T-Top alignment
Drifting
Joined: Jun 2010
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From: Richmond Texas
How wide is the gap between the 2 t-tops when they are installed. One of the cars I looked at when I was shopping for a car had a gap almost an inch wide. Mine is about a quarter inch. Mine line up fine. That one didn't.
Team Owner
Joined: Sep 2006
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From: Westminster Maryland
Hi r,
All four corners of the roof panels have separate adjustments. Typically all must be loose, the delta set, and then gradually all the bolts need to be tightened while the panel position is maintained.
Not easy but certainly do-able.
Regards,
Alan
Front outer corner…. peg w/2 adjustment bolts.
Center tabs note bolts and shims.
Rear outer lock.
Delta fits in receiver. Delta moves up/down, forward/backward, left/right.
Outer corner receiver.
All four corners of the roof panels have separate adjustments. Typically all must be loose, the delta set, and then gradually all the bolts need to be tightened while the panel position is maintained.
Not easy but certainly do-able.
Regards,
Alan
Front outer corner…. peg w/2 adjustment bolts.
Center tabs note bolts and shims.
Rear outer lock.
Delta fits in receiver. Delta moves up/down, forward/backward, left/right.
Outer corner receiver.
Le Mans Master
Joined: May 2007
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From: North tonawanda NY
I just went through this myself... lost one of my astro t tops last week... flew right off the car while accelerating and shattered...not fun.. anyway because of that I had to actually dremel out areas of the inner front lip of the glass panel Moon T Tops to get them to fit the car they came with when I bought it... the rear triangle locking pins were also missing which I replaced as well as one of the mounting tab brackets it goes into...it caused them to fit like yours in the rear.
Lucky I had another set of factory tops for parts... I also found the weatherstripping was old and hard and causing fitment issues so I have replacements to mount once the cars painted. But pretty much every pin and latch on the tops are adjustable by moving or shimming so yeah you can make them fit very well.
Lucky I had another set of factory tops for parts... I also found the weatherstripping was old and hard and causing fitment issues so I have replacements to mount once the cars painted. But pretty much every pin and latch on the tops are adjustable by moving or shimming so yeah you can make them fit very well.
Last edited by augiedoggy; May 4, 2016 at 09:11 PM.
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Instructor
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It's straight but from day one I though the gap looked too wide!
Intermediate
Joined: Mar 2003
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From: Maryland
I have a 82 Vette. My passenger side fits like a glove. My drivers side is darn ugly. It sits so far back that it just about rubs the paint to the pillar it sits into. I've tried loosing everything prior to setting it into place, but it seems to naturally want to sit to the far rear. The car site perfectly level. I've watched the Melrose you-tube and still can't get my T Tops right. Can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. It sits level, just the driver side top is not aligning right. Any advise, I can send pictures.
