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Old 05-02-2010, 07:23 PM
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hi guys
my soft tops has several tears, and i can't even open my top because they get larger every time i use it.

anyone repaired the soft top by yourself? a kit you would recommend?

i saw these from amazon, but not sure which one is more effective.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0007TQWK6

http://www.amazon.com/GENUINE-Professional...=pd_sbs_auto_11


please give me some insights

thanks
Old 05-03-2010, 01:08 AM
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Generally my experience is amazon's rating system is on point, if it's not 4 stars it's not worth it. Do you have a plastic top? If u do mines in pretty good condition outside out of the window.
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i went to wallmart and got the black iron on fabric patches did both the inside and out it worked pretty well just gotta be carefull and percise with iron dont wanna burn the top, well actually it will melt the material and will look like a smudge
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Depending on how big the holes are will depend on how much you can do with a repair and how much you car about how it looks. Usually for a tear to be fixed and almost impossible it cant be any bigger then 1 inch long. But you can patch up bigger holes with the products mentioned above and keep water and sand out.
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thanks for the reply guys

the largest tear is 2 inches, and rest of those are very tiny, but they get larger every time i open my top.

it has a glass window, the car is 02.

"dopesilverstone" . what's the name of the product you got from wallmart?
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idk what its called but there in the fabric section of walmart there knee patches for denim like 2 bucks a piece, they have a dark grey/black color that matched pretty well
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^^ got it. i will check it out

thanks =]
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in case you haven't repaired it yet... There's this vinyl repair kit at walmat... i think it's made by bondo, it's pretty good and easy to use. It's usually in the section where bondos and auto paints are at...
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