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| Mikey914 |
Jul 1 2011, 03:01 AM
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The rubber man ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 12,786 Joined: 27-December 04 From: Hillsboro, OR Member No.: 3,348 Region Association: None
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With the trial run wrapping up this next week we have made some improvements and leared what works and what will not work. We continue to refine the processes and will probably even make more improvements as we continue production.
What is unique about this roof is that it is not just a piece of acrylic that was mounting hardware bonded to it, it actually uses a fiberglass substructure that is very simular to the OEM roofs. It also uses the OEM sytle rubber to seal, so it's much better at keeping water out than the old roofs that were available in the past. I felt that to just immitate a roof that had many problems I should try to make a significant improvements to the product. It also used hardware that is simular to the OEM mounts, except we created a new mechanism that should minimize overtightening. This was a failure mode on the old roofs. We started the first run of roofs with the idea that we could keep the cost lower, and found that some of the assumptions we made were not quite correct, and wound up using diferent materials and processes. Of course they were more expensive and the times we planned were not even close to what we thought they would be. In reality we only had to increase the GB price by $65. This roof comes with the rubber and mounting hardware. The mounting hardware will be attached, you will need to install the rubber as there is some variation as to where some need to mount. I'll PM those that have signed up on the other thread. We will be able to do 2 roofs per week first prouction will be shipping July 11th. 2 per week. Each roof has a serial number and your choice of shipping crate or Eccorrate. Sign up here if you're interested. We are looking at a $350 deposit and balance + shipping due when it ships. Just a heads up the size is 3rd oversize, so shipping I have seen so far is from $110-165. The boxes run $50 for the laminated cardboard "crate" $85 for the wooden crate. Attached thumbnail(s) |
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| Socalandy |
Jul 1 2011, 09:30 AM
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Its got to be Yellow!!! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 2,433 Joined: 29-August 09 From: Orange Member No.: 10,742 Region Association: Southern California |
I'm still in!!!
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Count me in!!!!!! ... Jul 1 2011, 06:19 AM
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StratPlayer Count me in mikey....... :beer2: Jul 1 2011, 09:15 AM
Mikey914 crate options- Jul 1 2011, 11:08 AM
Mikey914 Yes this will have plyood closing it up and screwe... Jul 1 2011, 11:09 AM
Mikey914 Or the Eccorrate Jul 1 2011, 11:14 AM
montoya 73 2.0 now you need to make the front two holders in the ... Jul 1 2011, 01:47 PM
Jeff Bowlsby Mike...can you tantalize us with a few close-up ph... Jul 1 2011, 01:49 PM
StratPlayer Glad I bought some extra sets of those soft rubbe... Jul 1 2011, 07:58 PM
Mikey914 While the dimmensions are very close, I do not rec... Jul 1 2011, 10:06 PM
montoya 73 2.0 Ever? Not even for the 15 minute ride back home? :... Jul 1 2011, 10:40 PM
73Euro911S Just a thought; maybe installing a high quality cl... Jul 1 2011, 10:58 PM
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Just a thought; maybe installing a high quality c... Jul 2 2011, 12:58 PM
jim_hoyland I stored my Saratoga top in the truck and found th... Jul 2 2011, 08:04 AM
Loser_Cruiser Two questions: could we do pick up instead of ship... Jul 2 2011, 10:10 AM
Mikey914
Two questions: could we do pick up instead of shi... Jul 2 2011, 12:54 PM
Niklas Hello Mikey!
Is the rubber on your top the sam... Jul 2 2011, 10:58 AM
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Hello Mikey!
Is the rubber on your top the sa... Jul 2 2011, 12:41 PM
Mikey914 Got some bad news on the packaging side. My guy bu... Jul 14 2011, 12:06 PM
jim_hoyland Crate arrived today with the WAS top. Nice constru... Jul 29 2011, 03:49 PM
Steve
Crate arrived today with the WAS top. Nice constr... Jul 29 2011, 05:55 PM
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Crate arrived today with the WAS top. Nice const... Jul 29 2011, 06:59 PM
RoadGlue Nice work Mark! Jul 29 2011, 03:53 PM
patssle
Waiting a day to open the box? That's some s... Jul 29 2011, 04:53 PM
Steve Thanks Jim!! I can wait a week. I need t... Jul 29 2011, 07:36 PM
brant Mine arrived
I can't wait to assemble and put ... Jul 30 2011, 07:39 AM
jim_hoyland I'm going to be one step behind you, please po... Jul 30 2011, 07:44 AM
jim_hoyland Got the crate opened today; this crate is gonna be... Jul 30 2011, 01:34 PM
Mikey914 These actually turned out to be lighter than the O... Jul 30 2011, 02:33 PM
kerensky As a note from some feed back I have recieved, I... Aug 22 2011, 02:57 PM
jim_hoyland Mounted the crate to the garage wall for easy stor... Jul 31 2011, 01:48 PM
montoya 73 2.0 Nice job Jim :thumbsup: And I will keep my eye out... Jul 31 2011, 04:13 PM
Mikey914 Nice job Jim!
You may want a protective layer... Jul 31 2011, 10:39 PM
jim_hoyland Finished mounting and painting the shipping crate ... Aug 22 2011, 10:02 AM
jim_hoyland Couple of pics showing the stock top and WAS top f... Aug 22 2011, 10:06 AM
Cevan I think I want one of those. That'd be great ... Aug 22 2011, 11:15 AM
ChrisNPDrider
These actually turned out to be lighter than the ... Aug 22 2011, 02:07 PM
StratPlayer Very nice, are all the roofs going to have to put ... Aug 22 2011, 08:02 PM
jim_hoyland
Very nice, are all the roofs going to have to put... Aug 23 2011, 07:05 AM
Mikey914 Yes the rear and side seals are an install that is... Aug 23 2011, 11:58 PM![]() ![]() |
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