Convertible top replacing PROBLEM!

[MoNsTaMaCk24]

Yeah I decided to put on my new top... I can not get the one bolt off the back of my back... It holds the metal brackets to the car... There is a line of bolts that go across the back on three different brackets you can see them below the window. Plastic cover goes on them too. Well I stripped the crap out of the one... This thing wont come off they r made out of plastic... ANy idea how to get this thing off?

 

[Kilgore Trout]

Try grabbing the bold head with vice grips.

 

[MoNsTaMaCk24]

Tried it kept stripping it... I was wondering if there is something that grabs more than vice grips... Try to find a real rough grip pair of vice all i can think of...

 

[Kilgore Trout]

Vice grips is the solution, try getting a newer vice grip with bull nose.

 

[MoNsTaMaCk24]

Got it! Stapling these is a pain in the @$$ tho!

 

[2002tj]

How much did teh new top cost you?

 

[MoNsTaMaCk24]

same price as those on ebay i suppose i bought it over a year ago... I just got done to. 6 hours... Lot of cursing... Its a pain.. I need to adjust the back a little yet but the front looks great!

 

[Mustang225]

Wow, congrats. This isn't for the average DTY'er.

 

[exindust]

Post PICS!!! I WANNA SEE!!