Thread: Safari (tropical) roof?

not 100% on how they were attached, but yes, there was a safari roof made for the truck cabs

Originally Posted by uninformed

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

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.





Diana

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

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

thanks guys,

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

cheers, Serg

Originally Posted by JDNSW

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

John

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.

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

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

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