Step 1B: Remove Fabric From The Header
After you have removed the corner screws called
out in step 1A, there are two ways to remove and
replace the fabric on your vehicle’s soft top hea-
der. Both ways will work but we have found that
the quickest way is to just loosen (not remove) the
19 or 27 screws on the header and simply “peel”
the old fabric from the header (Fig 9).
Then when you install the new fabric to the hea-
der, you push the round front attachment on the
fabric back into the header and tighten the screws
(see installing the front header later, in step 3).
The second method takes more time as it entails
removing all 19 or 27 screws from the header and
removing the fabric after the top plate is removed
(Fig 10).
Then to install the fabric to the header you place
the front round attachment into the header and re-
place the top plate with the screws (see installing
the front header later, in step 3).
Preparation for Installation of Fabric Only Replacement Top:
Step 2: Remove the side Over Door Bows from
the Front Header Assembly
After removing the soft top fabric from your
existing hardware, locate the front over door bows
and remove the rear portion of the bows from the
front header portion using a flat head screw driver
(Fig 11 & 12).
Un-latch the over door bow from the roll bar
mount bracket and the rear bow from the Bow
mount bracket (Figs 13 & 14).
Repeat on the other side of the vehicle. With
the help of a friend, completely remove this bow
assembly from the vehicle (Fig 15).
Installation of Fabric Only Replacement Top:
Step 3: Installation of the Fabric to the Front
Header Assembly
With the original bow assembly removed from the
vehicle you now have the front header sitting on
top of the wind- shield. Take the front header off
the windshield and place on a table or soft towel.
As mentioned in Step 1B, you have two ways
to install the front fabric onto the front header. If
you just loosened the header top plate screws
and “peeled” the soft top fabric from the header
channel, proceed to step 3A.
If you removed the 19-27 screws from the top
plate, proceed to step 3B.
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