Tears
Most tears in roofs are caused by wear along the fold lines. Where one fold meets another, there is a higher likelihood that the fabric will wear through and cause a hole to be torn in the fabric.
If the hole is caught early enough, it can be patched from the other side if it is accessible. However, the repairs are not invisible.
It is usually advisable that if you get tears in your fabric roof, to replace the roof rather than repair because repairing roofs isn't economically viable on modern cars.
It might be the case on vintage cars that you would have a trimmer remove the roof and put it on a sewing machine, but even for vintage cars, roof sets are usually available, so if the roof needs to be removed from the frame it is as well to replace it with a new one.
Written by Danny Argent. Last updated 30/07/2022 14:48