Photos from the top reworking on the Pig of Plastic
Nov 12, 2014 22:00:11 GMT -5
Post by 81pumagtc on Nov 12, 2014 22:00:11 GMT -5
I had the top reworked on the Pig of Plastic to make it better. The top was bad years ago, and of course, they were not available in the US. Stan solved this by having a custom top mad for a huge cost. The shop did a great job, but it was not quite right.
I decided to have the top reworked early in the fall. I got it back a few weeks ago, but I never had the time to post pictures. Overall, I'm quite pleased. There are still a couple of areas that are not quite tight, but to make it perfect, you would have to take the top completely apart, for lots more money than the $650 dollars I spent, and I was not willing to spend the extra cash for something I really don't have up a lot of the time when I am using it.
Here is what the refurbished top look like.
While the top was off, I decided to have them replace the 10+ year old rear window instead of paying hundreds later in the future.
It is not perfectly tight, but I was not willing to pay thousands to have it totally reworked.
I drilled two .032" holes towards the base and used special thread to relieve the stress when the top was put down to prevent the top from separating from the frame.
Looks a lot better in my opinion.
Dave Riedle
I decided to have the top reworked early in the fall. I got it back a few weeks ago, but I never had the time to post pictures. Overall, I'm quite pleased. There are still a couple of areas that are not quite tight, but to make it perfect, you would have to take the top completely apart, for lots more money than the $650 dollars I spent, and I was not willing to spend the extra cash for something I really don't have up a lot of the time when I am using it.
Here is what the refurbished top look like.
While the top was off, I decided to have them replace the 10+ year old rear window instead of paying hundreds later in the future.
It is not perfectly tight, but I was not willing to pay thousands to have it totally reworked.
I drilled two .032" holes towards the base and used special thread to relieve the stress when the top was put down to prevent the top from separating from the frame.
Looks a lot better in my opinion.
Dave Riedle
