Things they dont tell you in the owners manual

[LightningEd]

To start with, yes I did know better.

I'm on my way to the track, when from behind me comes a chevy ss. He gets on my bumper and when traffic clears he shoots around to my right side. Once along side, he gives me the thumbs down and hits it. I cannot let this pass, so I stomp on the loud pedal and pass him fairly nicely. He tries again, this time with a running start. Again I stay in front. I decide to ice the cake and keep my foot in it through 130 mph. This is where the owners manual is lacking with warnings.) The soft top decides to break at the plastic corners near the cab and does its best impression of a parachute. Right now, it is pretty funny, but at the time all I saw was the top in my mirror.

Please tell me I am not the only one to have ever done such a bone headed thing.

I have ordered the parts to fix the damage. epper: :bash:

 

[04sonicL]

haha thats why I bought the hard top

 

[ecoastkid]

I have been over 130 and never had a prob with the cover..

 

[Lightmare]

Yeah, I drove around one time in my old lightning with a cape flapping behind me. I'm batman.

 

[MMShaggy]

Yeah, I drove around one time in my old lightning with a cape flapping behind me. I'm batman.

ROFLMFAO :lol:

Yea i went hardtop and neva looked back.

 

[03blklightning]

You were going so fast the top couldn't keep up. Thats funny I'm still laughing.

 

[Skrapmetal]

Yeah, I drove around one time in my old lightning with a cape flapping behind me. I'm batman.

That's so not what I wanna hear right now!

:coolman:

 

[Blk04L]

I have been over 130 and never had a prob with the cover..

+1

 

[Lightmare]

That's so not what I wanna hear right now!

:coolman:

Hehehe, no I bought this cover I'm selling to you from a guy here not to long ago. I only put it on my truck once for about 5 minutes.

The Lightning I'm talking about is this one....

 

[RIDE THE]

At least you beat up on the SS.:thumbsup:

Never had a problem with mine...........................YET!

 

[L8APEX]

Well my Lebra cover jetisoned at 60mph. It dropped all the clamps a pair at a time within 1/2 a second as the soft tonneau and the aluminum frame both lifted off and was completely free of the truck. It reached an altitude of about 20 feet, before getting creamed by a semi.
I replaced it with a hard tonneau.

 

[Skrapmetal]

Hehehe, no I bought this cover I'm selling to you from a guy here not to long ago. I only put it on my truck once for about 5 minutes.

The Lightning I'm talking about is this one....

Well... my truck WOULD look good with a cape.

 

[203Cree]

That's why I took mine off, lol.

 

[Lightning LA]

Man that's crazy,i've been up around that same speed with no problem.Now you got me worried,i wonder what speed mine is set to jetison at??:-D

 

[Vette Eater]

man that sucks...I've had my needle buried on many occasions and NEVER had a problem like that....yet

 

[SADF]

Yeah, I hate the way the factory cover looks. Id rather not even have one and there are times when I actually miss the open bed and "truck look" it had without my gaylords, but those times are rare.

 

[Jeff_Svt22]

Hehehe, no I bought this cover I'm selling to you from a guy here not to long ago. I only put it on my truck once for about 5 minutes.

lol already selling it?

 

[Lightmare]

lol already selling it?

Yeah. Looked strange on my truck. It's just the silver on the truck that throws me off. Silver is a hard color to work with sometimes. It's hard to explain.

 

[SSKillerF150]

I got to 135 the other day with one of the bows missing and mine held on. (the ol' lady wanted to bail out though) btw if anyone has an extra bow hey wanna get rid of pm me

 

[04 Sonic Blue L]

damn my buddy has an 01 with the soft top and we were doing about 140ish. . . being idiots. . . but still neck and neck and his soft top was fine. . this was about 6 months ago and the cover is facotry. . (so figure a good 5.5 years old) as it stands today. . . i don't think he is having this problem!!! i have a hard cover and WANT TO GET RID OF IT!!!!!!