Ok, got the kit to put the hardtop on my 2000SE. I have the hardtop from a previous car and the 2000SE I got did not have the hardware. When I tried to install the frankenstein bolts, they hit the sides of the recess and do not recess into the holes in the rectanguar chrome piece behind the top, I think they should go all the way into the recess, no??? Since they do not, what do I need to do??? Get a new rectangular piece that has a slightly larger recessed hole??
Dave
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I believe that they are supposed to stick up 3/4" to 1" for the rear latches on the hard top to grab onto. I don't have a hard top but I do have the bolts installed, the tall one in the hole toward the front and the down-in / flush one in the rear most hole on each side. Try it that way and I think you'll find it works correctly. I guess it does look a bit funny when you look at it though.
Chris
92BB&T
Yes, the bottom of the Frankenstein bolt "head" should sit down in the hole with the O-ring on the bottom of the bolt head sealing against the bottom of the counter-sunk hole.
You are putting the F-bolts in the forward-most holes in the rectangular chrome piece, right?
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