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Old Oct 13, 2005 | 11:18 PM
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Please note that the soft top frame can be adjusted just from the position on top of driver/passenger heads. You could get good results. A friend of mine has done this with good results.
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Old Oct 14, 2005 | 01:36 PM
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Originally Posted by energetic,Oct 13 2005, 11:18 PM
Please note that the soft top frame can be adjusted just from the position on top of driver/passenger heads. You could get good results. A friend of mine has done this with good results.
what do you mean?

The top does not go completely down which sucks... I just want to make sure it clear when I get my hardtop on...

But over all the top is super nice... canvas rocks!!! just not going down all the way does not rock...

-J
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Old Oct 14, 2005 | 04:13 PM
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Sounds like you may have to live with it, bobowah. I know the factory top gets hard to fold when the temperatures get low. Perhaps canvas is bulky enough to be that way all the time.
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Old Oct 14, 2005 | 05:10 PM
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did you install it your self? i was looking at getting the blue soft top for my suzuka, but the guys at honda said it would take like 13-15 hours to do is this true?
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Old Oct 14, 2005 | 05:41 PM
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Yes I just replaced my top myself with a Robbins top from Cabrioworld.com
The fit and finish is great. I had a plastic window and now have the glass rear window. I am experiencing the same problem with the top. From what it looks to me is that the rear deck (the upper piece that goes accross the back) is keeping the glass from seating all the way down in which hindering the top from going all the way down. I have been to scared to push it. I was wondering if Honda changed anything with the back deck on newer models.....hhmmmm sounds like we need to do some research!!!
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Old Oct 14, 2005 | 05:44 PM
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I have no softtop experience at all and it took me and a friend just a tick over 5 hours to do. Now keep in mind about 3 hrs of that was disassembling and reassembling the rear of the car......from roll bars back to the water channel.
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Old Oct 14, 2005 | 11:38 PM
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the place I sent it to... took about 6 hours to install.. but ran into problems with some of the plastic pieces in the rear deck.

Professional job... just unfortunately took a while to get a top. But since I'm limited with parking at my home... it was ok with me...


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