Finishing Kit, Canopy Part 1a

So I have been working on the fitting the canopy frame, the first step on the canopy tasks. I had taken a month off to do yard work and whatever else I could find to avoid the canopy stuff. Finally I decided it needed to get done while the weather was warm.

The canopy frame was fairly close to perfect from the factory. I had to tweak 6 spots in the front hoop. I have a little more to go in the back hoop. But the back hoop requires less force and is already  really close.

 I took the advice of others and will cut the canopy front tubes, and will put the canopy track on, after the frame is bent. I found it was much easier to do this without the tracks being on; I just used a wood space under the front tubes to raise the canopy frame up to about the right spot.

Here is how I bent the front hoop use a 3/4" conduit bender from the precision tool isle at Lowe's:

I then measured the height of the gap to make sure each side was even. I found I had to take out a slight bend on one side to make it even.

Here is the overall fit of the frame. The top height is not correct because the frame has not been sized for the track rollers.

Like everything else on this build, I stressed over this, but once I got into it, it wasn't so bad. Just keep swimming- Dora