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soft top flapping up and down between windsheld and first bow at speed over 50 mph.when parked top is tight. how can i stop it? do they all do it

Who's top?
I have a BopTop on mine & it's pretty tight at speed.

not sure. got the car with the top. it snaps to the body in the back. crome arms that bolt to the stock post . two wood bows from side to side look stock.windshield is choped 2 inches. the top looks like a well made top

can you send pics of it ??
rs2upholstery@hotmail.com

my first try at it

I was amazed at how noisy the top was that I built for my roadster pickup. It doesn't flap up and down, particularly, it seems to flop and flap everywhere. At speeds above 40 MPH you don't hear the radio!!! You do get used to it. I have been told that having the back section of the top open ala the stock originals cuts down on the noise, but I didn't build mine with that capability.

How many miles you got on that top. i am afraid of the top ripping. should i just let it flap?

I have a LeBarron Bonney top on my Abone. It does flap quite a bit above 50mph. However, one thing that cuts that down tremendously is to open the back window flap. I don't know if yours has that capability or not. I also have separate rear quarter flaps that snap into place on the top and body that also helps prevent against the top flapping. I have the same problem with my windwings even at the correct angle.

Pat

Originally Posted by no rain

How many miles you got on that top. i am afraid of the top ripping. should i just let it flap?

I have about 4000 miles on that top. If it rips, I'll build the next one from 065 aluminum and cover it with top material.

thanks for all the info

Denny---I have to agree with you----I thought the same thing about the rather nuetral angle of the front part of the roof. It doesn't know if it wants to be pushed down or pulled up, so it oscillates. The problem might be alleviated by swinging the front top bow up about 2" to get a more pronounced "down angle" towards the windshield.

As you can see I have a fair amount of wedge to my Lebaron-Bonney top.
The car itself has a pretty good dago.



The top flaps.

Still hanging in there about 11 years and 35,000 miles down the road.

Not a whole lot you can do about it and in my car windwing angle doesn't make any difference.

Some kind of flat reinforcement on the top between the upper outside layer and a new inside layer - sorta envelope-like - and tied into the middle bow might make a difference.
One thing I have noticed is that the middle bow moves around a lot at speed and bracing it to the back bow or both front and back may help.

I haven't noticed a decrease in top flapping with the back window open, but I think it might.
Just have to pay attention once the weather warms up.

41* F this morning on the way to donut run.
25 * the three weeks prior.

Gonna have to turn the heater on if it gets any colder.

These tops were made for a car that cruises 45 mph or so, so runnin 70-75 mph - legal here in Sunny Arizona - is gonna make em flop.

You'll get used to it....

C9 - you got a heater???? I guess being you no windows a heater could be more of a necessity. I got no heater, but I do have glass to fill the holes.

Originally Posted by mopar34

C9 - you got a heater???? I guess being you no windows a heater could be more of a necessity. I got no heater, but I do have glass to fill the holes.

Yes.
A birthday present from Sweetie.
But . . . you'll notice which side of the car it's on.


The heaters black bottom right corner is just barely seen above the gear shift knob.



So, a few years back me and my pal were running the 60 miles to Famoso and the March Meet.
Clear morning, 32 degrees, 65 per.

I'm dressed in Levis, T-shirt, sweatshirt, jacket, knit cap and thermal gloves.
The heater is running.

My pal, wearing his usual cold-weather getup of T-shirt and medium weight leather jacket and beret looks comfy.

I ask, "Are you cold?"

He says, "Naww, it ain't bad."

Then I realize he's got the rear heater door open and getting 90% of the heat dumped right in his lap....


Heater in the new roadster goes in the middle.
Share and share alike, right?

Here's another little bit that helps in cold weather.
It deflects the wind that comes off the windwings and turns into the cockpit.


Next project along the survival front is a couple of plug-into-the-doors-windows made out of Lexan.
Even with weatherstripping some cold air will still bleed in, but the windows will help a whole lot.

Runnin' in the rain will be helped as well.
It does ok in light to moderate rain now, but when the cloudburst hits....