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Rear Bow seal end attchment

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Old Sep 13, 2020 | 03:30 PM
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Car: 1991 Camaro RS Convertible
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Rear Bow seal end attchment

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These were torn when I bought the car 5 years ago. Since then I've done an amateur resto and had the top replaced. However, they tore out again.
Is this a common problem? How did the rear bow seal originally attach at the ends to the structure? Mine has thin metal tabs that look like they were molded into the rubber seal. But they are thin and sharp-ish and pulled right through the rubber seal.
Any suggestions or pics of what works would be much appreciated.
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Old Sep 13, 2020 | 08:50 PM
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Re: Rear Bow seal end attchment

Yes, its fairly common for them to rip...poor design basically.There is a post on this very topic with pics and some alternate "fixes".
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Old Sep 13, 2020 | 09:34 PM
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Re: Rear Bow seal end attchment

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Yes, its fairly common for them to rip...poor design basically.There is a post on this very topic with pics and some alternate "fixes".
Bummer. I was hoping there was a good fix. I'm not finding the post you are referencing. I'm on here a whole bunch and I have looked. Would you mind posting a link or a title?
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Old Sep 13, 2020 | 11:19 PM
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Re: Rear Bow seal end attchment

This one.
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/conv...sing-ends.html
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Old Sep 14, 2020 | 07:17 AM
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Re: Rear Bow seal end attchment

Perfect.
For some reason that post never came up. Even when I did a search for just "rear bow".
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