Custom Removable Hardtop
The areas on the 110 that you will be concerned with to remove the hardtop are circled above. You will access these areas from the inside of the vehicle, but this gives you a rough outline of where you will be headed and where you need to be looking. You will need metric and standard tools, both hand wrenches and sockets with extensions as well as a Phillips screw driver. To remove the hard top we will be working from the front to the back to aid you in locating bolt locations.
Remove the 4 screws (2 per visor) that hold on the sun visors and their plastic trims to the top of the windscreen frame. Set the visors and trims aside to be installed later. The center plastic trim area that holds the interior light will now be loose as well. This can hang from the wiring for the light and need not be removed. Once you remove the sun visors and their plastic trims you will see the structure of the windscreen frame, as shown below.
As per the green arrows above, look up into the windscreen frame and you will see 6 bolts, spaced across the windscreen frame from L to R, that hold the windscreen frame to the leading edge of the roof. Using a socket wrench remove these 6 bolts. The leading edge of the hard top is now loose. If the leading edge of the roof was sealed to cure the leak, remove this sealant at this time.
You now need to remove the door seals (long black rubber pieces that isolate the door from the body) from the 4 side doors. These can be completely removed if you wish, or you can remove only the top sections that contact the roof. The seals are one piece, so this can be done either way. To remove the seals simply pull on them, they are pressed in place without fasteners.
Between the front and middle doors is the "T support". The top of the T support is bolted to the hardtop assembly using 4 bolts per T support.
This image shows a close up of the top of the LH T support. Using a socket wremch remove the 4 bolts that hold it in place. Complete this same job for the RH T support. When the hard top goes back on all these holes will need to be lined up again, some pushing and pulling will be required to make everything line up. Notice that in this image the door seals have been removed.
To the L and R of the rear bench seat you will find the bar that hold the seat back in place. You can see this as the silver bar in the image above. Behind that bar remove the nut and washer from the post that secures the roof side to the rear body tub. The post will remain sticking down, as per the photo. This post will help line up the roof when it comes time to install the hard top again. This image shows the LH side nut and washer removed. Complete the same job on the RH side of the 110.
NOTE: These "posts" as seen in the image above stick down below the roof line once the roof is off. If you set the hard top assembly on a flat surface such as a garage floor you will damage these posts. Before the roof is set onto the ground, make sure to have some blocks ready to set the roof assembly on so that these posts do not get damaged.
In between the rear jump seats, below the middle of the window on each side, is the next bolt. This image was taken without the jump seats in place to clearly show the area. Remove this bolt and washer from the LH and the RH side. This image is of the LH side. This area will be harder to access, and harder to see with the jump seats in place.
This is the hardest area of the hardtop removal. Behind the rear most jump seat on the LH and RH side is another post that needs to have the nut and washer removed. This image is of the LH side looking between the rear most jump seat and the back of the body tub. Reach behind the jumpseat and remove the nut and washer. Complete this same job for the RH side.
Where the tailgate meets the body, on the interior are the last bolts that hold on the hard top assembly. This image shows the LH rear area. Remove the bolt that goes through the hole shown in the green circle. Complete this job for the RH side as well.
The hard top is now loose. Be sure the lift gate is open and remove the top. The hard top assembly is heavy, but it can be lifted off the 110 by 4 people. We do however suggest that a pulley system would be a much easier way to remove the roof. The roof must be removed vertically for a few feet to clear the roll cage. Then the roof can be walked backwards off the vehicle. Remember if you plan to set the roof on a flat surface to use some blocks to keep the mounting posts from damage before you set it down.
There are a total of 18 bolts, 4 screws and 4 nuts that need to be removed to remove the hard top.
To install the hardtop assembly, reverse the above.
Remember that you will need to push and adjust things to get all the holes to line up when you install the roof. We suggest that as you install the roof, you get all the bolts started, before you tighten any. Then go back and tighten all the bolts and nuts once each on is loosely installed.
