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Universal Laminations hardtop for BT7
I installed my hardtop today and have a problem on the drivers side. 4 seat car. At the passenger door I can't get the one side to go down onto the aluminum rail surround. I stays up about an inch. The pin in going into the pipe but the last few inches will not go down. The passenger side goes down correctly. I tried to upload photos but it stops me from adding them.
 

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There was something about the text string "having hardtop trouble" that, when put in the browser's address bar (which happens when you click on a thread), my server's security rules interpreted the string as a possible SQL injection attempt (my security rules thought a hacker is trying to "inject" malicious code into the forum database).

If I removed the word "having" from the string, then all is well. So, I edited the title in the database so now people can access this thread. Sorry for any inconvenience. I will try to see what Ips were blocked due to this little glitch and I will unblock them.

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Found answer to problem. Slacked off on the tight side and when all pressure was off began to retighten a bit at a time until they drew down even. May add another piece of weather strip to surround to raise back and lower front.
 

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God rule of thumb - when tightening bolts, always leave the first ones a little loose before tightening until all bolts are seated properly and whatever you're installing is on straight and true.
 
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