Do you have the owners manual supplement for the convertible?

 

No but I'll look for one online. I think I saw one available to view for free before but forgot about it.

 

The is from the Owner's Manual:

I can send you a PM with a link to my Dropbox to download an electronic version of the Owner's Manual.

 

Figured it out with the help of that instruction. I actually found my copy of the owners manual on my laptop but appreciate it though.

There were two things I did incorrectly. The first was that I didn't turn the handle back to the locking position and so it wasn't stowed down. Second was that I needed to put the corners of that bottom lip down and tucked first before doing anything else. That was why I couldn't tuck those corners in at all if I did the other steps beforehand. Looks good now. I'll add some pics when there is sun tomorrow.

Thanks to all!

 

It is possible to do a color change. Black would probably look better, and going darker should be easier than having a dark boot and try to go lighter.

https://www.allpar.com/threads/boot-color-change.246485/

 

I think spray painting it works but I'm not going to do it. At different angles and at different times during the day the grey looks like silver so it looks great. At other times it looks white (like in my very first pic) so it looks a bit awkward. I may pick up a black one if I can find one cheap like I did this grey one but at the end of the day, its not all that important since I'll probably only put it on for show otherwise it's kind of a hassle with no real benefit functionally.

 

I had a similar issue when I finally secured my boot last year. When opening the top, make sure you help the first hinge point fold away from you. It was pointed out to me that sometimes the first hinge folds downward. When that happens, the top doesn't settle correctly. Good luck. I have a black Cruiser and a very kind Canadian Cruiser owner gifted me a boot. One can of Duplicator Vinyl spray (many light coats) took it from beige to black.

 

I don't have that problem although maybe I haven't really noticed. Opening the top looks fine to me and when I understood how to put this boot on, it was straightforward.

Besides black, I think I've seen brown and beige ones work on a silver PT.

 

Not gonna lie but the black boot on a silver PT convertible looks generic-- the boot doesn't stand out at all. The reason why I like the boot is that it has distinctive lines and my grey one sticks out in terms of the lines. With the black on black it is hard to see these lines.

 

Got this corrected!!! I also like the color!

 

That boot color looks fine