Geeze folk, why not repair it right. Get a fiberglass repair kit, and
resin. Shouldn't be all that difficult.

On Sep 4, 2008, at 9:45 PM, Jake de Villiers wrote:

> You could just fill the hole with white polyurethane caulk or use
> the caulk
> to glue a white acrylic circle over the hole.  The stuff sticks like
> crazy
> and lasts forever.  It should be available at the local hardware.  :-)
>
> On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 4:15 PM, Joy Hecht <hecht.joy@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> I've got a hole in my poptop that I'm looking for a way to plug.  I
>> ordered
>> one of the poptop strut kits, followed the instructions, and it
>> turned out
>> the struts that came with it were shorter than the dimensions given
>> for the
>> holes to attach them.  I attached the first strut andchecked that
>> all was
>> well before drilling the second hole, and found the problem.
>>
>> The hole should center at a spot 5/16 of an inch away from the
>> existing
>> hole.  I've emailed the person who assembles the kits and asked him
>> to send
>> me struts long enough to match his instructions, but if I can patch
>> the
>> hole
>> and drill a new one, that might be better.  And probably quicker.
>>
>> The kit includes large fender washers that go on both sides of the
>> hole in
>> the poptop, and they would cover the patched hole as well providing
>> some
>> support.
>>
>> Does anyone have suggestions for how to do this?  Ideally I'd like
>> to put
>> in
>> a metal plug the dimensions of the hole (5/16") and the depth of the
>> fiberglass.  But I'm guessing a fiberglass plug, or one of some other
>> material, might be more realistic.
>>
>> Suggestions?
>>
>> And if you're thinking of buying one of those kits, pmail me and I'll
>> explain more precisely what is wrong with the instructions so you
>> don't do
>> the same thing.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Joy
>>
>
>
>
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