What am I doing wrong?, New sail trim and vinyl Options

[Mike Bellis]

So I bought the 914 rubber sail vinyl kit. Super good quality vinyl. I bought NEW sail trim from Porsche, yes it is still available new.

I cant get the vinyl to line up properly. If I use the 4 pre-punched holes to line up the vinyl, the rear corner of vinyl does not reach the trim. If I move it to reach the trim, either the pre-punched holes are visible or the front top corner has exposed paint. This vinyl is not very stretchy and I don't want to damage it.

Since the trim is new, it should not be tweaked, at least not too bad or I would see it.

I first lined everything up and it looked pretty good so I sprayed glue. Then the trim didn't fit right so I peeled it off. I then had to use acetone on it to get it to come off. Lucky for me my paint is shit so I don't care. But big hunks of glue and some paint stuck to the vinyl. I again used acetone on the back side of the vinyl to clean off the lumps.

I noticed that when I place the trim without clips on the passenger side, the trim does not line up with the original holes. Check the curve on the trim. It does not match the curve on the vinyl. Maybe the new trim is different?

Here's some pics. Anyone have any ideas?

Here I have some rivets backwards just holding the vinyl on the holes, note the difference in the curve. If I remove the rivets and raise the trim, the vinyl does not reach under the trim's curve.





This shows the trim if lined up in place, it is way off the holes. If I raise it to the hole, I cannot reinstall the overlaping trim that goes up the rear edge. The front is off too. I most likely will re-drill the holes to work better.





Here is the packaging from Porsche