Well, my experience is that tops shrink, not stretch. I always leave
them a bit on the loose side during install,and they fit better, longer.
If it starts out too tight, the side snaps are sure to rip, and/ or the
window tear at the seam.
Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Meinhold" <keith@navyboy.com>
To: <AlDKing@aol.com>; <6pack@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 11:01 PM
Subject: RE: Convertible Top Alignment
> Sounds like a not uncommon malady with LBCs.
>
> You will probably find it easier to put up on warm days -- just when
you
> don't want to put it up. And when its sooooo cold out that you cant
stand
> it anymore - is when its hardest to put up, add your digits without
> dexterity from the cold, trying to get the @#*&@ snaps in place. Its
why we
> love these cars.
>
> A new top will be tighter than an old worn and stretched one. The
reason it
> is so tight is to keep it from flapping and sagging when it gets
older.
> Usually after the first install it is recommended to leave the top up
a few
> weeks so it can stretch to fit the form. I also leave my top up
unless I am
> using the car that day, to preserve its appearance, but more
importantly to
> keep it from shrinking out of shape, making it more difficult.
>
> Everyone has a trick, -- I found the best way to line my tight one up
to the
> header rail is to pull from the outside on the side rail/channel
(Standing
> next to the car just aft of the front wheel well) with one hand and
apply
> downward force with the other hand on the leading edge once it is
close.
> Then when it slips in I maintain the downward force with the same hand
and
> reach inside with the other to lock it in place, then go do the same
on the
> other side.
>
> Keith Meinhold
> 66 Marston Avenue
> San Francisco CA 94112
>
> 415 585 5998 H
> 415 336 5336 C
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>
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-6pack@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-6pack@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of AlDKing@aol.com
> Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 6:09 PM
> To: 6pack@autox.team.net
> Subject: Convertible Top Alignment
>
> Any ideas on what could be wrong with the convertible top frame on my
TR6 it
> always seems to come an inch or so short of the windshield frame and
> requires
> alot of tugging to get it to align?
> TIA, Al
> 75 TR6
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