Tonneau cover snaps not lining up!

Pretty much out of luck.....   I had to have the rear end of mine cut off, a new section added, then installed new snaps...   Not difficult, but a pain.....

Figures. Well, at least it's only on the back half of the cover and not the whole thing.

 

Thanks.

Get a new one made out of Stayfast cloth

I'm not sure if you can cut and replace the vinyl back section? I vote with Tom

There are such things as boat snap extenders - really!

 

http://www.westmarine.com/fast...p-8-per-pk--12700449

 

They come in 3/4", 1", 3" - ebay has them in black.

 

http://www.amazon.com/Canvas-C...words=snap+extenders

 

 

Greg:

 

You never cease to amaze me. We will have fun once I get to Florida.

That WAS pretty amazing, wasn't it??

 

Bob;  How is the search going?

Gordon:

 

Which search?

Something new.....   Who would of thought....

You could try to Dremel out the mushroomed part of the female snap that holds the two halves together, separate them, realign a new snap and install.  If the old holes aren't too big you may not notice too much. How far off are the snaps from the male parts on the car already?  This may at least be a stop-gap until you get something else.  There is a guy on eBay that sells vinyl tonneau a for around $100.00.  I've thought about it but wonder how much I would really use one anyway.....

Frank

Wolfgang =  Wikispeedia

The back half (rear) are only where the snaps have been installed (from driver door, going around the back to the passenger door). The misalignment starts about half-way around. Starting from 1/2" to almost 2" when you get to the passenger door.

 

I took the cover to a local automotive/upholster store and the owner said the easiest and cheapest way to fix is to just install new snaps where that should go. Leave the snaps that are off alone. I will end up having double snaps (side-by-side) just in the rear where they were off. The rest of the cover has no snaps so I can install those correctly.

 

Only trying to salvage the cover for now since it came with the car. I would want either a half boot or tonneau to cover the fold-up canopy. That canopy started to flap and move in the cabin when I was on the highway the other day.

 

That sounds good too.  If it were mine I would either remove the old ones or put something on the underside of them where the snap would interact with the cars finish.  If there is enough wind it may whip around enough to mar your paint underneath where there is no male counterpart on the car.
Frank

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.  Get a new one made out of cloth Stayfast material.  It will only hurt for a moment when you write the check, but you'll enjoy it every day :-)