Lots of updates! friday was the last day of the school year. This teacher is on summer break now!
This top is awesome!!! I got the top installed quicker than I thought. the upper door bows were the tuffest part! I ended up lopping off more than I think I should have and taking the center part out? dont know what that part is called but it unbolts.
BE AWARE: I have early style doors and this was the only way I could get the doors to shut properly. I think
@HelloKitty65 told me about this in a PM. It was easy to take this part out because it was just bolted in on the Troa part. I think on real steal its tac welded in. I will have to find some good weather stripping to put in this area. but it fiits really nice after I took this part out. Ill get a picture this afternoon if I have time.
The turn buckles are garbage and I did indeed use the toyota turnbuckles. I did order 4 more toyota ones as I only ordered 3 per side but I think I am going to do 5 per side. the troa ones would not hold up down where I live. also I am pretty sure I could just bend them around with my hands if I wanted to. I have not added the turnbuckle fittings to the top yet but i will sometime this week. I ordered some better quality ones that should be here soon.
The windsheild channel: this part was tricky as without instructions I installed it the first time around upside down. the channel is curved but it is curved in the opposite direction you think. I used m6 nutzerts to attach it to the windsheild frame. Probibly the most stressfull part of the install was drilling the holes for the nutserts. luckly I guess from factory some pre done holes were there but no captive nuts.
The door B pillars were concerning to me as my doors are strait. but it seems to fit just fine with only minor massaging to a corner (because I dropped it unpacking and bent it a hair...
Attaching the rear part of the top was much easier because Troa actually had factory style mounting stuff now for the back bows. A step up from real steel in my opinion. I used nutserts again for the bottom thing and the side tub mounts.
Some other notes: the troa b pillars have a mount for an iterior light so I ordered one. Ill post more on that when It gets here.
all in all this top is awesome and I could not be happier! even though I waited almost two months to get it. Plus even troa's customer service was awesome when I need help with customs
Ill post more photos when I get a chance! and apologize for the crap photos.
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