Not all tops are made the same BE careful

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Not all tops are made the same BE careful

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I ordered a top from EBAY, a good supplier I thought, but never have bought from him before.

The top was delivered 2 weeks later than I was promised.
Then when I took the top out of the box this morning.... Gee it is a POS, why?

The side of the top was sewn effect, not embossed and sealed as all the others I installed.
So it would rip on the stitching seams, as the seam was on the back corner as well as the sides. Sure maybe I exaggerate about the itty bitty holes, but
I don't think so.

Here is a side by side...
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The old one is what I ripped off on Wed night...
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What a embossed seam looks like:
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The tear is from the beading seam that I removed....
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I sure hope I get my monies back.... if not..... FLAME ON.
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Brian I will be needing a new top and have been looking at the EBay ones, which one did you get
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84Vert wrote:Brian I will be needing a new top and have been looking at the EBay ones, which one did you get
Do not use Convertible Specialties...

But Autotops says that the sides are embossed. They are an Easy-on dist.
I have one on order....199 in the grained vinyl.
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Thanks Brian
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Just ordered a new top from TOPSONLINE.com ez-on is the brand as well as robbins. They sell two varieties of each, and the ez-on has the raised seams, and are heat sealed embossed on the sides.
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Just got the new TOP from Topsonline. It is a ez-on top. The quality difference is night and day. The seams are better sewn, and the sides are embossed. All fish tapes are present, and it feels to be a heavier gauge of material than the previous. The seams are stitched well.

Can't wait to put it on, and take the remaining pictures of installing the back cable that I have been missing.
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Got the new Ez-on top, it is nicely made with the exception that it didn't come with fish tape to insert the side tension cables.

Embossed and flat seam, not a raised rib....So the top is smooth.....
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Notched out for the front tray assembly.
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Rear side of the embossed area...
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