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<div dir="auto">Thanks Teri,
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<div dir="auto">That is a lesson learned, a lot of what I read
said to put the top in the sun so it would be warm and
pliable, but if I were to do it over again would probably do
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<p>I did mine outside in fifty something degree weather & never
had a problem fastening it in any weather. Sun or no the fabric is
more pliable & easier to stretch on warm temperatures.</p>
<p>Of course right now my soft top is in a tote as I am using the
optional hard top.<br>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jan 17, 2022, 10:01 AM
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7:33 AM, Greg Lemon wrote:<br>
> I got a Robbins top for my TR250 and installed it
myself. It is hard <br>
> to put up, the snaps are near the bottom on the lower
back sides and <br>
> it is still a bear to get them on unless hot and sunny.
Also hard to <br>
> stretch it to the rail.<br>
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Soft top fabric stretches in the heat & contacts in the
cold. A top that <br>
had its fittings put on during a warm summer afternoon will
shrink in <br>
cold weather & be next to impossible to fully fasten up
when it is cold. <br>
My suggestion is to fit the snaps during cool weather when you
would <br>
normally erect the top to protect from cool weather whilst
driving. It <br>
will tend to be a little loose when erected to protect from
hot summer <br>
sun, but at least you will be able to get it properly fastened
down <br>
during cooler weather and you wont be trying to stretch it
enough to get <br>
it fastened if hit by a shower while motoring.<br>
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TeriAnn<br>
60 TR3A since 1986<br>
60 Land Rover Dormobile since 1978<br>
no other cars since 1980<br>
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