Chris,
We'll tackle your questions one at a time, but I also HIGHLY encourage you to send me a message with your phone number so we can talk over the phone tomorrow. Some things are easier understood over a phone chat than message.
First - thank you for selecting our cage. We are a family business and your enjoyment of our parts is our mission.
Adjusting your door posts is a simple wrench turning process:
First - loosen the 2 bolts at the top of the door upright at your visor. Don't remove, just loosen.
Then loosen the 6 collar bolts on the dash bar.
Loosen the 3 dash plate bolts.
Put a 2x4 or some other lever through your welded cage grab handle and twist the dash plate INWARDS so it rests more inside your dash. While you are holding it with pressure, have a helper retighten your hardware.
If that does not do the trick, repeat all the steps above, but add shims to the 2 bottom dash plate bolts on the inside. I read above you said you didn't receive the shims - I'm happy to send you some. Message me your address. They are not washers, they are special cut rectangular plates. They'll fit snugly so don't worry about a clumsy moment of trying to do 3 things at once.
We do mention the shims in our install video:
https://youtu.be/Y4TGSc4App4?t=5m
For wind noise on a TrekTop, check a couple things for me:
When did the wind noise start occuring? Did you have the cage then add the top? Or did you have the top and only noticed the noise when you added our cage?
Make sure your cage collars at the top are oriented properly. Open your door and take a look at the upper collar on the driver to passenger side t-section bar. Make sure the flat face of the collar is pointed upwards. If not, uninstall the bar and flip it over.
If your padding cover covers the collar on the overhead t-section bar that's fine, make sure it isn't bunched up.
Make sure the flaps on your hardtop panels are oriented flat, not angled down, if your rear hardtop section is installed. This is OFTEN overlooked as many people don't even know the panels have this feature.
If you still have wind noise at highway speed, take a felt marker or sharpie and mark the top row of 3 bolts on the collar with the flat section. Reinstall the hardtop panel and see if the ink transfers over to your hardtop panel. Or, see if the hardtop panel removes any of the ink for the allen screws in the collar. If so, take a file and remove some of the allen screw material. You aren't compromising the strength of the collar at all, don't worry.
Last resort but hey - it works - is to remove some of the material from your hardtop panel. You don't need to make holes, just shave it down some.
We discuss that in our install video here:
https://youtu.be/Y4TGSc4App4?t=14m33s
Again, please call us if you still have questions after this lengthy message. My cell phone number is 308-750-5541.
- Jason
