I think the problem can be characterized thusly:
- a cold top is stiffer and harder to fit...
- a warm top is more flexible and stretchy, therefore easier to fit...
- BUT, prolonged storage at high temperatures "dries out" the vinyl, causing
it to shrink.
So even if your top has "shrunk", it willl still be easier to fit on a hot
day.
At least this is my experience.
on 9/22/03 1:34 AM, Telewest (PH) at paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk wrote:
> I think heat does cause them to shrink, given the number of people that
> experience the same problem with the tonneau cover and talk about weighting
> it to stretch it again. Unfortunately they also talk about doing this in
> the sun, which if heat is the problem, is counter productive.
>
> PaulH.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Collier" <wmcollier@earthlink.net>
> To: <mgs@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2003 7:35 PM
> Subject: Small Top
>
>
>> I discovered an interesting fact when I started the installation.
>> The top had shrunk!
>> Stretching the material to the windshield left the rain channels at least
> an
>> inch back
>> from the header.
>> Could the heat reached in a Texas trunk cause a top to shrink?
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