[TR] Re; TR6 convertible top questions

[glemon at neb.rr.com]

The Robbins (non-cloth) top I put on my TR250 was the first convertible top I have ever installed.  Was done about 5 years or so ago now.  I wanted it to look good and ended up installing it slightly on the tight side, and installed it on a warm day in the sun.  Putting it up on a similar warm day is a snap.  As the temperature drops it gets a little trickier.  

Having experienced shrunken tops in the past (and basically past a certain point they become unusable), I didn't want mine to suffer the same fate anytime soon.  I always store it in the winter with the top up.  In addittion, I try to put it out in the summer in the hot sun a few times and push and pull on it when it is really warm to stretch it out.  If anything the top has stretched slightly over the years.

Added bonus of storing with the top up--less dust in the interior.

Greg Lemon
TR250

---- Robert Rochlin <rrochlin at comcast.net> wrote: 
> My experience is the same as Peter’s.  No stretch, but no shrinkage either.  I only put my top down when I go cruising in the summer.
> 	Bob
> > On Feb 16, 2016, at 2:40 PM, Dave Murphy <roadwarriordave at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Peter, Its interesting that you don't have the same width shrinkage problem that I have with my tops which spend about 2 days raised each year and remain folded all winter. The length on my tops has stretched, so they are easier to attach at the header rail than when new. I think stretching the length causes the width to shrink (Poisson's Ratio) as in an elastic band. Do you mostly keep your top raised?
> > 
> > <I have had two sunfast tops on my TR6, one for about 10 years, the current one for about five.I have never had a real <shrinkage problem either side to side or front to back.  Over the years it will get slightly harder to stretch up, but not <enough to really speak of.  These are Robbins' sunfast tops.  would not go back to vinyl.
> > <Peter Arakelian - '71 TR6, Daily Driver  
> > <<The main complaint I have with both the original top and the Sunfast is that the tops attach to the velcro on the folding <<side rails for only about 2 years before the width of the top "shrinks" and becomes too narrow to even reach those side <<rails. 
> > <<-Dave Murphy, Dearborn MI           
> > 
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