Soft Top Doesn't Fold properly (AP1)
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im pretty sure your goin to have to always get out and poke it until it learns to fold right. leave it down whenever your can. you might start to get a crease across it, but thats the only way itll learn most likely.
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From: Saint Augustine, FL
Here's a tip I picked up years ago before I did the glass conversion...........
On the inside of the top on each side of the window you'll notice the "fuzzy" half of velcro in a square on each corner......yes?
What I did was go to the fabric store and buy a couple feet of 1" wide elastic and some squares of the "sticky" half of velcro. Sometimes they sell it by the foot in an adhesive strip, so get just a foot of that to make the same size squares that you see inside your window.
Cut the elastic bands so that when you stretch it all the way out it is the same length as the distance between the patches sewn into the top.
Sew the "sticky" half on the velcro to each end of the elastic that you just cut to length.
With the finished product, you want to stick one end (Say the top for example) to the inside patch on your window......then stretch it out and attach it to the other end (the bottom). This will have the elastic band under tension while the top is up. When the top begins to fold, it will help to pull the curve into the window......the same way we had to get out to force the curve into the window.
Works like a charm. I used this device enough that I had to replace it once after it wore out. Hopefully it all made sense the way I described it. Feel free to reply here with any questions.
-Hockey
On the inside of the top on each side of the window you'll notice the "fuzzy" half of velcro in a square on each corner......yes?
What I did was go to the fabric store and buy a couple feet of 1" wide elastic and some squares of the "sticky" half of velcro. Sometimes they sell it by the foot in an adhesive strip, so get just a foot of that to make the same size squares that you see inside your window.
Cut the elastic bands so that when you stretch it all the way out it is the same length as the distance between the patches sewn into the top.
Sew the "sticky" half on the velcro to each end of the elastic that you just cut to length.
With the finished product, you want to stick one end (Say the top for example) to the inside patch on your window......then stretch it out and attach it to the other end (the bottom). This will have the elastic band under tension while the top is up. When the top begins to fold, it will help to pull the curve into the window......the same way we had to get out to force the curve into the window.
Works like a charm. I used this device enough that I had to replace it once after it wore out. Hopefully it all made sense the way I described it. Feel free to reply here with any questions.
-Hockey
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Originally Posted by Hockey,Apr 1 2008, 11:43 AM
Here's a tip I picked up years ago before I did the glass conversion...........
On the inside of the top on each side of the window you'll notice the "fuzzy" half of velcro in a square on each corner......yes?
What I did was go to the fabric store and buy a couple feet of 1" wide elastic and some squares of the "sticky" half of velcro. Sometimes they sell it by the foot in an adhesive strip, so get just a foot of that to make the same size squares that you see inside your window.
Cut the elastic bands so that when you stretch it all the way out it is the same length as the distance between the patches sewn into the top.
Sew the "sticky" half on the velcro to each end of the elastic that you just cut to length.
With the finished product, you want to stick one end (Say the top for example) to the inside patch on your window......then stretch it out and attach it to the other end (the bottom). This will have the elastic band under tension while the top is up. When the top begins to fold, it will help to pull the curve into the window......the same way we had to get out to force the curve into the window.
Works like a charm. I used this device enough that I had to replace it once after it wore out. Hopefully it all made sense the way I described it. Feel free to reply here with any questions.
-Hockey
On the inside of the top on each side of the window you'll notice the "fuzzy" half of velcro in a square on each corner......yes?
What I did was go to the fabric store and buy a couple feet of 1" wide elastic and some squares of the "sticky" half of velcro. Sometimes they sell it by the foot in an adhesive strip, so get just a foot of that to make the same size squares that you see inside your window.
Cut the elastic bands so that when you stretch it all the way out it is the same length as the distance between the patches sewn into the top.
Sew the "sticky" half on the velcro to each end of the elastic that you just cut to length.
With the finished product, you want to stick one end (Say the top for example) to the inside patch on your window......then stretch it out and attach it to the other end (the bottom). This will have the elastic band under tension while the top is up. When the top begins to fold, it will help to pull the curve into the window......the same way we had to get out to force the curve into the window.
Works like a charm. I used this device enough that I had to replace it once after it wore out. Hopefully it all made sense the way I described it. Feel free to reply here with any questions.
-Hockey
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From: Saint Augustine, FL
Originally Posted by arian_ma,Apr 1 2008, 11:16 AM
Haha wow that sounds really simple but I can't imagine perfectly what you did. If you don't mind, could you take a picture and post it? Thanks a lot for the tip, I may just try this out!
Hope that clears things up a bit. I used to have to get out and push down the plastic window all the time. It was worse when it was cold. DO NOT just fold it up with the crease. It will mark the window and possibly crack the plastic if it is cold enough. Also, consider getting a mat for the rear well back where the top folds. MUZ makes one (Muz Matt). They work great.
-Hockey
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