ACME Hardtop Front End

[bbbarc]

Anyone know if there is something that goes inside here or attaches to front to mount to windshield frame?

 

[Robert Slone]

Looks like there should be a strip of metal across it. Mine is just like what your picture shows. I used some stick on foam weather stripping to help block wind. The lip on the inside was wide and covered the holes for my sun visors, I drilled small holes through the lip that line up with the screws for the visors and bought some slightly longer screws to hold both the top and the visors.
I have no movement from the top while driving.

 

[bbbarc]

Thanks for the info. Is the metal strip on the inside cavity as seen in pic #2 or to inside of the fiberglass area that mounts to the inside windshield frame? Or do you see the metal strip from inside the jeep may be an easy way of describing it?

 

[Kim Dawson]

My Acme hardtop is fiberglass all around . . . no open areas exposing insulating foam. Looks like the fiberglass section across the front of your top is gone. I think I would look for a damaged CJ or YJ hardtop and cut out the front part and fiberglass it in to the Acme top. The Acme is worth saving.

 

[bbbarc]

Anyone have a pic of what it looks like in there so I can find the right thing?

 

[mhinchliffe]

Here's a shot of the front of mine. Looks similar in that there's nothing there.

It's an Acme. Let me know if you want me to get more pictures

 

[bbbarc]

If you have a chance that would be great, maybe one other of the inside front so I can see how the metal piece is mounted to the fiberglass. Thanks!

 

[mhinchliffe]

Here's 3 across the front inside. There's no metal piece on mine but that's not saying there shouldn't be.

Happy to oblige

 

[bbbarc]

Thanks for posting images.