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uninformed
30th March 2009, 04:41 PM
hey all,

how where the outer skin on the safari roofs attached to the main roof? what kept them from leaking at there mounting points?

did they do a safari roof for the truck cab?

cheers, Serg
Sprint
30th March 2009, 05:17 PM
not 100% on how they were attached, but yes, there was a safari roof made for the truck cabs
Sth65pacific
30th March 2009, 06:54 PM
hey all,

how where the outer skin on the safari roofs attached to the main roof? what kept them from leaking at there mounting points?

did they do a safari roof for the truck cab?

cheers, Serg

I'll post you a picture or a few at the end of the week, any details you want PM me... I take delivery of MINE then.

Ian
Lotz-A-Landies
30th March 2009, 07:18 PM
Ian

Safari roofs???? Are you talking about the tropical roof (88" Part Number R332194, 109" R332987, truck cab R330894)?

The tropical roof fitted on with a set of nylon spacers, set screws, nuts and a rubber washer (R302373) underneath the skin (inside) of the hard top.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/03/84.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/01/980.jpg

Diana
JDNSW
30th March 2009, 07:47 PM
Ian

Safari roofs???? Are you talking about the tropical roof (88" Part Number R332194, 109" R332987, truck cab R330894)?

The tropical roof fitted on with a set of nylon spacers, set screws, nuts and a rubber washer underneath the skin (inside) of the hard top.
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Diana

Actually, in my experience the spacers were rubber not nylon...

John
uninformed
30th March 2009, 09:43 PM
thanks guys,

post up pics to, will help others in the future too.

cheers, Serg
Lotz-A-Landies
31st March 2009, 10:41 AM
Actually, in my experience the spacers were rubber not nylon...

JohnNot any of the ones I have now or have ever owned (5) have had rubber spacers. They have all been white plastic material, nylon is my best guess . Even the NOS kit acquired on the Putty Road has the "nylon" spacers, they have a habit of becoming brittle and cracking with long term U/V exposure and from the screws expanding from rust.

My advice if fitting a tropical roof would be to ignore the steel OEM screws and use marine grade stainless mushroom headed screws instead.
JDNSW
31st March 2009, 10:51 AM
Not any of the ones I have now or have ever owned (5) have had rubber spacers. They have all been white plastic material, nylon is my best guess . Even the NOS kit acquired on the Putty Road has the "nylon" spacers, they have a habit of becoming brittle and cracking with long term U/V exposure and from the screws expanding from rust.

My advice if fitting a tropical roof would be to ignore the steel OEM screws and use marine grade stainless mushroom headed screws instead.

Maybe that is why the ones I remember were rubber (probably door stops) - they were replacements!

John
Lotz-A-Landies
31st March 2009, 11:10 AM
That could be, or even that people bought the panel as a replacement part but when they heard the price of the fitting kit they decided to use door stoppers instead. My tropical roofs have all been a part of the original fitings to Station Wagon roofs or the recent acquisition of a NOS truck cab tropical roof.

If people want to make up some spacers I'll measure them next time I'm down the coast.

Diana
Bigbjorn
31st March 2009, 02:02 PM
And they were definitely called "tropical roof" not "safari roof".