hard top latches

Rally Top (I believe this is the brand of top) on my Wrangler I just purchased has an aftermarket top on it. Did some digging, and the replacement latches for the top would be near $100 from the manufacturer, and they will only sell them over the phone. I am hoping someone here has had a...

So I finally sucked it up and got help to put the hard top back on the jeep... and all went well except that the latches at the front of the top won't lock... WTF?!? It looks like everything is fitting correctly otherwise, so I'm hoping that perhaps it will settle back into place and I'll be...