I finally got the rear hardtop pins figured out. What the manual does not mention is that the kit provided two ~1.5 inch spacers that I am assuming had to be cut in half in order to get the 4 required spaces for the hood pins. Once I got the spaces cut in half, I felt that the hood pins were still sitting too high and not holding the rear of the hardtop down as much it could so I have ordered longer spacers to enable the hardtop to be pulled down further.

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