The operation of the handles in the cutouts. Phew...passed

Sacrificed. I'm really curious how these aluminum/foam shapes were manufactured by Porsche

So now I need to develop a plan to recover this baby. I think I will trim out the side pieces and then slot the original vinyl and tighten it at the front of the cutout.

The old vinyl is in good shape...but hard and inflexible. I'll use the advantage of mother nature at 8100 ft to warm it up

It loosened up enough to become somewhat pliable. I trimmed the cutouts and got ready for a trial refit

So far so good

I am very ok with how this came out

One more unexpected hurdle...hurdled.
I am just going to prime the bows...they will be inside the vinyl from here on, no need to paint them

I need to figure out these before I install the soft window. They cannot be installed after the headliner. And the headliner is basically done. I have a hole punch...but it likes paper not vinyl

Anyway, latch receivers are painted, bows are primed...I am close to the soft window install