i noticed that one of the reasons the cover is hard to install is because its hard to see if the bottons are aligned with the studs. this is especially true with the ones behind the roll bars. The stainless steel studs are easy to see , but the bottons are barely visible. To make them more visible, i scraped off the black paint thus making the botton shiny and easily visible. i tried it out immediately and sure enough, the cover is much much easier to install now. if you have the same problem, you might want to try it. in case you wonder, scraping off the paint is not a big deal IMHO, since the studs makes lots of ugly scratches on the bottons any way.

 

Yeah, I noticed that the MY'02 covers are harder to install because the top doesn't lower as far into the well as the MY'00s and MY'01s. But on the bright side, there are only 2 studs that need to snap into place in addition to the 2 straps on the sides.