Bigkeels Throbbing Member Donating Members 594 Member For: 15y 9m 23d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 14/01/10 10:33 AM Share Posted 14/01/10 10:33 AM Hey guys,I've gotta help my sister move house this weekend, so I'll be using the ute. I think I'm probably going to have to take the hardlid off.Just curious on how easy it is to take off and put back on. I've been searching around and found alot of threads about poor fitment and the hinges giving way. If its gonna be a bastard to get it back on a lined up perfectly like it is now I won't do it.Car is a BFII with a one piece hardlid with the hump. Any help is appreciated.Cheers,Keelan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmy Massive Tool Donating Members 567 Member For: 16y 2m 15d Gender: Male Posted 14/01/10 11:39 AM Share Posted 14/01/10 11:39 AM I would suggst 2 people to get it off and 3 to put it back on. The first time is a bit of a bitch but once you work out how to line it up then only 2 is needed to get it back on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigkeels Throbbing Member Donating Members 594 Member For: 15y 9m 23d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 14/01/10 12:00 PM Author Share Posted 14/01/10 12:00 PM and its just a matter of unclipping the gas struts and then unhooking the little bar things up near the cabin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tig Donating Members 735 Member For: 17y 3m 24d Gender: Male Location: kenthurst, Sydney Posted 14/01/10 08:06 PM Share Posted 14/01/10 08:06 PM Took mine off yesterday to put in a high load.1)Had my young bloke stood up on the tailgate and hold the lid in the open position. 2) pulled out 2 x front wire clips using 13mm open ender &undid gas struts from the bottom connnecting points.3) lower lid down carefully.4) one person each side to lift off and put on tarp so I wouldnt scratch the lid. Found it pretty easy to put back on and line up the front clips as long as someone is holding it open , when putting clip through hinge the person holding the lid might just have to jiggle the lid a fraction to get the clip home. That was benefit of my roller shutter on my last ute, just roll open the shutter for tall loads.Mine is an FG with the hump (EGR) brand. Good luck with the moving Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tig Donating Members 735 Member For: 17y 3m 24d Gender: Male Location: kenthurst, Sydney Posted 15/01/10 02:21 AM Share Posted 15/01/10 02:21 AM Made Typo above- meant to say at (2) is that when removing gas struts from the bottom connections I used 13mm open ender on these fittings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
our06t Mmmmm......BOOST Member 3,135 Member For: 17y 7m Gender: Male Location: central coast Posted 15/01/10 03:09 AM Share Posted 15/01/10 03:09 AM and its just a matter of unclipping the gas struts and then unhooking the little bar things up near the cabin?spot on , their easy with 2 people ,shouldn't need to un bolt anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 19y 2m 5d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 15/01/10 03:22 AM Share Posted 15/01/10 03:22 AM Back when i had my ute i perfected the single person lid removal (im 6 foot so if your a midget and have stumpy girly arms you may be out of luckwith this method) place blanket/trap/whatever on the ground to portect lid open lidlower tailgatelift lid remove rh strut(twist the as you pull and they will pop straight off the pivot ball. no need to remove the clips)lift lid again remove lh strutLower lid (watch your fingers!)stand on tailgate and lift lidwalk into the ute until the lid is verticalplace one had on each side of the lidlift upturn to your right (or left if yout that way inclined)lift lid over the side of the ute and lower onto blanket/tarp/whateverLean lid against ute and climb downplace lid in suitable safe place::ocan't comment for Bf/Fg lids but Ba lids can be place on the hinges with out the painted surface touching the ground. They can also be leant up against the side of the ute as the fabric lining wont scratch your paintmuch much easier with 2 people tho! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigkeels Throbbing Member Donating Members 594 Member For: 15y 9m 23d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 15/01/10 04:20 AM Author Share Posted 15/01/10 04:20 AM Sweet I'll give it a shot tomoro, cheers guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youngman13 Member 22 Member For: 16y 16d Gender: Male Location: NSW Posted 13/03/10 03:01 AM Share Posted 13/03/10 03:01 AM I was shocked at how heavy these covers are the first time I took one off. They look good but certainly weigh you down a bit... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthony_1978 Member 4 Member For: 14y 8m 25d Posted 22/03/10 04:26 AM Share Posted 22/03/10 04:26 AM I wounder how much they weigh? I recon its about 25kgs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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