Miata Mailing List: September 1994, Message #25
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   From: Robert Holland 
Subject: RE: Tonneau Straps and Zippers
   Date: Thu, 1 Sep 1994 17:37:35 -0400

>     I have installed a style bar into my white '93-C package Miata, and
>     the Tonneau cover fits with some minor issues.  Since the zippers on
>     the Tonneau cover zip from the inner side, toward the door, I can't
>     zip the corners closed around the roll bar.  I have considered taking
>     it to a heavy upholstry shop to have the zippers reversed, and maybe
>     some material cut away to give the roll bar a LITTLE more room.  So
>     far, every shop I've gone to says they can't handle the thicker
>     material of the tonneau cover.  Any ideas anyone?
>
>     Also, the two straps under the Tonneau that lock onto the Tennax snaps
>     just behind each head rest have split, and come apart.  They appears
>     to be made of a thick rubbery material, and it is this rubbery stuff
>     that has split apart.  Does anyone know if there is a strong enough
>     glue out there to re-join these?  There is quite a bit of stress
>     placed on these buggers when the tonneau is pulled tight and zipped
>     up.  any ideas???
>
>     thanks in advance for the help!
>
>     Ken Walker
>     Houston, Texas

I have a Racing Beat Style Bar (I) and have a tonneau cover. I took the
tonneau to a place here in San Diego recommended by a friend that
removed the old zippers and installed heavier zippers that zip up to the
bar (out by the door to the bar) from the opposite direction than the
original zippers did. They also cut a little deeper to the triangle patch
at the end of the zipper and rounded out the area where the bar
would go and restitched that area so it could take the new stresses. It
cost me $150 to have it done and they did an excellent job. If you can't
find anyone in Houston who can do the job, let me know and we can
work out a way to get the place here to copy the job they did on mine
and send you the finished product.

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Robert Holland (JTBob)
Southwest Fisheries Science Center
Internet: robert@caliban.ucsd.edu

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