[Tigers] Hard Top Trim

[Tod Brown]

On 9/29/2012 10:23 AM, Will Seay wrote:
> Wasn't there a workshop at a United a few years ago that included a how-to
> video?
>
> Will Seay 382001570
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> From: tigers-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:tigers-bounces at autox.team.net] On
> Behalf Of Tod Brown
> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 6:05 PM
> To: tigers at autox.team.net
> Subject: [Tigers] Hard Top Trim
>
> Hello All:
>
> After a very long time, I am trying to put the trim on my hard top and need the
> benefit of some of you with more experience in this subject.
> My first question has to do with installing the stainless trim around the back
> window.  Specifically, it seems that you have to install the trim as the last
> step in the installation process, after the window and rubber gasket/molding
> have been installed in the window opening or am I misunderstanding something?
> If my assumption is correct, exactly how does the stainless fit into the rubber
> molding.  Obviously, the stainless slides into the slot in the molding toward
> the inside of the molding, but what about the outside edge of the stainless?
> The stainless has a rolled edge on its outside, so it looks like it should grab
> the edge of the molding which would seem easy to do if the molding is not
> already installed, but not so easy when the molding is in place.
> I guess what I need is step-by-step guidance starting from the beginning with
> the window, molding and stainless separated from the hard top.  I have been
> through the process of installing the molding and window on a number of
> occasions but only recently was able to acquire a set of stainless trim (thanks
> to Jim Armstrong carrying it back from England) which is the reason for my
> questions.
>
> My second question has to do with the installation of the long stainless side
> trim, the pieces that go over the top of the roll-up windows and down along the
> side of the hardtop.  I have heard there is a way of hooking the trim over a
> part of the rain gutter and then snapping it on with some force.  But which end
> and where does one apply the force?  Can someone walk me through this bit as
> well?
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tod
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>
>
Will:

You may be recollecting the United in 2010 in Rockland, Maine.  At that 
time, I had just gotten my hardtop painted and thought it might be 
instructive to show how to install the rear window, which is what we 
did.  Several folks came to see and I learned some things from the 
group.  To my knowledge, no one made a video, unfortunately.  I didn't 
have the rear stainless then, so that was not addressed.

As to the front weatherstrip, it sounds like you are trying to feed it 
in one end and then pulling it all the way through.  In my experience, 
and apparently yours as well, that does not work.  You have to take 
something like a wide screwdriver or a tongue depressor or similar and, 
after inserting the rear bead on the weatherstrip into the metal 
channel, force the other bead on the outside into the corresponding 
channel on the front, little by little.  It is a tedious process but, 
with care, you can get it in.

Tod
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