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Timm · 01-06-2014, 10:24 PM

Does any one have any pics of how to install my top has been of for years and I don't remember it actually having any when I took it off do I need them with a double wall top

Timm · 01-06-2014, 10:27 PM

Also are their any tricks to installing the top last time I remember it was a real pain in the ars

SACRAMENTO 71 · 01-07-2014, 11:49 PM

Whats going on Timm, my favorate trick for installing tops is NICE AND SLOW.

I take my top off May til late Oct every year because of our great weather and every time I put it back on........ its different each time (espically after complete top restoration).

Go slow and you will be fine.

After dinner I`ll take some pics of the driprail reflectors if someone else has not posted them already.

Nick

Timm · 01-08-2014, 01:05 AM

thanks for the tip I have a double wall top I don't know if that makes a difference I see yours is a single wall

SACRAMENTO 71 · 01-08-2014, 01:29 AM

Besides how you bolt them (single vs double) to the truck, and 100 pounds I believe the install would be the same.

My black top is a double wall, maybe its the pictures that are messen with ya. Reflector pics coming. Nick

Timm · 01-08-2014, 11:04 AM

Did you add the interior lights your self? I thought double walls didn't have lights.

Timm · 01-09-2014, 01:11 AM

I figured out the drip rail deflectors nevermind thanks anyway

SACRAMENTO 71 · 01-09-2014, 03:39 PM

Sorry Timm, feel asleep on the couch, had a two day out of town trip and I just got home!! Been thinking about how I left you hanging the whole time.

Double wall tops have normally one light, I have asked around here before and no one (that answered) had ever saw a double wall with two lights???

I have inspected the top very well (espically during the resto) and I did not see any patches of holes or anything that would indicate someone added the 2nd light. Nick

Chulisohombre · 01-11-2014, 08:52 AM

My double wall has no Lights at all. I got ripped off. Lol. If the top has been off awhile I've had the a pillar sag a little and had To Put Pressure Against the back to Line up The holes to Get It bolted Up. I start with the front windshield bolts First then start from the rear and work my way forward on the bolts in the top. The hardest ones for me are the two right behind the doors.

**Blazerowner** · 01-15-2014, 02:03 AM

Double walls never had the dome lights. They must have been added.

01-06-2014, 10:24 PM	#1
Timm Registered User Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Stockton, California Posts: 29	Drip rail deflectors Does any one have any pics of how to install my top has been of for years and I don't remember it actually having any when I took it off do I need them with a double wall top

01-06-2014, 10:27 PM	#2
Timm Registered User Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Stockton, California Posts: 29	Re: Drip rail deflectors Also are their any tricks to installing the top last time I remember it was a real pain in the ars

01-07-2014, 11:49 PM	#3
SACRAMENTO 71 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 242	Re: Drip rail deflectors Whats going on Timm, my favorate trick for installing tops is NICE AND SLOW. I take my top off May til late Oct every year because of our great weather and every time I put it back on........ its different each time (espically after complete top restoration). Go slow and you will be fine. After dinner I`ll take some pics of the driprail reflectors if someone else has not posted them already. Nick Attached Images __________________ 68 C10 SWB W/ 72 FRONT CLIP 343SB TH400 64 C10 SWB 406SB TH400 74 SUBURBAN 454BB TH400 78 K10 SWB 350 TH350 6" ON 35" BFG MUD 71 K5 350 W/ TBI 700R4 6" ON 38" BFG MUD 00 K3500 DRW BIG BLOCK "DRINKING PRBLM"

01-08-2014, 01:05 AM	#4
Timm Registered User Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Stockton, California Posts: 29	Re: Drip rail deflectors thanks for the tip I have a double wall top I don't know if that makes a difference I see yours is a single wall

01-08-2014, 01:29 AM	#5
SACRAMENTO 71 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 242	Re: Drip rail deflectors Besides how you bolt them (single vs double) to the truck, and 100 pounds I believe the install would be the same. My black top is a double wall, maybe its the pictures that are messen with ya. Reflector pics coming. Nick __________________ 68 C10 SWB W/ 72 FRONT CLIP 343SB TH400 64 C10 SWB 406SB TH400 74 SUBURBAN 454BB TH400 78 K10 SWB 350 TH350 6" ON 35" BFG MUD 71 K5 350 W/ TBI 700R4 6" ON 38" BFG MUD 00 K3500 DRW BIG BLOCK "DRINKING PRBLM"

01-08-2014, 11:04 AM	#6
Timm Registered User Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Stockton, California Posts: 29	Re: Drip rail deflectors Did you add the interior lights your self? I thought double walls didn't have lights.

01-09-2014, 01:11 AM	#7
Timm Registered User Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Stockton, California Posts: 29	Re: Drip rail deflectors I figured out the drip rail deflectors nevermind thanks anyway

01-09-2014, 03:39 PM	#8
SACRAMENTO 71 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 242	Re: Drip rail deflectors Sorry Timm, feel asleep on the couch, had a two day out of town trip and I just got home!! Been thinking about how I left you hanging the whole time. Double wall tops have normally one light, I have asked around here before and no one (that answered) had ever saw a double wall with two lights??? I have inspected the top very well (espically during the resto) and I did not see any patches of holes or anything that would indicate someone added the 2nd light. Nick __________________ 68 C10 SWB W/ 72 FRONT CLIP 343SB TH400 64 C10 SWB 406SB TH400 74 SUBURBAN 454BB TH400 78 K10 SWB 350 TH350 6" ON 35" BFG MUD 71 K5 350 W/ TBI 700R4 6" ON 38" BFG MUD 00 K3500 DRW BIG BLOCK "DRINKING PRBLM"

01-11-2014, 08:52 AM	#9
Chulisohombre Registered User Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Bangor pa Posts: 1,223	Re: Drip rail deflectors My double wall has no Lights at all. I got ripped off. Lol. If the top has been off awhile I've had the a pillar sag a little and had To Put Pressure Against the back to Line up The holes to Get It bolted Up. I start with the front windshield bolts First then start from the rear and work my way forward on the bolts in the top. The hardest ones for me are the two right behind the doors.

01-15-2014, 02:03 AM	#10
Blazerowner Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Yuba City, Ca Posts: 1,955	Re: Drip rail deflectors Double walls never had the dome lights. They must have been added. __________________ Kirk 72 Blazer CST 4wd highlander

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