| This is what the
finished cover will look like when you are done. I padded
the main bar, but not the kick back leg bars. |
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| The
kit comes with 15ft of cover material, 20ft of lace and 15ft of
padding. There will be plenty of left over material. |
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| The
pad (black) included in the kit was not sufficient enough for me
and did not fit the roll bar well, so I opted to get some
thicker (blue) padding that fit snug on the bar. I got blue,
because that’s all they had at my local supplier, but color of
foam pad doesn’t really matter since it will be hidden
anyways. |
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| Here’s
the bar unpadded before beginning. While there is plenty
of clearance between the bar and your head, the padding makes it
much safer in an accident. |
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| First
fit the padding on to the bar. No need to use wire ties or tape.
The new vinyl cover will hold everything in place when it’s
all laced up. |
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| Lay
the cover over the bar. Start from one side with just
enough slack to tidy up that end of the bar. You will trim
the excess later. |
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| The
other
side will have the left over hanging off. Make sure you have
enough slack on both ends of the bar you plan to cover before
cutting the excess material. You can always trim some slack
later when it is laced up. |
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| The
lace is becomes easily frayed with split ends, making it
impossible to thread with. I put a dab of crazy glue on a small
section. Once the glue dried up I cut it right there, making it
much easier to thread with. |
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| Glued
tip, with no split ends makes lacing easy. It's like
having a built-in disposable threading needle. |
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| Start
lacing from the center of the roll bar out. As you can see here
I started from center out on the driver’s side. |
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| Lace
it very loose initially. You will need to go back through it all
again several times. If it’s too tight first time through you
may not be able to get the cover to fit on well elsewhere on the
bar. |
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| Make
the final tie down when all is positioned and wrapped on the bar
to your satisfaction. You’ll have to be a little
creative when lacing around the kick back leg bars. You
may decide to cover them with the wrap. |
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| Be
kind to your fingers and use needle nose pliers to aid in
lacing. You will be pulling and tugging on this tiny rope
for a good while, so your fingers will wear out quickly. |
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| Once
one side is done, continue on with the other side. You can see
the lace hanging in the center where I started. I tied the 2
together (left & right) and tucked it under the cover. |
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| Once
you got the bar initially covered and laced up, go through it
again and make the laces tighter. Using one hand to pinch the
seam will aid in lacing and prevent tears to the material. Be
careful when lacing, if you pull the lace too hard it will over
stretch the holes creating tears. |
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| Once
the cover is on to your satisfaction go through and clean up any
excess foam padding, cover and lacing. I unlaced the cover at
the ends so that I could fold it up to cut the excess foam
padding. That will make a neat looking installation on the
ends of the bar. |
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| This
is how it looks completed. I opted not to cover the rear kick
back bars, but you may want to continue on. Hopefully this will
give you a general idea of how to go about covering your roll
bar. Have fun and show us your results! |
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