ask is that the nearest upholsterer for me is 90 miles away. Is this something a perso; /html/triumphs/2004-10/msg01249.html (8,951 bytes)
10. Re: TR4 Top (score: 1): Author: Geo Hahn <ahwahnee@cybertrails.com>; Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 16:19:56 -0700; Not too difficult I think. I go slow... measure, do 2 fasteners, trial fit, do 2 more, etc. I use an Xacto hole punch (about 3/16") and a snap installation kit (little seat for the snap head and a pu; /html/triumphs/2004-10/msg01250.html (8,841 bytes)
11. RE: TR4 Top (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>; Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 16:24:14 -0700; Even the hole punch isn't necessary. I prefer to use the X-Acto knife to cut away the excess material inside the hole just before crimping the prongs. However, I find my "water pump" pliers to be qu; /html/triumphs/2004-10/msg01251.html (8,047 bytes)
12. Re: TR4 Top (score: 1): Author: Geo Hahn <ahwahnee@cybertrails.com>; Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 16:48:26 -0700; And I'll add: I've always been able to install the pronged top half of the L.T.D. fastener by positioning in, having a block of soft wood underneath (end grain of a short 2x4) and just smacking it wi; /html/triumphs/2004-10/msg01252.html (8,533 bytes)
13. Re: TR4 Top (score: 1): Author: Steven Newell <steven@newellboys.com>; Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 20:05:25 -0600; Tim, this is an easy job -- all it takes is the right tools and a lot of patience. Plus the old adage, measure twice, hole-punch once. It's possible to do it wrong, so think carefully and even do a m; /html/triumphs/2004-10/msg01253.html (9,028 bytes)
14. Re: TR4 Top (score: 1): Author: TeriAnn Wakeman <twakeman@cruzers.com>; Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 06:11:50 -0700; I have not been following this thread closely, but there is one gotcha that I didn't notice anyone mention. Soft top material stretches easier when warm. When you put the snaps in the top you want th; /html/triumphs/2004-10/msg01256.html (8,176 bytes)

Current List: 1 - 14
Page: [1]