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Old 06-04-2007, 10:58 PM
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The title pretty much sums everything up - the little rubber pieces at either end of the black strip running along the middle section of my roof are lifting up. Any suggestions?
Old 06-04-2007, 11:49 PM
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I had the same problem. It sounds weird, but I used some black rtv to glue it back in
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I noticed the piece you speak of popping out after about 20000 miles. I couldn't get it to cooperate so I just had the dealer fix it under warranty. I think they removed the channeled I-bar and simply replaced the piece.
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My car is a 99 with 81k on it so I doubt its under warrenty. Can I just snip these off? They're mostly for show, right?
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It will probably look kind of wierd with them off. It would probably be a sharp edge, Id try to glue them down somehow.
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mine does same thing but pops back in whenever Ts in place
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i had one break off and i lost it... replaced the bar with a used one... then that ones rear piece broke off..ended up gluing it on with super glue and its stayed for over a year


they are purely cosmetic, but the bar doesnt look right without them...

the way i glued mine was on the 2 little tabs on it when it broke off, i just put glue on them, and held it in the proper position for like 5 mins, and then i was at a car show with the t-tops off, so i let it sit with the tops off for about 5 hrs.



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