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Another soft top question - zip out rear window?

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Re: Another soft top question - zip out rear windo

Jack, I had to sit here wondering WTH you were trying to say for a minute :wink:

Finally got it when I looked up a few posts.

Remember it's a few hours earlier where I live...
(& I was up with a sick child half the night)

Yes - I guess driving it does give it some stress. It seemed kind of like a taut drum skin - I didn't try thumping it tho... Might make an interesting sound. :wink:
 
Re: Another soft top question - zip out rear windo

Sorry about the sick child. Yep stress, speed sucks the top up. Shoot at 140 you would prob have it just riped off, I did.

Over time the top will stretch in any case, just age. Think about your face, hehe.

By the way it sounds like you have the tension about right.
 
Re: Another soft top question - zip out rear windo

Thanks Jack, weird thing about the kid. They had a "fun day" for his class yesterday & part of it involved making fake snowballs out of crumpled paper and then having a snowball fight. He got hit in the eye, now we have to take him to the doctor to see what the damage is. Great "fun day" huh?

Yeah - the top is tight, but it's also been pretty cold here - below 50F is the norm for this time of year, getting down near freezing at night. I think it will relax a bit when it warms up.
 
Re: Another soft top question - zip out rear windo

Well today at lunch I decided to see just what all the hubub was about with these fancy schmancy zip out windows & such...

So I unzipped the window, the zipper operated very easily.
I'm not quite sure what to do with the window when it's unzipped - just let if flop down? wrap it up in shammie?

So far, a very enjoyable experience.
I see why the window itself isn't tensioned like the rest of the top. The "frame" seems to take the tension so the window itself is just a tad bit loose. No tension or stress on the window helps it to unzip & zip up easily.

I'll see if I can get some pics of it up this evening, if all goes well with the alternator replacement. Must remember to get a new light bulb too!
 
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