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Originally Posted by Dmitry at Pelican Parts
Hi 95avblm3....thank you so much for this very useful post. I know that our members will appreciate your details and additions to the tech article. If you have any other suggestions for a DIY article, reach out to me and we may be able to work something out. Thanks again! 
-Dmitry |
Hi Dmitry. Thanks for the nice words. Please feel free to use my post and pictures in any way you find useful. Of course, everyone's experience may be different but the steps I took seemed to result in a really positive result.
The only addition to my previous post that I would add here for folks DIYing their top is to pay very close attention to the orientation of the two weather strips that secure/seal the trailing edge of the top. Initially, I had the weatherstrip from the middle channel in upside down (it has an asymmetric cross-section) and it resulted in wrinkles on either side of the top just behind the side windows. I re-did the aft edge of the top by reversing the direction of the middle channel weatherstrip which resulted in a nice smooth finish all the way around.
Thanks also to the Pelican customer support team for working with me to get the extra part I had returned.