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Convertible Universal Rear Body Tack Strip
Sunday, October 20, 2013 7:28 PM
Hello all,

Thought I would post up a pic of the 3/16" x 5/8" (doubled up) universal tack strip installed. My original was cracked in many places.
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2000 Sunfire GT Convertible (daughters car, totaled Jan 2014 RIP)


Re: Convertible Universal Rear Body Tack Strip
Sunday, October 20, 2013 7:30 PM
The rivets are 1/8" in diameter and 1/2" deep. This was shown in the Cavalier/Sunfire 1995-2000 Convertible Top Installation Instructions video. Good video.


2000 Sunfire GT Convertible (daughters car, totaled Jan 2014 RIP)

Re: Convertible Universal Rear Body Tack Strip
Sunday, October 20, 2013 7:35 PM
The video does not mention this but the rear body molding won't sit flush once you are done. So when I got finished I ended up with this. I followed video instructions step by step so I never test fit the molding before putting the top on. Apparently the original tack strip had a cut out for the bulkhead on the back side of the molding to fit into. If I were to do this again I would have fit all that molding onto the car before putting the top on and made corrections as needed. I hope my mistake will help others. I was not able to find any threads anywhere on installing the universal tack strip.
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2000 Sunfire GT Convertible (daughters car, totaled Jan 2014 RIP)

Re: Convertible Universal Rear Body Tack Strip
Sunday, October 20, 2013 7:36 PM
But other then that the video did a great job explaining the procedure.
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2000 Sunfire GT Convertible (daughters car, totaled Jan 2014 RIP)

Re: Convertible Universal Rear Body Tack Strip
Monday, October 21, 2013 3:47 AM
Old top for comparison.
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2000 Sunfire GT Convertible (daughters car, totaled Jan 2014 RIP)

Re: Convertible Universal Rear Body Tack Strip
Wednesday, October 30, 2013 7:53 PM
you did that yourself? great job sir.
Re: Convertible Universal Rear Body Tack Strip
Saturday, November 09, 2013 9:50 AM
Spencer wrote:you did that yourself? great job sir.


Thanks, yes I spent a week end. Wanted to learn how to do it.


2000 Sunfire GT Convertible (daughters car, totaled Jan 2014 RIP)

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