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Old 10-17-2017, 08:53 PM
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Getting about that time..When seat heat,interior heat and windows up ain't enough..
Ladies put them tops on,up...(Northerner's Only)
Hooded sweatshirts are for Jeeps Only..
So is your top wrinkled like a 72?
My Toy must have spent a lot of time...In Top Down,Buy Me Mod?? One of the whoo's of sitting folded @ about 200 degrees.
Read what to do..Steam it,Sun it.No Sun time top stayed down...Heat gun..No way..
Hmmm,Hair dryer..Yup,Big difference..I was worried..Not now.
I'll give it another session soon
.Your Hdryer may be hotter..Be Careful..Watch the Fabric closely..It is a slow process
Before
After: Actually the photo looks worse. The frame outline isn't that noticeable.Those kinks were deep.Photo's were taken at nite indoors.

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My top has wrinkles similar to your first photo after it's has been down but they disappear
in about a day after putting the top back up.
One reason why you shouldn't store car with top down.


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Old 10-17-2017, 09:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Kevin A Jones
My top has wrinkles similar to your first photo after it's has been down but they disappear
in about a day after putting the top back up.
One reason why you shouldn't store car with top down.
Kevin are yours deep like that?Actually store top up.Car hasn't had a chance to sit in Hot Sun.Garaged till driven.Yea,I know what your saying.
The Sun is still very warm in Virginia...Very Nice

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I clicked on this thread for the wrong reasons
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Old 10-17-2017, 09:24 PM
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Originally Posted by spinkick
I clicked on this thread for the wrong reasons
Now what were ya thinking...Hmmm




Back by popular demand....Ohh My
Staying ON TOPIC

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Old 10-17-2017, 09:38 PM
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Originally Posted by DALE#3
Kevin are yours deep like that?Actually store top up.Car hasn't had a chance to sit in Hot Sun.Garaged till driven.Yea,I know what your saying.
The Sun is still very warm in Virginia...Very Nice
The first time I put my top down I left it down for a couple days and it looked worst than yours upon raising the top. I was pretty bummed wondering how I was going to get the wrinkles out. Went into the garage the next day and all wrinkles were gone as they are in the above photo.
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Originally Posted by Kevin A Jones
The first time I put my top down I left it down for a couple days and it looked worst than yours upon raising the top. I was pretty bummed wondering how I was going to get the wrinkles out. Went into the garage the next day and all wrinkles were gone as they are in the above photo.
Have you got room for another GS?...HA
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I have the same top creases,, don't really care. i didn't buy a conv to drive with the top up. I keep the top down in the garage also. Saw a Aston Martin with the same condition. Maybe as ragtops have gotten thicker in construction , may be a trade off?
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Who's says it's time to put the top up and heaters on.........
I did 120 miles today with the top down. It was beautiful here in NJ.
Gonna do another 200 on Friday.
Old 10-19-2017, 09:36 AM
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Originally Posted by JoeHat
I have the same top creases,, don't really care. i didn't buy a conv to drive with the top up. I keep the top down in the garage also. Saw a Aston Martin with the same condition. Maybe as ragtops have gotten thicker in construction , may be a trade off?


It's a cloth top. I expect creases.
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Originally Posted by ea327


It's a cloth top. I expect creases.
My top goes up every time I put it in the garage. It's under warranty so I'm not worried about overworking the mechanism and having to pay for a repair. With the top up the inside stays clean. When the warranty runs out I'll go back to leaving the top down and throwing a sheet over it like I did with my C6. And, yes, the top wrinkled. Gives it character.
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Old 11-12-2017, 12:01 AM
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If it didn't leave wrinkles, then it wouldn't really be a soft top.

Nature of the BEAST!
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As others posted, nature of the beast, 2 seasons with the Z, going to have wrinkles, I can live with it.
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I kinda like my top when it gets kinky. Adds character.

Alas, the kinks always go away on their own. Wizardry I tells ya.

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