How to put the top down?
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You should latch them back tightly after releasing the top. If you don't, on occasion the latches will dangle and get caught in the top and tear your top when you put it back up. Seriously, this happens, do a thread search. It's $1000 or so to replace the soft top, less to patch it of course, but why spend that money at all when you can prevent it with an additional second of effort?
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Originally Posted by julius,May 5 2006, 04:45 PM
You should latch them back tightly after releasing the top. If you don't, on occasion the latches will dangle and get caught in the top and tear your top when you put it back up. Seriously, this happens, do a thread search. It's $1000 or so to replace the soft top, less to patch it of course, but why spend that money at all when you can prevent it with an additional second of effort?
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Originally Posted by spidale5,May 5 2006, 01:34 PM
I leave it un-latched. That way, on the way back up, it won't crash into the window frame. I don't want to stop and restart the top just to undo the latches. I imagine more things can go wrong starting and stopping the top then leaving the latches un-latched, if that make any sense??! 
I do relatch them! I just got so into the habit I did not even realize it. I can see how what I said above doesn't make much sense after looking at how the latches work
