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I put three of these LOXX pull-it-up fasteners on the center helm piece. I have rigid ploycarbonate "glass" that folds inward and up to the E-box.
got them on Sailrite.com Get "The Tool"!
The old outside "DOT" snaps on the windshield frame always came loose and were hard to snap from inside.
I made the canvas hole bigger by CAREFULLY cutting an X in the existing hole with a razor. Just enough to push Loxx into it and CAREFULLY trim to exact size with razor.
I used the 1/2" screw type base. I put it in the little channel in the windshield frame(because I was guaranteed not to hit glass).
That raised the center point of the snap. This has the effect of loosening the canvas a little, which was a good thing.
I predrilled using an 1/8" bit. Should have went a hair bigger. I snapped the third screw in the frame. 2 out of 3 ain't bad...
Why do projects always become PROJECTS? Finally got the broken screw out and got a new one in the same(wider) hole.
FYI, the screw is 9mm hex socket. "THE TOOL" is in the picture and has a 9mm hex and pins for tightening the button to the canvas.
The gap from frame to canvas is a little bigger. This may let in spray on an ugly ride home.
When the old snaps came loose, I got some spray also...
Plan is to put a stick-on 1/4" weather strip around entire front windshield frame.
To use these, I have to reach outside thru the zipper opening and lift up the button.
got them on Sailrite.com Get "The Tool"!The old outside "DOT" snaps on the windshield frame always came loose and were hard to snap from inside.
I made the canvas hole bigger by CAREFULLY cutting an X in the existing hole with a razor. Just enough to push Loxx into it and CAREFULLY trim to exact size with razor.
I used the 1/2" screw type base. I put it in the little channel in the windshield frame(because I was guaranteed not to hit glass).
That raised the center point of the snap. This has the effect of loosening the canvas a little, which was a good thing.
I predrilled using an 1/8" bit. Should have went a hair bigger. I snapped the third screw in the frame. 2 out of 3 ain't bad...
Why do projects always become PROJECTS? Finally got the broken screw out and got a new one in the same(wider) hole.
FYI, the screw is 9mm hex socket. "THE TOOL" is in the picture and has a 9mm hex and pins for tightening the button to the canvas.
The gap from frame to canvas is a little bigger. This may let in spray on an ugly ride home.
When the old snaps came loose, I got some spray also...
Plan is to put a stick-on 1/4" weather strip around entire front windshield frame.
To use these, I have to reach outside thru the zipper opening and lift up the button.
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