Fix for trail cover ponding
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Fix for trail cover ponding
So I knocked out this simple fix the night before that big storm blew through and filled my office up with tree claims. I have a Bestop trail cover for my 2 door and I'd get a swimming pool of water between the windshield and the sound bar after every rain. If it rained a lot, it would sag pretty badly and it started pulling at the seams. I've had the idea for a while for just a simple bow to prevent any water collecting there, but I never got around to it. Until now!
It's just a simple setup you can find down at the hardware store. I used two 1 1/2" x 3/4" PVC tees, two 3/4" x 1/2" bushings and a length of 1/2" electrical conduit. The whole thing cost all of ten bucks. I measured the roll bar over the door with a caliper and used that to mark each tee. Then I cut a section out lengthwise almost big enough to fit the roll bar through. Then I put the bushings in the tees and cut the conduit to a length that would prop the cover up over the windshield and still let it fit snug at the edges. Basically it turns the slack upside down. The pieces all just friction fit together and the clamps snap onto the roll bars. I followed the natural bow in the conduit while lining everything up and it's perfect. It's stable, doesn't interfere with the cover, and stays on at 60 mph (woops!). It took about ten minutes altogether in the dark, including the guess-and-check process on the length of the conduit.
And post-hurricane
It's just a simple setup you can find down at the hardware store. I used two 1 1/2" x 3/4" PVC tees, two 3/4" x 1/2" bushings and a length of 1/2" electrical conduit. The whole thing cost all of ten bucks. I measured the roll bar over the door with a caliper and used that to mark each tee. Then I cut a section out lengthwise almost big enough to fit the roll bar through. Then I put the bushings in the tees and cut the conduit to a length that would prop the cover up over the windshield and still let it fit snug at the edges. Basically it turns the slack upside down. The pieces all just friction fit together and the clamps snap onto the roll bars. I followed the natural bow in the conduit while lining everything up and it's perfect. It's stable, doesn't interfere with the cover, and stays on at 60 mph (woops!). It took about ten minutes altogether in the dark, including the guess-and-check process on the length of the conduit.
And post-hurricane
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