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Re: Top Bow Set
Reply #45 - 01/01/16 at 18:08:30
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Jpet  Thank you for the drawing.   Just to clarify. Measuring from the top center of the windshield back you end up at the tailgate cut out. So I used a straight edge placed on the back of my tub to establish the “inside of tub”.  Is that the correct way to do it?

It is common for the windshield to be bent OOF and if measuring from the center line  one can’t determine which side is correct.   Do your drawings show what the windshield to the tub measurement should be on the sides?  If not, I guess I could calculate it.

I drew it up and came out with 66.510" same as the Besttop instructions.  I'm so happy to have something concrete to go by
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Re: Top Bow Set
Reply #46 - 01/01/16 at 19:30:07
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CJPilot wrote on 01/01/16 at 18:08:30:
.......Just to clarify. Measuring from the top center of the windshield back you end up at the tailgate cut out. So I used a straight edge placed on the back of my tub to establish the “inside of tub”.  Is that the correct way to do it?
Yeppers.

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It is common for the windshield to be bent ....

Absolutely.  It happens because the drivers and or passengers grab the windshield and pull on it to help themselves into the jeep.  the higher they grab the windshield the more stress they put on it.  I've seen it much worse on a 2A windshield than a 3A windshield.
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Do your drawings show what the windshield to the tub measurement should be on the sides? 

Well the windshield drops approximately 3/8" where you would measure to the tub lip.  That would change the inside to inside dimension to 66.64 and that would put your dimension to within 1/8" of my data.  I'd say that's pretty good.  Just a minor change in the windshield to cowl gasket is significant.  For example, +/- 1/32" of your windshield gasket thickness exponentiate to +/- 1/8" at the top of the windshield.
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I drew it up and came out with 66.510" same as the Besttop instructions.  I'm so happy to have something concrete to go by
I'd call it good.
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