Convertible Question
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Racer
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From: Portsmouth NH
Convertible Question
I am having a problem keeping part of boot(don't know if that is correct word) to stay attached just behind each window when the top is up. I installed new velcro but the heat inside the car just made them fall off. Does anyone with a c4 vert have any ideas as to how I can make it stay in place when the top is up? Open to all suggestions
Le Mans Master
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From: Metairie Louisiana
Originally Posted by daca
I am having a problem keeping part of boot(don't know if that is correct word) to stay attached just behind each window when the top is up. I installed new velcro but the heat inside the car just made them fall off. Does anyone with a c4 vert have any ideas as to how I can make it stay in place when the top is up? Open to all suggestions
Thanks
Last edited by rickneworleansla; Aug 11, 2006 at 02:08 PM.
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Racer
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From: Kelso WA
I put new 3M velcro (just the frame side, hooks) on mine about 5 months ago and they are still stuck on really well. I trimmed them to fit at the bottom and folded them over at the top. I also made sure that the surface they were sticking to was really clean as there was lots of dried up adhesive on the metal. Don't cheap out and do a patchwork job. Get the good stuff long enough to go the full length. You might have to break down and go into a fabric store or have the wife/gf get it for you.
Le Mans Master
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From: Santa Maria CA
There was a forum member who was selling kit for this. Anyone know who that was?
I need one myself. I tried the velcro strips and they don't stick hard enough on the top frame. I cleaned the heck out of it with alcohol and it still won't stay glued on tight on one side. The velcro I used just does not stick hard enough agains the factory velco on the top flaps.
I need one myself. I tried the velcro strips and they don't stick hard enough on the top frame. I cleaned the heck out of it with alcohol and it still won't stay glued on tight on one side. The velcro I used just does not stick hard enough agains the factory velco on the top flaps.
Racer
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It may not be the "correct" method, but it never gives problems.
Hold the flap in place, drill a 1/8 hole near the base of it into the frame and fit a flat-head black self-tapper....problem fixed for good...
True..the technicaly correct and purist method is to renew the velcro's.
Hold the flap in place, drill a 1/8 hole near the base of it into the frame and fit a flat-head black self-tapper....problem fixed for good...
True..the technicaly correct and purist method is to renew the velcro's.
