wkilleffer
Jedi Knight
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Ok... Finally got the top frame into my 1974 MGB, and got to unpack the top that's been sitting in the office for about a year now.
It's a vinyl top that I ordered from a company in Rhode Island. It's listed as a 71-80 vinyl top with zip-rear window. Looks like a decent top.
Getting the back portion of the top fastened onto the car wasn't exactly a picnic. I'd left the top out in the sun for a couple of days, but had to do quite a bit of stretching to get all the lift the dots fastened.
Now, about 1.5" (roughly) from the leading edge of the top is a thin line done in silver paint. That looks like it's a guideline for how far to pull and stretch the top, like it's supposed to match up to the front edge of the header rail and that approx 1.5" of material is to be folded under and glued to the underside of the header rail. If that's the case, it seems like the top will be tight enough to bounce a half-dollar on it. It's going to take some serious pulling and stretching on my part.
I know tops are supposed to be somewhat tight, but how tight is too tight? I know a vinyl top won't last forever, but I don't want to tear it up right out of the starting gate.
It's a vinyl top that I ordered from a company in Rhode Island. It's listed as a 71-80 vinyl top with zip-rear window. Looks like a decent top.
Getting the back portion of the top fastened onto the car wasn't exactly a picnic. I'd left the top out in the sun for a couple of days, but had to do quite a bit of stretching to get all the lift the dots fastened.
Now, about 1.5" (roughly) from the leading edge of the top is a thin line done in silver paint. That looks like it's a guideline for how far to pull and stretch the top, like it's supposed to match up to the front edge of the header rail and that approx 1.5" of material is to be folded under and glued to the underside of the header rail. If that's the case, it seems like the top will be tight enough to bounce a half-dollar on it. It's going to take some serious pulling and stretching on my part.
I know tops are supposed to be somewhat tight, but how tight is too tight? I know a vinyl top won't last forever, but I don't want to tear it up right out of the starting gate.