1 person hardtop replace & remove?

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Postby Richee » Thu Feb 09, 2006 7:15 am

Wuey you have PM
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Postby Insurgence » Mon Mar 20, 2006 12:38 am

I just gave it a go, with great difficulty :mrgreen:
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Postby RobbieRat » Mon Mar 20, 2006 7:30 pm

Good job you wern't sitting in the car at the time :mrgreen:
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Postby 4sfed5 » Wed Mar 22, 2006 6:17 pm

My technique is to unclip everything, then open both doors. Then get in the car so you are kneeling on the seat, kinda facing across the car but a bit forwards. grip both sides of the hard top where the tops of the widows are and use the back of youre neck to push up and take the weight of the Hard top,you need to get youre neck/shoulder in the center of the H.T right at the top of the rear window so you have got the weight distribution right Then simply stand up/back while balancing the H.T on the back of neck and shoulders.(handy to remove aerial before you start this)
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Postby rodent » Wed Mar 22, 2006 9:28 pm

Hope you have your chiropractor on speed dial :P

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Postby 4sfed5 » Wed Mar 22, 2006 9:36 pm

hehe.
Sounds alot more complicated than it really is. the hardest bit is making sure you dont bang the H.T on anything. its not very heavy when its on your shoulders.
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Postby Insurgence » Sat Mar 25, 2006 12:57 pm

I did employ the 'balance on head' technique. not an optimal solution, me thinks :mrgreen:

I will make a homemade pulley system as well, or just ask someone to help :lol:
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