Thanks very much! The top kinda has a tint to it that might have exaggerated the colors of the clouds but we do get some amazing sunsets here. I did a compilation of a bunch of sunsets in one of my Samurai videos.
The reason why you cannot close the two buttons on the left and right upper front part is because you are missing some kind of hinges (2) that are placed at the ends of the arch or rod and are screwed to the two black pieces that are on both sides of the body, that is what gives the correct tension to the soft top of your Suzuki.
The new top and the old top both were the same with the distance between the buttons on the soft top vs where they are on the windshield frame. It's hard to explain but if I snap the front buttons in, the plastic strip is too far forward by about an inch. There's no tension whatsoever so it won't stay in the groove and that part doesn't have any stretch to it. When I installed the first top I snapped the buttons in first (It's an older video), and nothing in the rear wanted to line up correctly. The next day I unsnapped them and put the plastic strip in the track and then I was able to get the rear to line up and snap in. This new top is the same way. I'm honestly not even worried about the front buttons anymore. I was at first because I thought the top would fly off but I've had it past 60mph and it was ok, plus the top wraps around the roll bars above both doors and velcro's to itself, then the doors close against it so there's no way it could come off. It would be nice to get the buttons to line up but I don't think I can with this particular top. I'll try to show what I'm talking about in a video cuz its hard to explain it in words but it seems that regardless of the tension in the back with the placement of the buttons there's no way to get them snapped in and also have the plastic strip go into the groove correctly. Thank you for the comments 👍
That's a really good idea. We dont get much rust here but I bet it would also keep them from breaking when taking them off. Sometimes I use the spray silicone on zippers. You know how most flashlights nowadays have metal threads on the end caps? I always put carmex or chapstic on the threads (I've done it on zippers for hunting jackets, makes em quieter and more waterproof). I tried everything on the zippers that wouldn't work on the original top, they were just bad, this new top worked perfectly, I was so relieved! Hey thanks for the tip!
Hello from the other side of the Ocean, I didn't understand if you were happy or not with the price of gasoline but I was for a few moments then I cried, 1 liter of gasoline in Portugal costs €1.80 for a minimum wage of €820, if the my calculations are correct 1 American gal L3,785 $2,99 = €2,79/L3,785 = €0,737 per liter, let's make exchanges, I'll send rain (June has been a winter month with rain, humidity, cold without sun and it's supposed to be summer here ), Good Mediterranean food, just ask and you can send me gas, by email, whatsapp, whatever... wouldn't that be great HA!HA! Good luck with your life my friend, keep fixing things.
Yes $3/gallon here is pretty good lately. Before Biden it was less than $2 and it's gotten past $5/gal at one point. If Trump gets back in he's gonna drill like crazy and it might lower prices everywhere. The last time I tried to mail gas in an envelope they looked at me funny.
The car looks stunning! However, the left side of the soft top looks better than the right side, as if the right side should be reattached/stretched slightly different.
Hmmm, I didn't notice at the time but that might explain why there was more tension on one side when I added those velcro straps and sinched them down tight. Now that it's been in the sun for a few days I can prob release the tension and tighten it all back down evenly. I was trying to explain something to someone who commented about the front snaps so I'll prob show that part in a video so I'll try to correct what you noticed also. Good eye. 👍
In the connection of the hood's retaining rods with the black rubber pieces that are screwed to the body, two other metal hinges are missing that make the two buttons fit correctly on both sides of the windshield. I'm really sorry to tell you that you're going to break the hood again.😢
Wait, now I'm confused, but that's great information. Thank you so much! So is there supposed to be like a tab with a male button on one side and female on the other that takes up that gap I have? Also, is the hood supposed to snap into that somewhere to hold it up when it's open? I'll do some digging, no that you gave me a little direction, thanks again!
@@FixLife119 on the phone when you make a video they say video short or live push live couple simple questions like us it made for kids an your thr goin live.
Hagerty sound like Shannon's which we have in Australia. Mostly people's vintage/veteran or speciality type vehicles, agreed values and decent premiums. The new canopy looks great btw, car looking so good now. I am still in holding pattern with mine. Most of the stuff I wanna do is ready to go but can't get anyone to start on the major body work/paint. Frustrating!
I was gonna ask how she's coming along. Maybe fake an injury at work and take time off to do it yourself, then send them a link to your video and say "just joking" lol. Idk if it's at your house but maybe you could just do like 30 minutes a day, that would add up over time. Body work is kinda fun, the sanding gets boring but the other stuff is fun, and you can't really screw it up, just might need to do it a few times to get it how you want. I can't wait to see that thing all done up. Such an awesome body style, I love that front end!
@@FixLife119 yeah it's good advice (maybe not the fake illness but 😂) and it's something I've been considering anyway. I get some weekend down time and the car is garaged here so it's handy. I reckon I can do most of the body prep and as u say can't really f that up . Then when time come to paint get someone to do the body off frame stuff. 👍
@@andrebaumbach9447 Yeah man I think you'll enjoy doing it. You could watch a bunch of videos first. I'm sure theres some actual professionals on RUclips. I'm no pro but I've had good luck by always limiting how much filler I use. If it's more than 1/16" or so I always use short strand fiberglass (Bondoglass) first because it has fibers in it. I've not had any cracks when doing it that way. On my old work van when I got in an accident a chunk of bondo flew off the bumper. Frieken thing was like 3/4" thick and prob 4" wide. I never even knew it had bondo until that accident. So it does stick really well but the last thing you want is a crack after laying down a nice paint job. They do also make long strand fiberglass. I think Bondo claimed you could fill gaps of up to 1" with the long strand and 1/2" with the short strand. Ideally you can get the metal pretty close first and not have to worry about the Bondo Glass. Both body filler and bondo glass are very easy to use. They come with a tube of hardener and you just squirt out enough to make a line across your pile of schmutz. The more you add the less time you have before it hardens. I always buy an extra tube of hardener cuz I use alot.To mix it you're supposed to take your plastic card and kinda fold it in instead of mixing it, supposedly that introduces less air bubbles. A cheese grater speeds things up too. They're about 9" long and like 1.5" wide. It let's you kinda shape it before it's hard enough to sand. But anyways you can get those things and just practice on some other stuff before you do it on the Suzuki, not that you'll screw it up cuz you can always sand it off. You could also buy a cheap PDR kit for less than $100. If you've never watched any PDR videos I recommend it. The PDR (paintless dent removal) kit comes with tons of stuff but prob the main helpful thing is the tabs that you hot glue onto the dent, then you can either use a slide hammer or a tool that you squeeze and it has 2 rubber feet that touch outside the dent , then when u squeeze it pull your tab in between the feet. Yeah man if you've never heard of PDR definitely definitely check it out before anything else, that may be all you need. Alright, I'm rambling, but I think you'll be really happy trying it yourself. 👍
This replacement top they sent went on with no damage but thank you, that's great to know I can fix it if this one starts shedding buttons like the other one did. Do you know if there is any special tools needed to replace the buttons? I imagine they crimp together but hopefully that can be done with some pliers. Hey thanks again!
Hey, two of the zippers never worked (I tried everything) and several of the buttons broke right away. I emailed the seller back when I installed it and they sent another one, I just didn't want to change it out until most of the other work was done. The replacement one went on like a dream, every zipper worked flawless, no broken buttons, the fit was good. I almost couldn't believe it was the same kind. Dang that video was a while back, youre an OG on the Samurai series, I appreciate ya!
Great job! As far as I remember mounting the soft top on the samu, you should have best results starting from the front to the rear. Work the windscreen “connection” first and then to the back. Best results depending on the top brand…I guess! Whats the brand of your top? I’m looking for a new one and its not easy to find a good one in europe. Cheers from Portugal
Yeah that's what the instructions said too but I couldn't get the front plastic piece to stay in the groove without all the tension from the rear on it. Unfortunately Ebay won't let me go back that far in my history anymore to see what brand it was. I want to say the metal rods were around $100, which is such a rip off. If I would have known that's what they'd send me I would have bought 2 sticks of EMT and 2 couplers, that's basically all it is. Then the top wasn't very much. I think I only paid like $220 for both, however the first one they sent was complete garage. 2 of the zippers didn't work, a bunch of buttons broke, it was just terrible, then the replacement (the one in this video) was basically perfect. Anyways, it's kind of a roll of the dice getting that one off Ebay. But at least they replaced it for me with a decent one. Hopefully if you get it off Ebay you'll get a good one the first time. Thanks for the comment, take care.
@@gregoriogutierrezcastro1994Gracias por la información. Ya los conozco desde hace un par de años porque les compré material. Por los vídeos que he visto de sus capotas, parecen un poco delgadas en comparación con el original. Me gustaría ver uno en persona antes de comprar.
@@LuisGarcia-wt2kp vendían otras de lona auténtica que eran más caras y mejores, pero las de vinilo/lona que venden ahora también están bien y la verdad es que no hay mucho donde elegir. Saludos
Además las originales de los Suzuki Samurai y Santana que se fabricaban en la fábrica de Linares en España, también eran de lona por el interior y vinilo exterior.
I think you're 100% right. If I would have sinched down the inner vertical straps first it would have been much easier. I don't know if you've noticed but I kinda always seem to do thinks the hard way lol.
RUclips does not allow me to send my email, nor does it allow me to send any link where you can see the correct installation. I don't know how I can help.
Right, they keep telling me to wait longer. I'm pretty sure it got stolen out of the mail. Then they're gonna charge me again if I have to get a replacement. Such BS!
13:44 I disagree on the mic. It eliminates the wind noise, the sound is a tidbit muffled but it’s not bad. You have the mic clipped to your chest. Move it up to the collar of your shirt and quality should improve.
2. I bought the first one, had issues so contacted the seller and they sent a replacement. I just wanted to wait till most of the work was done before putting it on so it still looked new when the build was finished. Such a night and day difference between the first one they sent and the replacement. No issues the 2nd time around.
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That sunset 🌅 when you were sitting in the back of your truck was amazing!!! Truck looks killer bro!!!
Thanks very much! The top kinda has a tint to it that might have exaggerated the colors of the clouds but we do get some amazing sunsets here. I did a compilation of a bunch of sunsets in one of my Samurai videos.
The reason why you cannot close the two buttons on the left and right upper front part is because you are missing some kind of hinges (2) that are placed at the ends of the arch or rod and are screwed to the two black pieces that are on both sides of the body, that is what gives the correct tension to the soft top of your Suzuki.
The new top and the old top both were the same with the distance between the buttons on the soft top vs where they are on the windshield frame. It's hard to explain but if I snap the front buttons in, the plastic strip is too far forward by about an inch. There's no tension whatsoever so it won't stay in the groove and that part doesn't have any stretch to it. When I installed the first top I snapped the buttons in first (It's an older video), and nothing in the rear wanted to line up correctly. The next day I unsnapped them and put the plastic strip in the track and then I was able to get the rear to line up and snap in. This new top is the same way. I'm honestly not even worried about the front buttons anymore. I was at first because I thought the top would fly off but I've had it past 60mph and it was ok, plus the top wraps around the roll bars above both doors and velcro's to itself, then the doors close against it so there's no way it could come off. It would be nice to get the buttons to line up but I don't think I can with this particular top. I'll try to show what I'm talking about in a video cuz its hard to explain it in words but it seems that regardless of the tension in the back with the placement of the buttons there's no way to get them snapped in and also have the plastic strip go into the groove correctly. Thank you for the comments 👍
Helpful tip...if you will put a little dab of grease or spray silicone on buttons/snaps keep them from rusting and sticking. Also spray ur zippers
That's a really good idea. We dont get much rust here but I bet it would also keep them from breaking when taking them off. Sometimes I use the spray silicone on zippers. You know how most flashlights nowadays have metal threads on the end caps? I always put carmex or chapstic on the threads (I've done it on zippers for hunting jackets, makes em quieter and more waterproof). I tried everything on the zippers that wouldn't work on the original top, they were just bad, this new top worked perfectly, I was so relieved! Hey thanks for the tip!
Hello from the other side of the Ocean, I didn't understand if you were happy or not with the price of gasoline but I was for a few moments then I cried, 1 liter of gasoline in Portugal costs €1.80 for a minimum wage of €820, if the my calculations are correct 1 American gal L3,785 $2,99 = €2,79/L3,785 = €0,737 per liter, let's make exchanges, I'll send rain (June has been a winter month with rain, humidity, cold without sun and it's supposed to be summer here ), Good Mediterranean food, just ask and you can send me gas, by email, whatsapp, whatever... wouldn't that be great HA!HA! Good luck with your life my friend, keep fixing things.
Yes $3/gallon here is pretty good lately. Before Biden it was less than $2 and it's gotten past $5/gal at one point. If Trump gets back in he's gonna drill like crazy and it might lower prices everywhere. The last time I tried to mail gas in an envelope they looked at me funny.
Thanks for detail.
The car looks stunning!
However, the left side of the soft top looks better than the right side, as if the right side should be reattached/stretched slightly different.
Hmmm, I didn't notice at the time but that might explain why there was more tension on one side when I added those velcro straps and sinched them down tight. Now that it's been in the sun for a few days I can prob release the tension and tighten it all back down evenly. I was trying to explain something to someone who commented about the front snaps so I'll prob show that part in a video so I'll try to correct what you noticed also. Good eye. 👍
In the connection of the hood's retaining rods with the black rubber pieces that are screwed to the body, two other metal hinges are missing that make the two buttons fit correctly on both sides of the windshield. I'm really sorry to tell you that you're going to break the hood again.😢
Wait, now I'm confused, but that's great information. Thank you so much! So is there supposed to be like a tab with a male button on one side and female on the other that takes up that gap I have? Also, is the hood supposed to snap into that somewhere to hold it up when it's open? I'll do some digging, no that you gave me a little direction, thanks again!
finally got it all watched ha! OCD gets yeah everytime or you go crazy like me. i did a live show the past couple days, it was super fun
Oh wow, you went live? How was it?
@@FixLife119 it was fun! think i might like it more than makin videos. you should try it
@@numbskullskills How do you do it? Are you like answering people's questions n stuff? Sounds kinda cool.
@@FixLife119 on the phone when you make a video they say video short or live push live couple simple questions like us it made for kids an your thr goin live.
@@FixLife119 yes you talk to people
Top looks good.
Hey thanks alot!
Hagerty sound like Shannon's which we have in Australia. Mostly people's vintage/veteran or speciality type vehicles, agreed values and decent premiums. The new canopy looks great btw, car looking so good now. I am still in holding pattern with mine. Most of the stuff I wanna do is ready to go but can't get anyone to start on the major body work/paint. Frustrating!
I was gonna ask how she's coming along. Maybe fake an injury at work and take time off to do it yourself, then send them a link to your video and say "just joking" lol. Idk if it's at your house but maybe you could just do like 30 minutes a day, that would add up over time. Body work is kinda fun, the sanding gets boring but the other stuff is fun, and you can't really screw it up, just might need to do it a few times to get it how you want. I can't wait to see that thing all done up. Such an awesome body style, I love that front end!
@@FixLife119 yeah it's good advice (maybe not the fake illness but 😂) and it's something I've been considering anyway. I get some weekend down time and the car is garaged here so it's handy. I reckon I can do most of the body prep and as u say can't really f that up . Then when time come to paint get someone to do the body off frame stuff. 👍
@@andrebaumbach9447 Yeah man I think you'll enjoy doing it. You could watch a bunch of videos first. I'm sure theres some actual professionals on RUclips. I'm no pro but I've had good luck by always limiting how much filler I use. If it's more than 1/16" or so I always use short strand fiberglass (Bondoglass) first because it has fibers in it. I've not had any cracks when doing it that way. On my old work van when I got in an accident a chunk of bondo flew off the bumper. Frieken thing was like 3/4" thick and prob 4" wide. I never even knew it had bondo until that accident. So it does stick really well but the last thing you want is a crack after laying down a nice paint job. They do also make long strand fiberglass. I think Bondo claimed you could fill gaps of up to 1" with the long strand and 1/2" with the short strand. Ideally you can get the metal pretty close first and not have to worry about the Bondo Glass. Both body filler and bondo glass are very easy to use. They come with a tube of hardener and you just squirt out enough to make a line across your pile of schmutz. The more you add the less time you have before it hardens. I always buy an extra tube of hardener cuz I use alot.To mix it you're supposed to take your plastic card and kinda fold it in instead of mixing it, supposedly that introduces less air bubbles. A cheese grater speeds things up too. They're about 9" long and like 1.5" wide. It let's you kinda shape it before it's hard enough to sand. But anyways you can get those things and just practice on some other stuff before you do it on the Suzuki, not that you'll screw it up cuz you can always sand it off. You could also buy a cheap PDR kit for less than $100. If you've never watched any PDR videos I recommend it. The PDR (paintless dent removal) kit comes with tons of stuff but prob the main helpful thing is the tabs that you hot glue onto the dent, then you can either use a slide hammer or a tool that you squeeze and it has 2 rubber feet that touch outside the dent , then when u squeeze it pull your tab in between the feet. Yeah man if you've never heard of PDR definitely definitely check it out before anything else, that may be all you need. Alright, I'm rambling, but I think you'll be really happy trying it yourself. 👍
Amazon sells a button replacement kit
This replacement top they sent went on with no damage but thank you, that's great to know I can fix it if this one starts shedding buttons like the other one did. Do you know if there is any special tools needed to replace the buttons? I imagine they crimp together but hopefully that can be done with some pliers. Hey thanks again!
Hi, why did you change the soft top? The old looks good...I remember youadded it in one of the previous video.
Hey, two of the zippers never worked (I tried everything) and several of the buttons broke right away. I emailed the seller back when I installed it and they sent another one, I just didn't want to change it out until most of the other work was done. The replacement one went on like a dream, every zipper worked flawless, no broken buttons, the fit was good. I almost couldn't believe it was the same kind. Dang that video was a while back, youre an OG on the Samurai series, I appreciate ya!
Great job! As far as I remember mounting the soft top on the samu, you should have best results starting from the front to the rear. Work the windscreen “connection” first and then to the back. Best results depending on the top brand…I guess! Whats the brand of your top? I’m looking for a new one and its not easy to find a good one in europe.
Cheers from Portugal
Yeah that's what the instructions said too but I couldn't get the front plastic piece to stay in the groove without all the tension from the rear on it. Unfortunately Ebay won't let me go back that far in my history anymore to see what brand it was. I want to say the metal rods were around $100, which is such a rip off. If I would have known that's what they'd send me I would have bought 2 sticks of EMT and 2 couplers, that's basically all it is. Then the top wasn't very much. I think I only paid like $220 for both, however the first one they sent was complete garage. 2 of the zippers didn't work, a bunch of buttons broke, it was just terrible, then the replacement (the one in this video) was basically perfect. Anyways, it's kind of a roll of the dice getting that one off Ebay. But at least they replaced it for me with a decent one. Hopefully if you get it off Ebay you'll get a good one the first time. Thanks for the comment, take care.
Puedes ver en la web Masterforest. Envían desde Francia y tienen muchísimas cosas para nuestros Suzukis Samurai. Saludos
@@gregoriogutierrezcastro1994Gracias por la información. Ya los conozco desde hace un par de años porque les compré material. Por los vídeos que he visto de sus capotas, parecen un poco delgadas en comparación con el original. Me gustaría ver uno en persona antes de comprar.
@@LuisGarcia-wt2kp vendían otras de lona auténtica que eran más caras y mejores, pero las de vinilo/lona que venden ahora también están bien y la verdad es que no hay mucho donde elegir.
Saludos
Además las originales de los Suzuki Samurai y Santana que se fabricaban en la fábrica de Linares en España, también eran de lona por el interior y vinilo exterior.
Hello. I think your missing a piece for your cage that's why your soft top is hard to snap.
I think you're 100% right. If I would have sinched down the inner vertical straps first it would have been much easier. I don't know if you've noticed but I kinda always seem to do thinks the hard way lol.
RUclips does not allow me to send my email, nor does it allow me to send any link where you can see the correct installation. I don't know how I can help.
Im surprised to see you still dont hav a plate on that thing. The gov must not use the tax money at the dmv
You got a hair cut...I'm so cheep I bought some shear's yrs ago an, well you can guess
Right, they keep telling me to wait longer. I'm pretty sure it got stolen out of the mail. Then they're gonna charge me again if I have to get a replacement. Such BS!
Yeah since I always wear hats I usually use my beard trimmer to tidy it up a few times to stretch out the haircuts. Such a ripoff!
@@FixLife119 my wife gets mad at me, she likes it a little longer, me when my hair starts stickin up i cut it. i call it stick-up to stick-up
13:44
I disagree on the mic. It eliminates the wind noise, the sound is a tidbit muffled but it’s not bad.
You have the mic clipped to your chest. Move it up to the collar of your shirt and quality should improve.
How many tops u put on that so far.
2. I bought the first one, had issues so contacted the seller and they sent a replacement. I just wanted to wait till most of the work was done before putting it on so it still looked new when the build was finished. Such a night and day difference between the first one they sent and the replacement. No issues the 2nd time around.