got me a hard on
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got me a hard on
I finally got a hard top.. after searching for months...
I had to go pick it up from the local yellow freight, we took my car and a suzuki grand vitara... when the guy came out with the huge box we realized that there was no way it would fit in the suzuki... so we just unwrapped it and slapped it on my miata. and drove off...
I have a question though, how do the frankestien bolts work? do the rear latches just slide on? the rear latches dont seem to be very snug and it seems like they should be closer down then they are.. I will run outside and take a crappy pic with my phone so you can see.
I had to go pick it up from the local yellow freight, we took my car and a suzuki grand vitara... when the guy came out with the huge box we realized that there was no way it would fit in the suzuki... so we just unwrapped it and slapped it on my miata. and drove off...
I have a question though, how do the frankestien bolts work? do the rear latches just slide on? the rear latches dont seem to be very snug and it seems like they should be closer down then they are.. I will run outside and take a crappy pic with my phone so you can see.
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so there is no way to make them tighter?
it is kinda hard to tell but they stick up about a quarter inch...
I dont want it to fly off while I am driving... I did after all spend the turbo money on this... (long story short the girlfriend made note of the really bad condtition of the soft top, and that winter would soon be here. stupid logic )
it is kinda hard to tell but they stick up about a quarter inch...
I dont want it to fly off while I am driving... I did after all spend the turbo money on this... (long story short the girlfriend made note of the really bad condtition of the soft top, and that winter would soon be here. stupid logic )
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you need to put the top down just in front of the franenstien bolts. Then you push the top forward onto them. They should both sit flush to the body, you'll feel it when they pop into place.
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This may help as well:
http://www.finishlineperformance.com...n&key=MIAE1001
BUT!!!! DUN DUH DA! Spec miatas shops usually sell these for cheap. Like a .02 hooker! Or they are on ebay a bunch.
http://www.finishlineperformance.com...n&key=MIAE1001
BUT!!!! DUN DUH DA! Spec miatas shops usually sell these for cheap. Like a .02 hooker! Or they are on ebay a bunch.
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I messed with it and it still doesnt seem like it is on right... when the frankenstein feel like they are on the front of it is too far forward and it wont latch down... is there a way to adjust the franki clips?
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ya I did that... it feels like it is on, it doesnt rattle or make any noise, but the rear latches seem to be higher up than they should be, and the four other clips went on with little to no resistance.. which makes me think it isnt really being held on tightly.
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from what I can see there are little plates on the inside of the rear latches, that are held in place by the "floating bolts" you can push the plates towards the front of the car to make it hold the frankinstien bolt tighter and the latch then moves to where it looks like it should be, problem with having it tight like this is that the bolts wont go back into the holes?? should I just leave it how it is and forget about it?? I am worried it is going to flip off while I am driving
thats true I didnt think about that, makes sense...
thats true I didnt think about that, makes sense...