Re: CJ-7 Fiberglass Body and Bestop
 

I used a hole saw and cut an access below the rim in the inside 'glass
shell, then drilled down into the access hole. I then use washers and
nuts and bolts.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

Chip wrote:
>
> I am fixing my CJ-7. (as most of the regulars already know)
>
> The person that installed the new Bestop top did not use the threaded plates
> behind the bolts that bolt the framework around the body. He used some kind
> of tapered screw, which does not work real well in the fiberglass. I'm sure
> that someone here has installed a soft top on a fiberglass body. I am
> formulating a plan for fixing it, I just want to hear from the voice of
> experience, if it exists here.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chip

Re: CJ-7 Fiberglass Body and Bestop
 

I used a hole saw and cut an access below the rim in the inside 'glass
shell, then drilled down into the access hole. I then use washers and
nuts and bolts.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

Chip wrote:
>
> I am fixing my CJ-7. (as most of the regulars already know)
>
> The person that installed the new Bestop top did not use the threaded plates
> behind the bolts that bolt the framework around the body. He used some kind
> of tapered screw, which does not work real well in the fiberglass. I'm sure
> that someone here has installed a soft top on a fiberglass body. I am
> formulating a plan for fixing it, I just want to hear from the voice of
> experience, if it exists here.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chip

Re: CJ-7 Fiberglass Body and Bestop
 

I used a hole saw and cut an access below the rim in the inside 'glass
shell, then drilled down into the access hole. I then use washers and
nuts and bolts.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

Chip wrote:
>
> I am fixing my CJ-7. (as most of the regulars already know)
>
> The person that installed the new Bestop top did not use the threaded plates
> behind the bolts that bolt the framework around the body. He used some kind
> of tapered screw, which does not work real well in the fiberglass. I'm sure
> that someone here has installed a soft top on a fiberglass body. I am
> formulating a plan for fixing it, I just want to hear from the voice of
> experience, if it exists here.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chip