Re: How to patch soft top
 

Wow...it sounds like your top's been through hell! ;-)

I haven't gotten any holes in mine yet (and no slashes from thieves
thankfully)...my only complaint is the abhorrent state of the windows
and resultant lack of visibility. That and my zippers are screwed. But
these things I will live with until I decide it's bad enough to buy a
brand new sail cloth RAT from Bestop, or get a great offer from
someone wanting to sell a used Spice color top in good/great
condition.


"Joseph P" <jpribeMY@FINGERnc.rr.com> wrote in message news:<ba_lc.3818$zq4.253129@twister.southeast.rr.c om>...
> In news:alXlc.24676$wY.7855@nwrdny03.gnilink.net,
> Peter Brideau from <pebrideau@hotmail.com> was injured
> because:
>
> | I just picked up a used OEM soft top, half doors and
> uppers.
> | All in good shape except for one hole in the driver side
> sail.
> | At $400.00 I couldn't resist. What is the best way to
> repair
> | the hole? It's small, more like a cut. I also am looking
> for
> | the brackets for rear window to the body. Anyone have a
> source
> | for these, or any idea what DC would ask for them?
>
> Depending on the size of the cut/hole, all the following
> have been *very* successful on my TJ. Top is 6 years old,
> and still water tight:
>
> Rubber Cement (still there, still water proof)
> Super Glue (ditto)
> Sew it up, then super glue (ditto)
> Super Glue Gel (ditto)
> Clear packing tape (ditto) (hardly can tell its there..rear
> side window) (put it on both sides)
>
>
>
> --
> --
> Joe Pribe
> NC
>
> Pull my finger to reply by email.
>
> jpribe 'at' nc.rr.com
> jegp 'at' hotmail.com
>
> I Love My O|||||||O

Re: How to patch soft top
 

"Peter Brideau" pebrideau@hotmail.com writes:

> I just picked up a used OEM soft top, half doors and uppers. All in good
> shape except for one hole in the driver side sail. At $400.00 I couldn't
> resist. What is the best way to repair the hole? It's small, more like a
> cut. I also am looking for the brackets for rear window to the body. Anyone
> have a source for these, or any idea what DC would ask for them?\

I helped a buddy patch his. He used an iron-on patch like the kind you use to
patch holes in blue jeans. I held a big block of wood over the tear on the
outside and he ironed the patch on from the inside. After it had cooled/dried
he applied a bead of super glue around the edges of the patch. This was a
couple of years ago and so far, so good.

Scotty
'99 TJ Sahara 4.0L I-6
'99 XJ Sport 4.0L I-6
'03 BMW Z4

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Re: How to patch soft top
 

"Peter Brideau" pebrideau@hotmail.com writes:

> I just picked up a used OEM soft top, half doors and uppers. All in good
> shape except for one hole in the driver side sail. At $400.00 I couldn't
> resist. What is the best way to repair the hole? It's small, more like a
> cut. I also am looking for the brackets for rear window to the body. Anyone
> have a source for these, or any idea what DC would ask for them?\

I helped a buddy patch his. He used an iron-on patch like the kind you use to
patch holes in blue jeans. I held a big block of wood over the tear on the
outside and he ironed the patch on from the inside. After it had cooled/dried
he applied a bead of super glue around the edges of the patch. This was a
couple of years ago and so far, so good.

Scotty
'99 TJ Sahara 4.0L I-6
'99 XJ Sport 4.0L I-6
'03 BMW Z4

*** WARNING: Do not remove this line under penalty of law ***

Re: How to patch soft top
 

"Peter Brideau" pebrideau@hotmail.com writes:

> I just picked up a used OEM soft top, half doors and uppers. All in good
> shape except for one hole in the driver side sail. At $400.00 I couldn't
> resist. What is the best way to repair the hole? It's small, more like a
> cut. I also am looking for the brackets for rear window to the body. Anyone
> have a source for these, or any idea what DC would ask for them?\

I helped a buddy patch his. He used an iron-on patch like the kind you use to
patch holes in blue jeans. I held a big block of wood over the tear on the
outside and he ironed the patch on from the inside. After it had cooled/dried
he applied a bead of super glue around the edges of the patch. This was a
couple of years ago and so far, so good.

Scotty
'99 TJ Sahara 4.0L I-6
'99 XJ Sport 4.0L I-6
'03 BMW Z4

*** WARNING: Do not remove this line under penalty of law ***

Re: How to patch soft top
 

"Peter Brideau" pebrideau@hotmail.com writes:

> I just picked up a used OEM soft top, half doors and uppers. All in good
> shape except for one hole in the driver side sail. At $400.00 I couldn't
> resist. What is the best way to repair the hole? It's small, more like a
> cut. I also am looking for the brackets for rear window to the body. Anyone
> have a source for these, or any idea what DC would ask for them?\

I helped a buddy patch his. He used an iron-on patch like the kind you use to
patch holes in blue jeans. I held a big block of wood over the tear on the
outside and he ironed the patch on from the inside. After it had cooled/dried
he applied a bead of super glue around the edges of the patch. This was a
couple of years ago and so far, so good.

Scotty
'99 TJ Sahara 4.0L I-6
'99 XJ Sport 4.0L I-6
'03 BMW Z4

*** WARNING: Do not remove this line under penalty of law ***

Re: How to patch soft top
 

if its a small hole/tear try shoe goo. it stays flexible when it dries. worked well
for me on my old soft top (killed in the roll).




On Wed, 05 May 2004 01:22:14 GMT, "Peter Brideau" <pebrideau@hotmail.com> wrote:

>>I just picked up a used OEM soft top, half doors and uppers. All in good
>>shape except for one hole in the driver side sail. At $400.00 I couldn't
>>resist. What is the best way to repair the hole? It's small, more like a
>>cut. I also am looking for the brackets for rear window to the body. Anyone
>>have a source for these, or any idea what DC would ask for them?
>>

Re: How to patch soft top
 

if its a small hole/tear try shoe goo. it stays flexible when it dries. worked well
for me on my old soft top (killed in the roll).




On Wed, 05 May 2004 01:22:14 GMT, "Peter Brideau" <pebrideau@hotmail.com> wrote:

>>I just picked up a used OEM soft top, half doors and uppers. All in good
>>shape except for one hole in the driver side sail. At $400.00 I couldn't
>>resist. What is the best way to repair the hole? It's small, more like a
>>cut. I also am looking for the brackets for rear window to the body. Anyone
>>have a source for these, or any idea what DC would ask for them?
>>

Re: How to patch soft top
 

if its a small hole/tear try shoe goo. it stays flexible when it dries. worked well
for me on my old soft top (killed in the roll).




On Wed, 05 May 2004 01:22:14 GMT, "Peter Brideau" <pebrideau@hotmail.com> wrote:

>>I just picked up a used OEM soft top, half doors and uppers. All in good
>>shape except for one hole in the driver side sail. At $400.00 I couldn't
>>resist. What is the best way to repair the hole? It's small, more like a
>>cut. I also am looking for the brackets for rear window to the body. Anyone
>>have a source for these, or any idea what DC would ask for them?
>>

Re: How to patch soft top
 

if its a small hole/tear try shoe goo. it stays flexible when it dries. worked well
for me on my old soft top (killed in the roll).




On Wed, 05 May 2004 01:22:14 GMT, "Peter Brideau" <pebrideau@hotmail.com> wrote:

>>I just picked up a used OEM soft top, half doors and uppers. All in good
>>shape except for one hole in the driver side sail. At $400.00 I couldn't
>>resist. What is the best way to repair the hole? It's small, more like a
>>cut. I also am looking for the brackets for rear window to the body. Anyone
>>have a source for these, or any idea what DC would ask for them?
>>

Re: How to patch soft top
 

In
news:AU3mc.407766$2oI1.383350@twister01.bloor.is.n et.cable.rogers.com,
SB from <chicbearsmook@hotmail.com> was injured because:

| HAHA....your top sounds like a frankenstein top. All bits
and
| pieces stitched together!!
|
|
| "Joseph P" <jpribeMY@FINGERnc.rr.com> wrote in message
| news:ba_lc.3818$zq4.253129@twister.southeast.rr.co m...
|| In news:alXlc.24676$wY.7855@nwrdny03.gnilink.net,
|| Peter Brideau from <pebrideau@hotmail.com> was injured
|| because:
||
||| I just picked up a used OEM soft top, half doors and
|| uppers.
||| All in good shape except for one hole in the driver side
|| sail.
||| At $400.00 I couldn't resist. What is the best way to
|| repair
||| the hole? It's small, more like a cut. I also am looking
|| for
||| the brackets for rear window to the body. Anyone have a
|| source
||| for these, or any idea what DC would ask for them?
||
|| Depending on the size of the cut/hole, all the following
|| have been *very* successful on my TJ. Top is 6 years
old,
|| and still water tight:
||
|| Rubber Cement (still there, still water proof)
|| Super Glue (ditto)
|| Sew it up, then super glue (ditto)
|| Super Glue Gel (ditto)
|| Clear packing tape (ditto) (hardly can tell its
there..rear
|| side window) (put it on both sides)
||
||
||
|| --
|| --
|| Joe Pribe
|| NC
||
|| Pull my finger to reply by email.
||
|| jpribe 'at' nc.rr.com
|| jegp 'at' hotmail.com
||
|| I Love My O|||||||O

Funny thing is, you can't tell...a tribute to my skill? or a
tribute to the stuff I use to fix it?

--
--
Joe Pribe
NC

Pull my finger to reply by email.

jpribe 'at' nc.rr.com
jegp 'at' hotmail.com

I Love My O|||||||O