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06-23-2009, 02:36 PM
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#1 | | Jeeper
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| Soft Top Windows: Zipper Lubrication?
I was just curious if anyone running an older rag top has experimented with lubricating the old zippers to make things go a little smoother? If so, what do you use?
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06-23-2009, 02:46 PM
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#2 | | Get three coffins ready..
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wd40...keeps em clean and lubed
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06-23-2009, 02:53 PM
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#3 | | Super crybaby
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Wax. Bee wax candle. No overspray and the dirt/dust won't stick to the zipper.
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4:56's done.
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06-23-2009, 02:53 PM
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#4 | | should be writing
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I have put everything I can think of one them. My back window has refused to zip in the corner for a year. WD40 just made the whole thing dirty on the trail honestly, and where it got on the back of the top, it stained it and made a dirt collector.
Oddly enough though, I took it in for service on my diff and complained about the back window. When I got it back the back window was completely zipped.
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lose and loose are not interchangeable • it’s weird, not wierd • their is possessive, they’re is a contraction for “they are”, there is a place or idea
your and you’re, if you figured out their and they’re you’ve got it
it’s is a contraction, its is a possessive • definitely has no a and ridiculous has no e • effect is a noun, affect is a verb
whether and weather are not the same • alot is not a word • then is all about time, than is all about comparison
two, too, and to are not just spelled differently for fun
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06-23-2009, 02:57 PM
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#5 | | Super crybaby
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Originally Posted by tiny terror  Oddly enough though, I took it in for service on my diff and complained about the back window. When I got it back the back window was completely zipped. | Dang girls get all the extra stuff. Probably smiled and winked your way out of a traffic ticket the same day too. 
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06 Rubicon, 6" Fabtech lift, 35's, winch, cage, armor etc.
4:56's done.
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06-23-2009, 03:31 PM
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#6 | | Wheel it!
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Bar soap, just about any kind.
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06-23-2009, 03:34 PM
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#7 | | Supporting Member
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Originally Posted by 4point Bar soap, just about any kind. | Glycerin soap. Washes out easier than waxy stuff when it gets dirty.
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06-23-2009, 04:52 PM
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#8 | | should be writing
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Originally Posted by stevens243 Dang girls get all the extra stuff. Probably smiled and winked your way out of a traffic ticket the same day too. | Nope, but I have had three flats fixed over at the local tire shop for free... without having purchased my tires there. 
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lose and loose are not interchangeable • it’s weird, not wierd • their is possessive, they’re is a contraction for “they are”, there is a place or idea
your and you’re, if you figured out their and they’re you’ve got it
it’s is a contraction, its is a possessive • definitely has no a and ridiculous has no e • effect is a noun, affect is a verb
whether and weather are not the same • alot is not a word • then is all about time, than is all about comparison
two, too, and to are not just spelled differently for fun
Last edited by tiny terror; 06-24-2009 at 10:23 AM.
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06-24-2009, 01:48 AM
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#9 | | Jeeper
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$12.95 at your local Jeep dealer.
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06-24-2009, 04:23 AM
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#10 | | Jeeper
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3 'n' 1 oil. It has a spout 
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06-24-2009, 09:16 AM
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#11 | | Jeeper
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Hmm, not much of a consensus. The glycerin soap sounds the least messy. You just scratch the teeth of the zipper on the bar, etc.?
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06-24-2009, 10:31 AM
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#12 | | Jeeper
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06-24-2009, 11:18 AM
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#13 | | Ummm, Cupcakes
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I've had the same trouble with my back window. I find that if you push in on the top corner it seems to go around easily.
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