Outer Limits 4x4 Board

Posted: **Fri May 12, 2006 4:11 pm**

Hi,

I am looking for a picture of a Fez with a Bikini top.

Have been offered one pretty cheap, but I got no idea what it looks like.

Also if anyone has any comments, advise, etc on bikini tops (for cars not girls

) please let me know

Thanks

Posted: **Fri May 12, 2006 4:29 pm**

i have one. dont know how it looks on roza as i havent had a chance to try it out yet. been sittin rolled up in a box for a good while now. heres a picture. alot simliar to what it would look like on jeep wangler i think.

edit: cant get the damn pictures to work.

anyone want to help me out?

Posted: **Fri May 12, 2006 6:36 pm**

where can i buy a bikini top? i havent seen any in Aus.

Posted: **Fri May 12, 2006 6:47 pm**

Posted: **Sat May 13, 2006 2:11 am**

senergy wrote:where can i buy a bikini top? i havent seen any in Aus.

You could try the local swimwear shop

PV, email the pics to me and I'll post 'em up.

Posted: **Sat May 13, 2006 7:19 am**

senergy wrote:where can i buy a bikini top? i havent seen any in Aus.

A Local motor trimmer should be able to make you one.

Posted: **Sat May 20, 2006 1:13 am**

OK, here are PV's pics of his Bikini Top.

I think I'll have to find someody to make me one.

Posted: **Wed Sep 20, 2006 3:40 pm**

bringing this post back from the dead...

since summer is almost upon us in sydney i want to get one of these made up.
Who can recommend a good/cheap motor trimmer or even a sail/tent maker in the inner west area??

I was thinking of making it cover just the front section and using the orginal brackets, so i can store this in the car and if i leave the sunroof at home it could be used as an emergency cover.

Posted: **Sun Sep 24, 2006 4:49 pm**

I know a guy who could make that in his sleep... but how does it fit????
I'm with senergy... i just want something to cover the car if I take the top off and it rains.

Posted: **Sun Sep 24, 2006 5:28 pm**

i was thinking of sowing some alloy rods in the front and back with hooks.

Posted: **Sun Sep 24, 2006 7:48 pm**

keep the ideas flowing guys, would be keen to get one this summer

Posted: **Sun Sep 24, 2006 9:58 pm**

senergy wrote:i was thinking of sowing some alloy rods in the front and back with hooks.

so your thinking more of a safari top than a bikini top then???

speaking of a safari top.. has anyone figured out how to remove the windows from the rear hard-top. The back window is pretty obvious... but I'd really like to remove the side windows too.

Posted: **Mon Sep 25, 2006 3:45 am**

those are easy, provided you are willing to risk scraching the curved bolt head. just simply use something to clamp onto the outside black curved bolt top(easier with a second person), and inside the window is a nut you can undo. OR, with a little bit more work, you can unscrew the brackets that holds the windows in place(two in front, 1 in back for the latch). just take your time taking them out, and be VERY slow and make sure you dont cross the threads when you put them back in. you have to have a second person to hold the window so you dont fight as much and can focus on making sure you dont cross the threads.

Posted: **Mon Sep 25, 2006 10:51 am**

Not sure what you mean by a safari top, it needs to have some hooks on the front to use the existing latches (that is easy) but on most bikini tops the rears are held down at the corners to keep things nice and taught. But I want to use the center latch so it can be used while the rear roof is still on.
So a alloy rod front and rear with the latches/hooks attached will keep the bikini top taught but still allow it to be rolled up when packed away.
Easy enough to make but i dont have a sowing machine..

As for removing the windows, I used multi grips to grip the outside. A couple of my nuts were rusted so a dremel was needed and replacement nuts found.
$10 for the orginals or $5 for second hands....
I dont think its easy enough to take them in and out depending on the weather, mine came out to get tinted...

Posted: **Wed Sep 27, 2006 9:35 pm**

A safari top is a canvas top from front to back with no sides.

more info here...
http://www.izook.com/reviews/safaritop/safaritop.htm
and what a ripper idea... SHADENET!!!

http://www.izook.com/reviews/breezeotop/breezeotop.htm

Below is a pic of how i THINK that feroza top might fit...

and another pic of how you could cover the back over. however the rollbar has been taken out in this one

Posted: **Thu Sep 28, 2006 9:31 am**

I think those safari tops would be very easy to make, just tie the back to the corners of the roll bar.
The breeze top is nice too.

Whos got a industrial sowing machine??

Posted: **Fri Sep 29, 2006 10:56 am**

where are you from... i know a guy (mates father) in lockwood just outa bendigo who makes canvas stuff.

http://lockwoodcanvas.com.au/

Posted: **Fri Sep 29, 2006 5:39 pm**

probably a bit too far for me, i live in sydney CBD.
When ive got some time i'll start going through the yellow pages..