[KevinH1990]

I had some time to look at the car tonight. The tension cables are not visibly damaged. The only way to tell whether they are stretched is to remove them and compare them to a new cable.

I can tighten the cables. However that will loosen the fit between the gasket at the bottom of the rear bow and the clam shell when the top in the "up" or "closed" position. The fit between the gasket and the clam shell on my car is not quite as tight as the one on my co-workers 04, so I'm hesitant to make it any looser as that could lead to water intrusion.

I'm beginning to think the problem may be inherent to the 03/04 OEM tops. Porsche changed the design from a 3 bow top with a plastic window and no headliner (as in the 97 to 00 cars) to a 4 bow top with a glass window and headliner. (The 01 and 02 cars as well as the 00 S models had a headliner and plastic window.) This new configuration had to fit into the space originally designed or a less bulky mechanism.

I'm still open to suggestions. Maybe a car interior shop can somehow tighten the fabric.