I need some help here convertible owners. I had a new top and rear window put on in Jan. The brand used by the upholstry shop was a vynle EZ On Auto Tops. The whole job ran for $1,500 and to say the least I'm not happy with it. when I got it back the top above the middle bow was wrinkled like a pair of old ladies underwear. Everything has been tried to get them out. Heat was used to try and get them to lay out flat, stretching was also attempted to no avail. It seems that whatever glue was used to attach the cloth material for the bow to the top had an affect on the vynle itself. Now I'm pissed at the manufacturer cause they let a crappy product roll out the door. I'm pissed at the shop because they put it on and let it roll out the door instead of calling me up and telling me the problem and fixing it in the first place. Now I can chalk the initial problem up to the manufacturer, no big deal I'll chew their ass. However, I'll be dipped if I can find a damn contact number of any kind for the yardbirds. I called the upholstry shop and they said they deal through this other guy to get their tops. They are supposed to check and see about finding the number.
To the upholstry shops credit they offered to get another top or give me some cash. If they get another top it'll most likely be from the same top company. The other deal is they refuse to put the new top on. That's not so much a problem either because if they let it roll out in the first place messed up it'd probably happen again so I don't plan on using them.
I have several questions before I go out into this wonderful venture of funked up tops again. First, what manufacturer in yall's opninion makes a good convertible top? I'm told a "sail cloth" type is a better route, is that true? How big of a pain is the cloth top to maintain compaired to vynle? Finally, is there anyone in central Ohio that knows of a good upholstry shop that can do the job right without raping me in the process?
Forgot to mention the insurance guy looked at it and said it wasn't right either. He also said though that perhaps the upholstry shop used what they thought was the best top in their experience and any other top would be worse if not the same quality. If that were honestly the case there would be an awful lot of shirtty tops on convertibles and it would be acceptible. Especially since tops eventually have to be replaced. Knowing full damn well that ain't the case I'm not buying that **** no matter how cheap the insurance guy sells it at.
To the upholstry shops credit they offered to get another top or give me some cash. If they get another top it'll most likely be from the same top company. The other deal is they refuse to put the new top on. That's not so much a problem either because if they let it roll out in the first place messed up it'd probably happen again so I don't plan on using them.
I have several questions before I go out into this wonderful venture of funked up tops again. First, what manufacturer in yall's opninion makes a good convertible top? I'm told a "sail cloth" type is a better route, is that true? How big of a pain is the cloth top to maintain compaired to vynle? Finally, is there anyone in central Ohio that knows of a good upholstry shop that can do the job right without raping me in the process?
Forgot to mention the insurance guy looked at it and said it wasn't right either. He also said though that perhaps the upholstry shop used what they thought was the best top in their experience and any other top would be worse if not the same quality. If that were honestly the case there would be an awful lot of shirtty tops on convertibles and it would be acceptible. Especially since tops eventually have to be replaced. Knowing full damn well that ain't the case I'm not buying that **** no matter how cheap the insurance guy sells it at.