Re: Convertible Top Latches Fix?

mdginzo wrote:
> My 1995 MIata has a lot of trouble latching the top down.  Usually I
> have to keep it open and use a seperate cover when the weather demands
> it.  Would replacing the latches with new ones solve the problem?  It
> is a new vinyl top from Robbins, but I am wondering it the problem is
> not in the latches but maybe the top framing itself.  Any advice woudl
> be greatly appreciated.  Thanks.

A new top often needs to be stretched out.

Leave it up for 4 or 5 days and it should set. There are also 
adjustments that you can do to the latches, but with the top being new, 
that is almost certainly what is causing the problem.

Pat