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fixing slashed miata convertible top
per an earlier post, the repair of a convertible top slashed by a radio
thief -- using elmer's stix-all adhesive, commonly available (like at walgreen's for about $6.00 a tube) -- passed its first serious storm test by holding-up very well. if this stuff works, and it seems to, it saves about $1,200, the cost of replacing the top. we know because we replaced the top the last time it happened. the adhesive has been successfully "holding" a patch of vinyl convertible-top material obtained from a auto upholstery/top shop. most glues seem to wilt under heat from the sun or give-way in other ways. this stuff, which goes on gloppy and dries that way, has held up under both heat and rain. we're still looking for a reasonably-priced hard top but these seem not to exist. and in fact, we now may not need one. cheers, art mcginn, '91, san francisco |
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"Art McGinn" > wrote: > it seems to, it saves > about $1,200, the cost of replacing the top. we know because we replaced the > top the last time it happened. Were the doors locked? If so, why? -- Lanny Chambers, St. Louis, USA '94C the alignment page: http://www.hummingbirds.net/alignment.html |
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yup, and shouldn't have been. but our local slasher slashes regardless, according to other victims among the at least half-dozen neighborhood miatas that gotta park in the street (garages at a premium here among late-19th century residences). art "Lanny Chambers" > wrote in message ... > In article . net>, > "Art McGinn" > wrote: > > > it seems to, it saves > > about $1,200, the cost of replacing the top. we know because we replaced the > > top the last time it happened. > > Were the doors locked? If so, why? > > -- > Lanny Chambers, St. Louis, USA > '94C > the alignment page: > http://www.hummingbirds.net/alignment.html |
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> > > yup, and shouldn't have been. but our local slasher slashes regardless, >according to other victims among the at least half-dozen neighborhood miatas >that gotta park in the street (garages at a premium here among late-19th >century residences). art > >"Lanny Chambers" > wrote in message ... >> In article . net>, >> "Art McGinn" > wrote: >> >> > it seems to, it saves >> > about $1,200, the cost of replacing the top. we know because we replaced >the >> > top the last time it happened. >> >> Were the doors locked? If so, why? >> >> -- >> Lanny Chambers, St. Louis, USA >> '94C >> the alignment page: >> http://www.hummingbirds.net/alignment.html > > >. |
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