RE: [alfa] Drop-Top Question

["Brian Shorey" <bshorey@xxxxxxxxx>]

>   I'm finally getting my '88 Spider Quad out of the garage 
> after over a year and a half of sitting there under wraps.  I 
> spun out a few bearings and am just now able to put the time 
> and $$ into fixing it myself.  Wish me luck!!! Anyway, the 
> top has been up and latched for all that time and I was 
> wondering if anyone has any good advice I should follow 
> before dropping it for the first time.  I was thinking along 
> the lines of using a conditioner (Armor-All,
> etc...) on it and lubricating the hinges before moving it.  
> Any suggestions on products to use?  I don't really want the 
> inside of my lil' red baby smelling like WD-40 for months 
> afterward and lithium grease is just way to noitceable and 
> messy.  Or am I just being a little too paranoid?  Thanks in 
> advance for any tips!

1) Clean (and wax?) the rear window,
2) Let it sit in the sun for a while.

bs
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