I believe it will be stretched and working fine by then, I spoke to a certified Bestop installer and he said In the winter they have to sit these soft tops in front of a commercial heater before they install to stretch them out. You should be fine, my top works fine now
OK, I left the Jeep in the sun with temperatures in the mid 90’s closed and in 1/1/2 days the latches work great. I spoke to Bestop and suggested the final instruction be to leave the top closed and out in the sun to stretch. Thanks all!
I just purchased the 2018 JL soft top, 4 + hours to install and the exact same thing. I watched the Bestop video 4 times before installing. I actually used it as I installed. In the end I got the front latches to work but it is out in the heat and sun now hoping it will loosen up. When I try...