You have to take the door panels off to get at the electrical connections to the power mirrors. 

As for pop top canvas, I have hear very good things about http://www.atelierspk.com/west_english.html

alistair

On 2011-11-03, at 2:22 PM, Mark Tuovinen wrote:

> I know this has been discussed a number of times but I am Archives
> challenged and my personal archives are inaccessible to me at this time.
> We are looking at replacing the aging(slowly failing) original canvas on
> our `87 Westy Syncro and the wife seems willing to spring for a new one
> during our trip next month.  This will of course require a day or two stop
> somewhere but we have the time and can make that work.  The real issue is
> which replacement top to purchase.  We definitely want three windows,
> prefer one that looks original, are not worried too much about rain or wet
> weather as what we call rain many places consider a dry day.  I am leaning
> toward the one that The Bus Depot offers for $399.00 but would like to hear
> from any that have first hand experience either pro or con with it or other
> similar style tops so we can finalize our decision and get it ordered.
> 
> Do you have to remove the interior door panels to take power mirrors off of
> an `87 Westy?  I am asking as I would like to get my LT mirrors on before
> our trip but need to know how much time to allow for the job.
> 
> TIA
> Mark in AK
> `87 Westy Syncro