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W113 Pagoda SL Group => Body, interior, paint, chrome, and cosmetic items => Topic started by: yves on February 08, 2020, 21:48:49

Title: Soft top inesthetic....!
Post by: yves on February 08, 2020, 21:48:49

Have you a trick avoiding that :

(https://i.goopics.net/800/Zknkr.jpg) (https://goopics.net/i/Zknkr)

Title: Re: Soft top inesthetic....!
Post by: Garry on February 08, 2020, 21:55:33

When you fold your top down into the compartment, you need to make sure that the outer edges are pushed down under rather than up that naturally happens when it drops into the HT box.

Title: Re: Soft top inesthetic....!
Post by: Cees Klumper on February 08, 2020, 22:29:49

Hi Yves - when you search the forum and the technical manual, you will find many discussions about this. It is as Garry says. In fact I had to start 'alternating' methods because the corners on my top started to curl down/inward rather than upward.

Title: Re: Soft top inesthetic....!
Post by: yves on February 09, 2020, 10:58:25

Thank's Gary and Cees …..Apologies , i should have read the manual before posting... :-X  many info available..

Title: Re: Soft top inesthetic....!
Post by: mbzse on February 09, 2020, 11:51:46

Quote from: yves

.../... [tech manual] many info available..

Yes Yves. During the 17 yrs of this Forum, quite a number of Pagoda related subjects have been milled through...  8)
A substantial Body of Knowledge (Pagoda BoK)

Title: Re: Soft top inesthetic....!
Post by: WRe on February 09, 2020, 15:55:05

Hi,
It helps when you lay a piece of plastic over the fender before you close the softtop so the edge can slip in better.
You can see it here:
http://w113.eu/geschlossen/Optimierungen/schliessungshilfe_fuer_das_softtop.htm.
...WRe

Title: Re: Soft top inesthetic....!
Post by: mbzse on February 09, 2020, 16:51:26

A useful video, also showing such a "shoehorn" to protect the rubber seal when lowering/raising soft top:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcvG2HfMat4&t=99s
Is in a parallel Forum thread:
https://www.sl113.org/forums/index.php?topic=30389.msg220334#msg220334 (https://www.sl113.org/forums/index.php?topic=30389.msg220334#msg220334)