Drilling Holes in Hardtop Pipe

[Holy Smoke Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Holy Smoke]

How big of a Hole can you drill in the Hardtop tubes or t-top legs

before it starts weaking the tube?

I removed my electronics box and it had a standpipe that all of the

antenna wires went through. Now that I removed the radio box I want to fish the wires through the tubes but I have no idea how big of a hole I can drill. I need two run two antenna cable's and the anchor light.

Any thoughts ?

[flounder Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close flounder]

Consider setting up a seperate chase for those wires plus more if you want to add some later. Maybe use SS or anodized aluminum that matches your hardtop support. If you can do that, you won't have to weaken the existing support at all.

[Strick Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Strick]

Make sure you stay away from bends and welds when drilling. Try to drill on a long straight piece. I've drilled 3/8 before to help feed the wires.

Strick