Re: IML: Landau Top Question

[Elijah Scott <imperial1971@xxxxxxxxx>]

Evin Koonts <ekenkade@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Good evening folks, I have a 1992 Imperial, and like so many of them, it has a vynal top, and I noticed that it is beginning to crack, I had it replaced, and I would like to know if there is anything that can stop my new one from cracking.

A garage.  ;o)
  
  Seriously!  Vinyl tops (and dashes, seats, or anything else on a  car that's made of vinyl) cracks due to damage from the sun (mainly the  ultraviolet radiation).  The only way to preserve a vinyl top for  the longterm is to keep it out of the sun as much as possible.
  
  The vinyl top on my '70 Imperial is original and is 99% perfect (and  the 1% flaw is a small tear off of a corner that happened when someone  removed the piece
 of trim next to it).  This car was always  garaged, which is what preserved the top.
  
  Good luck!
  
  Elijah

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