Plastic Rear Window

[tomatjs]

Unless you are driving the car even during the winter season, why don't you wait 'til the weather gets a little warmer to allow things like plastic window would be more softened up a bit. Then I would let it sit in the sun a while and apply some pressure in the affected area with a pad of soft cloth to see if it would go back down. Many plastics have "memories" to return to its original shape provided that the temperature is ideal.

[JonnyBGood]

Just wait for the summer, leave the top up for a while in the 80 degrees sun, and I bet it gets better after a while

[Ronzi]

The previous owner was probably in the habit of lowering the top without executing the "chop" maneuver, i.e. lowering the top part way, then getting out of the car and pressing down the little peak in the plastic that invariably forms pretty much right in the middle of the window.
Big pain in the tailfeathers to be sure, but it is about the only way to prevent long term damage to the window, and ultimately a split in the plastic.

[wpwalsh]

Thanks for the advice. I think I'll wait until the warm weather hits and try JohnnyBGood's idea.

Beautiful car, Ronzi!

[wpwalsh]

Sorry Tomatjs, it was your idea, wasn't it. Thanks again.

P Walsh

Everyones plastic window will crack at some time, the chop method works well but is a little embarrassing.

new windows are easy to replace and takes about 24 hours at a body shop.
£350.00 in total

[Ronzi]

My first sports cars were Healey Sprites, Triumph Spitfires, and sundry models of MGs. On those babies you had to put up an erector set frame and then drape a piece of canvas over it with a multitude of straps and snaps to hold the whole mess together, so chopping the back window on the Box is a negligible problem.