Radiant, are you listening? (I know you're lurking, Eric.) These clips could use some design attention!! BTW, thanks again for the bracing; it's installed!
Hi all!! Sorry for the delay in response, it's certainly that time of the year!! Between being offsite for various installer training sessions and day-to-day entries, I haven't had the chance to log on here in a bit.
Chasmengr, glad you got your straight wall bracing kit installed, your entire installation looks incredible!
2kCougar, your 4" coping clips should have a much tighter reveal, like Chasmengr and RyanMcC. I'm going to send you a PM and we'll get this remedied for you. We are actually in the R&D process of seeing what we can do to reconfigure the clips on both styles of coping. While they need to be relatively loose in order to take on and off, there shouldn't be that much of a gap between the clip and the coping itself.
In terms of discouraging sliding clips, I've found that installing the coping screws close on either side of the clip location causes the pan-head of the screw to act as a "bumper" (for lack of a better term), which would hold it closer in place.
MMM923, you're correct in that trying to screw in through the top of the clip would drive the screw into the insulation rather than the aluminum, which wouldn't give you a tight enough hold.