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Old Feb 12, 2022 | 08:48 AM
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Default Please HELP! Hardtop latches broken

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my moon craft hardtop latches are broken. Can someone link me to the best hardware of securing my hardtop? It almost flew off on the freeway and could have caused a troublesome day. Please lmk. Thank you!

Driver side left

Driver side left

Driver side right

Driver side right

Passenger right side

Driver left side

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Old Feb 12, 2022 | 10:54 AM
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Thats a latch barely suitable for a briefcase. Certainly not something that should be securing parts onto a car.

You need a complete do overon all the latches.
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Old Feb 12, 2022 | 12:44 PM
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Those are the worst latches I have ever seen. My mother has those on her spaghetti sauce jars, lol. I can't recommend any replacements unless you can jerry-rig some OEM latches on there. Those are terrible.
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Old Feb 13, 2022 | 05:18 PM
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Where exactly are those located Under the Hood?
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Old Feb 13, 2022 | 10:09 PM
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Is that a genuine Spoon hardtop or a rep?
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Old Feb 14, 2022 | 09:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Orjinal
Is that a genuine Spoon hardtop or a rep?
Says mooncraft in the OP.
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Old Feb 14, 2022 | 11:28 AM
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As most are commenting - how were you driving around with roof latched in that condition in the first place? Completely unsafe and embarrassing.
I'm not sure how you fix that - seems like a complete rip and replace to me and I don't recommend you further "jerry rigging" anything.
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