You can use a cheap soldering iron from Radio Shack to burn holes in the
plastic if you are carefull it works fine.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jay Laifman <Jay_Laifman(at)countrywide.com>
To: alpines(at)autox.team.net <alpines(at)autox.team.net>
Date: Friday, March 05, 1999 8:22 AM
Subject: Mounting tonneau
>Christopher write:
>>Mount the snaps from the inside out. That is, mount the front two
>>center snaps first, then the rear and work your way out to the edges.
>>To mount the snaps, after you have located where you want it, take the
>>piece with the prongs on it and make an impression in the cover. I
>>then took an exacto knife an cut small slits where the impressions were
>>(be very careful doing this). Then simply punch or cut out the center
>>hole. You can then mount the "Lift The Dot" snap to the cover.
>
>Boy, he makes that sound easy. I double that warning about being careful
>with the exacto knife. I don't think I can count on my bloody fingers how
>many times I've sliced and diced them using a exacto knife to cut through
>heavy material like a tonneau. And, then there is always the time when it
>unexpectedly slides right in and make a slice 6 times as long as I wanted
>it to be. I wonder if there is another alternative - something like a hand
>drill or something. I realize the hand drill itself is also dangerous and
>raised other problems like holding the material. Just a thought, haven't
>tried it. But, I guess if you've marked the hole and maybe used a couple
>C-clamps to hold the material onto a wood board, it might just be a easy
>and clean way to go.
>
>I'd also suggest to do it when it is warm out and the tonneau has sat in
>the sun. On the other hand, this will probably make it difficult to put in
>on when it is cold out!
>
>Jay
>
>
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