New top installed!!!

Excellent! I will do the same. Thanks again.

"Tom Garrett" > wrote in message
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> We left the spring in place and it was no problem at all.
> Tom
> "Christopher Muto" > wrote in message
> news:jfcVd.66869$8a6.46139@trndny09...
>> Thank you for the reply. I heard of people leaving the cables attached
>> at the front/rivet end and pulling them through with the tracer string
>> but it was not clear to me if the spring would pull though easily through
>> the top or if the spring was removed from the end of the cable in order
>> to fishing it through. Did you remove the spring before pulling it
>> through the top? Thanks again.
>>
>> "Tom Garrett" > wrote in message
>> news:rr7Vd.144161$0u.71765@fed1read04...
>>> Hi Chris
>>> The top we bought from GoMiata.com came with the rain rail already
>>> installed(new). The instructions we followed said to just unscrew the
>>> rear attachment point of the cable, where the spring is attached to the
>>> cable. The top we bought came with the right number of rivets including
>>> two big ones for the front cable attachment if you decide to detach from
>>> that point. Also, our new top came with a string already in place in the
>>> top to pull the cable through it. Couldn't have been easier.
>>> The extra rivets I needed I bought from AutoZone and they were 5/32 in
>>> diameter.
>>> If you've never used pop rivets before, it's SO very easy, and fun
>>> too! My bride had never used a rivet gun before and enjoyed using it.
>>> You can pickup a pop rivet gun and rivets together in a package at any
>>> auto parts store, Walmart, etc. Once you use one, you will find so many
>>> things around the house that you can now fix.
>>> Tom
>>> "Christopher Muto" > wrote in message
>>> news:tw0Vd.88458$QS5.38090@trndny06...
>>>> Congratulations. It looks great.
>>>> I am about to do the same and would love to hear your experience with
>>>> regard to the rivets. I never used rivets before and have read that
>>>> special attention is necessary to rivet the cable to the front of the
>>>> frame. Specifically that the hole in the cable connector need to be
>>>> enlarged and that the rivet for it needs to be long... did you have
>>>> any problems with that? Where did you get your rivets? Also, if you
>>>> recycled the rain rail did you rivet it or use nylon screws (as
>>>> mentioned on miata.net) to attach it to the new top. Thank you.
>>>>
>>>> "Tom Garrett" > wrote in message
>>>> news:BjRUd.141739$0u.135665@fed1read04...
>>>>> Over the weekend, my bride and I installed a new Robbins No-Zipper
>>>>> Glass window top on her Red 93.
>>>>> We followed the instructions that came with the top, and the four sets
>>>>> of instructions from Miatanet. We still had a major problem in that we
>>>>> forgot to re-fasten the cable until we had already done a ton of work.
>>>>> So we had to backtrack, undue a lot of work we had done, including the
>>>>> b-pillar retaining clip. Since I had to drill out four pop rivets I
>>>>> had installed, I had to run to Autozone to get more. Without the
>>>>> screw-up, we figured it took us a total of 8 hours. Bought a 3/8s
>>>>> butterfly impact wrench for 26.99 at Harbor Freight which was a
>>>>> lifesaver.
>>>>> Here's the pics.
>>>>> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...nd/newtop1.jpg
>>>>>
>>>>> Hope the link works.
>>>>> Tom and Candy
>>>>>
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