New owner, didn't know about "chop", window seam ripped...

[tombea]

This is entirely the fault of Porsche. The manual for the cars with plastic windows doesn't mention the first word about manually doing anything to the top when you lower it.

When I purchased my Boxster the owner lowered the top without folding the plastic window. Having owned a Miata for 15 years and a MGB for four years made me a little leery of doing that so when I got home I read the owners manual and didn't find a word about doing this. The first time I lowered the top I saw the way it was folding and knew that even if it made it OK that time that it wouldn't be that long until it creased the window. When I found this forum I found out for sure that you needed to knock out the creases.

I live in Suwanee and I don't know of a shop up here but there was a great shop on Lawrenceville Hwy in Tucker. I can't remember the name of it but it is between Brockett Rd and Idlewood Rd on Lawrencevile Hwy. The shop was owned by a woman and she knew convertible tops. They put a new one on a 1972 Cutlass that I owned many years ago and did a great job for a fair price.

Tom