No big deal, just cut a long pole to hold the top up, or if you have gas springs you may not need one. I'd tape over the gap where the spring cable runs since you'd have to paint it folded and unfolded to cover it all, and it's greasy anyway. Good time to change the canvas too! Stuart -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Jim Felder Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2014 9:49 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Question about westy poptop crossbar The crossbar that you use to raise the poptop... mine could se a little cosmetic improvement after three decades of wet towels etc. hung over it. I'd like to remove it to repaint it. What kind of trouble am I going to run into? Thanks, Jim |
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