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bestop sailcloth top woes

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Nathan W. Collier - 09 Mar 2008 01:11 GMT
ive been struggling with trying to install my bestop sailcloth top that
arrived yesterday.  please see
http://7slotgrille.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1541 for pictures and my
specific complaints.  if you have any tips it would be appreciated.

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Coasty - 09 Mar 2008 12:06 GMT
Nate,

We had the same problem with a friends it was cold out and struggled.  We
brought his TJ into my garage and cranked the heat up to about 80 degrees.
It still took us awhile because we needed to stretch the top.  We used a
couple of small hold down straps and keep tightening until the top went
down.  The damn thing was as tight as a drum head now after about a month it
fits well.  Since it was such a bear hw decided not to try his sun rider top
until thing stretched.

Coasty

> ive been struggling with trying to install my bestop sailcloth top that
> arrived yesterday.  please see
> http://7slotgrille.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1541 for pictures and my
> specific complaints.  if you have any tips it would be appreciated.
jeff - 09 Mar 2008 14:37 GMT
>> ive been struggling with trying to install my bestop sailcloth top
>> that arrived yesterday.  please see
>> http://7slotgrille.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1541 for pictures and
>> my specific complaints.  if you have any tips it would be appreciated.

Hook the front header first, then the rear corners. The first time I put
the top on my Rubi' I took a tiedown strap and tied a loop in the end.
Put a foot in the loop and hook the other end to the bow in the corner
and use that to pull the corner down so you can use both hands.After a
dozen times up and down it's not necessary. Also, you will have some
tugging of the top to get the rear panels aligned so that the windows go
in (rear and sides). Once they do I painted on a couple witness marks on
the tub for where the corners need to be for next time the top goes up.
Last thing: Watch the center bow over the drivers head. There is an FSB
on this. The saddles don't sit evenly on the rails, and will pop off to
one side. The cure for this is to pull down on the bod in the center and
bend it until the saddles fit correctly.

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Old Crow - 10 Mar 2008 11:45 GMT
>>> ive been struggling with trying to install my bestop sailcloth top
>>> that arrived yesterday.  please see
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>one side. The cure for this is to pull down on the bod in the center and
>bend it until the saddles fit correctly.

Damn, I think I'll stick with my YJ...that new fangled stuff sounds
like a lot of hassle<g>.
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Old Crow
'82 FLTC(P)
'95 Wrangler YJ
BS#132, TOMKAT, SENS, SLOB#13

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Nathan W. Collier - 10 Mar 2008 18:41 GMT
thanks much for the responses.  i ended up parking it in my garage and
turning the heat up to 85 degrees overnight.  the next day it was still a
struggle, but i finally got it.

.....now if i can just get the soft doors to align properly.

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Earle Horton - 10 Mar 2008 19:25 GMT
Is that Montana?  We still have three or four feet of snow in Colorado, and
everything exposed is covered with dirt, mud and road salt.  Whatever you
do, don't realign the windshield hinges or the body side door bottom hinge.
Once you do that, your hard doors will never fit again.

Earle

> thanks much for the responses.  i ended up parking it in my garage and
> turning the heat up to 85 degrees overnight.  the next day it was still a
> struggle, but i finally got it.
>
> .....now if i can just get the soft doors to align properly.
Lon - 12 Mar 2008 00:51 GMT
Well, down in the slums of Colorado, it is just about 70 today and the
very last bit of snow has finally bit the dust, except possibly for any
still hidden under the layer of mulch.

Where rumors are that in other parts of Colorado the standing snow depth
in town is closer to 10 or more feet.

> Is that Montana?  We still have three or four feet of snow in Colorado,
> and everything exposed is covered with dirt, mud and road salt.  
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>>
>> .....now if i can just get the soft doors to align properly.
 
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