Melted soft top
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Originally Posted by NFRs2000NYC,Aug 20 2008, 11:17 PM
It's not melted. It has been "polished."
This is a common symptom on older s2000s, but a 2007 going through a carwash will get it way faster.
What happens is most people forget our top is essentially plastic. It's made of very thing vynil threads, which technically, is platic. Ask any 2000-2003 owner to look at their top, and they will all see shiny spots. Those spots are from where the plastic was "smoothed" out, almost to a polished degree, leaving what looks like, a melted surface. While our tops are possible to melt, you probably just accelerated the process by going through the automatic brushes.
This is a common symptom on older s2000s, but a 2007 going through a carwash will get it way faster.
What happens is most people forget our top is essentially plastic. It's made of very thing vynil threads, which technically, is platic. Ask any 2000-2003 owner to look at their top, and they will all see shiny spots. Those spots are from where the plastic was "smoothed" out, almost to a polished degree, leaving what looks like, a melted surface. While our tops are possible to melt, you probably just accelerated the process by going through the automatic brushes.
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Originally Posted by BananaRacing,Aug 21 2008, 02:25 AM
i dident take it into the machines it was hand washed and waxed so im curious how it would smoothen by touch?
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Originally Posted by BananaRacing,Aug 21 2008, 02:12 PM
Well i took it to a top specialist and he told me they burned it with a heat gun when they were tinting my rear windows...... so im basically ****ed
