72 T-Top header trim installation
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72 T-Top header trim installation
I have started reinstalling the chrome and stainless steel header pieces that are part of the halo surround. I have a few questions about it.
1. The original screws that I removed from the corner header moldings were mostly reusable, however it has been quite a while since I had removed the pieces and...Iv'e slept a few times since then. I still have the screws with the countersunk heads that go in from the back side and the black screws that go in from the windshield side. When I look at the screw kit that some of the vendors sell, there are 4 screws with machine threads shown (2 per side). Do these go into the ends of the corner moldings? Because I only have a spot to put one screw there and being a machine screw thread, I figured it would have been installed somewhere besides through the side of the windshield frame like a common sheetmetal screw.
2. The areas where the stainless t-trim meets the corner moldings. When I removed the pieces originally, I noticed there was a yellowish sealer there where the flat surfaces overlap. I have the gray strip caulk and the black 3M windo-weld to use, but this looked like it more resembled the yellow weatherstripping adhesive. What should be used in that area?
1. The original screws that I removed from the corner header moldings were mostly reusable, however it has been quite a while since I had removed the pieces and...Iv'e slept a few times since then. I still have the screws with the countersunk heads that go in from the back side and the black screws that go in from the windshield side. When I look at the screw kit that some of the vendors sell, there are 4 screws with machine threads shown (2 per side). Do these go into the ends of the corner moldings? Because I only have a spot to put one screw there and being a machine screw thread, I figured it would have been installed somewhere besides through the side of the windshield frame like a common sheetmetal screw.
2. The areas where the stainless t-trim meets the corner moldings. When I removed the pieces originally, I noticed there was a yellowish sealer there where the flat surfaces overlap. I have the gray strip caulk and the black 3M windo-weld to use, but this looked like it more resembled the yellow weatherstripping adhesive. What should be used in that area?
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So those machine screws that come with the screw kit for the corner header molding is actually for the piece on the rear of the t-top? I thought at least one of the screws would have went into the end of the corner header molding?
I think we may not be talking about the same area. I am tlking about the chomed molding that sits over the A-pillar and windshield. I have not been abled to determine where the machine screws for that piece go.
Scott
I think we may not be talking about the same area. I am tlking about the chomed molding that sits over the A-pillar and windshield. I have not been abled to determine where the machine screws for that piece go.
Scott
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Well, I may have mistakenly clouded the matter when I included "T-Top" in the question. I thought those pieces were specific to T-Top models. I'm still lookin for an answer. I had already ask the question in a reply to another forum members thread, however the thread was already a couple years old.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...post1590089714
You had helped him with a similar issue. May bring back some memories. LOL. I'm just not sure where those 2 machine thread screws go.
Thanks for your help.
Scott
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...post1590089714
You had helped him with a similar issue. May bring back some memories. LOL. I'm just not sure where those 2 machine thread screws go.
Thanks for your help.
Scott
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Well, I may have mistakenly clouded the matter when I included "T-Top" in the question. I thought those pieces were specific to T-Top models. I'm still lookin for an answer. I had already ask the question in a reply to another forum members thread, however the thread was already a couple years old.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...post1590089714
You had helped him with a similar issue. May bring back some memories. LOL. I'm just not sure where those 2 machine thread screws go.
Thanks for your help.
Scott
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...post1590089714
You had helped him with a similar issue. May bring back some memories. LOL. I'm just not sure where those 2 machine thread screws go.
Thanks for your help.
Scott
