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Soft-top isn't closing properly...? Please help!

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Old May 31, 2010 | 04:36 PM
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Default Soft-top isn't closing properly...? Please help!

I've owned my car for about a year now and this is the first time this has happened. I rolled my top back up from a random day of driving and the driver side latch wasn't closing properly. The passenger side closed just fine, but it seems like I have to force the driver side latch to secure it. You can see the difference in the pics below from the outside. Also, I can hear wind blowing in through the cabin since this has happened.







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passenger side


This hasn't happened to me before so I was wondering if it's happened to anyone else? Can this be easily fixed?

Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!
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Old May 31, 2010 | 04:42 PM
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Default Re: Soft-top isn't closing properly...? Please help!

mine does that.. i have to reach out the window and pull the driver side down and kind of over to get to close right.
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Old May 31, 2010 | 04:46 PM
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Default Re: Soft-top isn't closing properly...? Please help!

I put my hand on that handle thing in the middle and pull down a bit.
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Old May 31, 2010 | 05:09 PM
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something ain't right - i took the latches apart recently to stop a squeak and it was pretty simple to do - might be worth having a look at..
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Old Jun 2, 2010 | 02:36 PM
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Default Re: Soft-top isn't closing properly...? Please help!

So how would i go about fixing this? i literally have to force the driver side latch down, like there's something blocking it, but there is nothing blocking the top at all.
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Old Jun 2, 2010 | 04:24 PM
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did you try to take the latch apart yet?
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Old Jun 3, 2010 | 12:45 PM
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ya i yank mine down sometimes too lol. Ghetto
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Old Jun 3, 2010 | 04:30 PM
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Undo the latch it might be loose mine did that
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Old Jun 3, 2010 | 04:30 PM
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Oh I also switch sides with the latches to make it abit tighter because of the wear
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