Bestop replace-a-top fitment

3.05 shows the pivot brackets and end of vid shows the stiffeners.
Its an old vid.
I am home with a severe head cold/flu and keep falling asleep lol

 
Called this morning, they asked for pictures... called back this afternoon and I am waiting for a call back (I was number 52 in que)
Just got off the phone with Bestop. This company is the model of customer service. They are sending me a replacement top and do not need me to return the I'll fitting one.
 
Just got off the phone with Bestop. This company is the model of customer service. They are sending me a replacement top and do not need me to return the I'll fitting one.
Great result, hats off to them. Did they give any view on what the issue may have been?
 
Yes, but in Oz they issue a stay at home order for a tiny number of cases. Not saying that is a bad thing, deaths under 1000 IIRC, just that being in lock down does not mean a lot of cases.

Is that about right Vaginasandwich?
It actually means Smelly C U in NT (see you in the Northern Territory) :) Cant get that name most places. My email is fishtaco and call centres are shocked but I have had it since before emails :)
Anyway 100 and odd cases in NSW and 3 cases in WA (Perth) and Perth is now in hard lockdown.
One person in Australia in hospital and they were there before this latest spread.
All AU cases have been acquired from mixing domestic travellers in hotels with overseas positives in hotel quarantine and overseas airline staff.
If they were genuinely serious about this they could stop overseas flights especially from India and China! But they have not.
I get it you cant stop expats from returning back to Australia but they were allowing them out in the first instance then they started crying to come back and all sorts of human rights ! People who took their chances leaving Australia during Covid should suffer the consequences not just be repatriated to spread a new Delta variant.



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Nope just said it's not the worst he's ever seen but it's pretty bad. What my address so he can send me a new one.
That statement means they no longer have any quality control and all the good sailmakers have crossed the Rio Grande. :) If they thought it was a fitting error or non genuine frame they would have suggested that first but seems they were quick to replace before possible negative product feedback!
If Bestop is the best why do some not fit? the pattern must be the same?

Bestop soon to be made in China?
 
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That statement means they no longer have any quality control and all the good sailmakers have crossed the Rio Grande. :) If they thought it was a fitting error or non genuine frame they would have suggested that first but seems they were quick to replace before possible negative product feedback!
If Bestop is the best why do some not fit? the pattern must be the same?

Bestop soon to be made in China?
I wonder how the individual panels are cut. If they have a stack of several sheets of material and the pieces are die cut, the ones on top will end up slightly larger than the ones on the bottom. The top sheets would progressively roll over the lower sheets as the die presses down on the stack. Probably not much, but an 1/8" here, an 1/8" there, and pretty soon you could have some serious stack up in tolerances.
If they only cut 1 sheet of material at a time, never mind.
 
That statement means they no longer have any quality control and all the good sailmakers have crossed the Rio Grande. :) If they thought it was a fitting error or non genuine frame they would have suggested that first but seems they were quick to replace before possible negative product feedback!
If Bestop is the best why do some not fit? the pattern must be the same?

Bestop soon to be made in China?
I agree, great for the OP, but raises a number of questions!
 
It actually means Smelly C U in NT (see you in the Northern Territory) :) Cant get that name most places. My email is fishtaco and call centres are shocked but I have had it since before emails :)
Anyway 100 and odd cases in NSW and 3 cases in WA (Perth) and Perth is now in hard lockdown.
One person in Australia in hospital and they were there before this latest spread.
All AU cases have been acquired from mixing domestic travellers in hotels with overseas positives in hotel quarantine and overseas airline staff.
If they were genuinely serious about this they could stop overseas flights especially from India and China! But they have not.
I get it you cant stop expats from returning back to Australia but they were allowing them out in the first instance then they started crying to come back and all sorts of human rights ! People who took their chances leaving Australia during Covid should suffer the consequences not just be repatriated to spread a new Delta variant.



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That's what the vaccines are for. Get them or get infected are the only choices with the new strains. As of July, my state is reinstating the mask bans that were in place before the China virus hit. Nobody can wear a mask in public or will be fined. 😷 I have a d̶e̶f̶u̶n̶d̶ DEFEND the POLICE mask. I bet they won't ticket me for wearing it.
 
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I just went down the Bestop twill road. Thing is tight as a drum - makes getting the spring-loaded pins for the sun roof into their brackets a real struggle when putting the top up. However, I drove 5 hours to Ocean City yesterday with the top up because it's just so hot here right now and the roof was solid and quiet - almost as quiet as my hardtop.
 
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In the box I received was the roof, side windows, rear window and a plastic package with two wing shaped white plastic inserts. The instructions told me to put these into the zipped pockets on the rear corners during installation. The inserts then deflect to form a nice tight rigid corner. See step 10 in installation instructions:
https://www.quadratec.com/sites/default/files/installation_instructions/171291.pdf
Are you sure it is a genuine Bestop product? I do worry about buying from places like Amazon and EBay that a dishonest seller might send a knock off instead of the real thing.

Interesting. I didn't know that the Twill version came with those inserts. I like it.