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Old Aug 30, 2008 | 04:25 PM
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T Top Problem

ok, it's been discussed a million times on here, i searched and couldn't find an answer to my question..

about 2 month's ago my '92 camaro's Lexan T-Top flew off, so we went out and bought a glass t top that fit.. or so i thought, i tried adjusting the places where the t top's lock into on the car, but there's still a very small gap on the back part of the t top, and i was looking and noticed that the plastic part of the t top doesn't go flush with the rest of the car when it's on and i can see a hole there. can i do any adjusting, or do i need to just get another t top?

p.s i've tried on 2 t tops from 2 different cars..
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Old Aug 30, 2008 | 04:50 PM
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Re: T Top Problem

maybe you bought the wrong size pinned t-top? Theres two different types of t-top pins that hold them on. Check and see which one you have. If you have the small one its just a little metal pin driving into the t-tops. if you have the large pin its a small pin with a large plastic cover on top of the metal pin and its usually for later models. 1896?-1992. I had lexan covers also and bought some glass ones and reamed out the hole with a drill to make it match/fit and used the old assembly from the lexan one to the glass ones to to make it fit. I haven't yet put it all together bu i will when the car is painted./finished.

But before I tried putting the small pinned one into my big pinned hole and there were some seriously different gaps.
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Old Aug 30, 2008 | 05:46 PM
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Re: T Top Problem

With the tops locked in can you wiggle them? Let me guess... It was the passenger side that flew off....
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Old Sep 1, 2008 | 10:51 PM
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Re: T Top Problem

It's not a problem with the pin's.. the pins and the holes they attach to.. it's hard to explain over a computer.. there's a gap with the plastic piece.. the t tops fit nice and snug.. and it was the driver side that flew off.. the front pin decided not to go out when i closed it..
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