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RE: Soft Top BT7 installation

To: <SAINTADUB@aol.com>, <healeys@autox.team.net>
Subject: RE: Soft Top BT7 installation
From: "Simon Lachlan" <simon.lachlan@homecall.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 15:36:16 +0100
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-healeys@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-healeys@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of SAINTADUB@aol.com
Sent: 01 June 2005 13:52
To: healeys@autox.team.net
Subject: Soft Top BT7 installation

I am going to install a new soft top on my BT7.
I have the old one as a model. I am wondering what to do first,  to secure 
the rear on the car using the fasteners and finishing by  adjusting and 
stappling the front or doing the reverse, starting on the front  and
adjusting the 
fasteners location to get a proper tension of the vinyl?
Any suggestion?
 
Thanks in advance,
 
Philippe - France
BT7 
Philipp,
I started with the front. Then behind one window, then the other then worked
my way backwards. Very important to keep it exactly square on and measured
up. The boring old adage "Measure twice and cut once" really applies here.
But, for all of that, it's a simple enough job.
Do it when the material is warmish and flexible. Maybe out in the sun....not
in the hot Cote d'Azur perhaps, but warm enough to get the wrinkles out.
Bon chance,
      Simon.




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