[Healeys] tonneau install procedure -- BT-7

[Richard Ewald]

I second the set it in the sun on a hot day suggestion.  I would add,
install it as tight as possible.  You want to have to fight to get it
fastened when first done.  With use it will stretch and it will be just
right.

On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 8:13 AM, Alan Seigrist <healey.nut at gmail.com> wrote:

> Al -
>
> Can't comment on the quality, but to be fair the original tonneaus weren't
> exactly top quality either.
>
> Wait until you have a nice hot sunny summer day and park your car outside.
>  Put the tonneau on the cement and let it sit in the midday sun for a good
> hour.  After all of this, you will find that the tonneau will be pretty
> easy
> to install.  After you've got the whole thing snapped up, let is sit for a
> while and stretch into place in the sun.