However, i'm not to keen on the idea of paying 653 times the cost for simple parts. You may (probably not) remember the post where i told you not to let friends help you put your top up. Well, i went to the 5 star stealership to get a replacement windshield clamp for my soft top. i was surprised to find that the very simple lever was 85 dollars! Yes, US dollars. That's just for one side!
So, i hit Home Depot, no luck. i hit Lowe's, no luck. Finally i went back to my roots and hit up the lowly Ace Hardware. What an amazing place. Not only do they have Fels Naptha soap to cure my wife's poison ivy from hell, they also carry the perfect steel rivet that fixes said windshield clamp. Total cost, $.13 (Thirteen United States of America Federal Mint pennies).
I brought the broken part and the rivet home, put the rivet in the hole, placed it in the vice, squeezed it against a nail, and voila, clamp works better than new. A little shout out goes to my wife (who is also happy with Ace Hardware) for turning the vice whilest i held said part in position.
Ace is the helpful hardware place. Chryler is the 'we have no clue about economics' place.
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