Is it ok to store my convertible top down?

[Heyspike]

This is my first convertible owned, so I was wondering is it ok to store the car with the top down? Not winter storage, just say a couple of days, weeks?
Thanks, John:confused

 

[ScubaCowboy]

John,
I can't speak for Corvette convertable tops, but my Rustang GT is a convertable, and if I leave the tops down more than a day or two, it really seems to leave bad creases in the top, and (until I went to a glass rear window) the rear plastic window gets bad creases in it also, so I put the top up every day now, instead of leaving it down... Like I said, don't know if Vette's have the same problem or not, but I would not recommend it !

Don

 

[Black Ice]

Well yes it is but if your rear window is plastic I would buy one on those rear window pillows to keep it from rubbing damage. Also I lay 2 bath sized towels over my top before I fold it at any time. Get towels in a color to match the top for fuzz free results. This keeps the top from getting chafed.

 

[Heyspike]

Using the bath towels intertwined in the folds of the top?

 

[Vettelt193]

i used to have that window pad, i got it for my '87 convertible.... it stinks, it did more harm than good.

From a general standpoint, a few days of top down won't kill the top on your car. If you know are not going to drive it for a few days or more though, put it up, and roll up the windows. You will notice the interior will get dirty much quicker if you leave the top down anyway, so it will fix both issues.

 

[Black Ice]

I never had any problems with the "pillow" at all. Yes you lay the towels over the top next to each other then fold the towels inbetween the top folds. Usually I over lap the two by an inch or so. Send me your e mail address and I will be happy to send you pictures. roleku@aol.com

 

[Vettelt193]

The pillow I bought, from either Mid America or Ecklers, was made of a material that just isn't that soft. It wound up scratching the window in my car. I had to buff out the scratches with a special polish designed for that plastic, and I never used the pillow again. Is your pillow soft?

 

[*89x2*]

Hmmm, My top was down for MONTHS (since the hardtop was on it) No cracks, chaff's, etc...

Now that the hardtop is off, it is still down - since it is a convertible

 

[Sibexpress]

Well yes it is but if your rear window is plastic I would buy one on those rear window pillows to keep it from rubbing damage. Also I lay 2 bath sized towels over my top before I fold it at any time. Get towels in a color to match the top for fuzz free results. This keeps the top from getting chafed.

Have a glass window in my sebring limited rag top. And the headliner gets pretty wringled too if I leave the top down for a period of time. It straightens out after abit but it drives me nuts.

 

[Spooky3]

When I first got my vette the rear window was near perfect, even for a 91. I usually left the top down since it was a weekend driver at that time. After a while I noticed it starting to get some scratchs in it.

I was talking to a guy with a cobra vert and he said if you left the top down all the time they would get scratched by dust floating into them and just rubbing back and forth when you drove it. Since then I have left the top up and seems to have stablized with no new scratchs.

 

[3sacrwd]

I will go topless for days and sometimes weeks at a time during the summer months...never had a problem with my window scratching or top getting creased....I will sometimes just put the top up, but not latch it down, especially if it is really cold, so as not to crack the plastic. I have a convertible cockpit cover from Ecklers which keeps the interior clean, and cooler during the summer months....also helps to keep light rain out.