John Reynolds <kayakjr@juno.com> wrote:

To be fair, I complained to Ron, and he offered to take them back.  He
stated that I was only the second person to complain - so all you westy
owners must be a lot stronger than me!  I did not take him up on the
offer since I thought they would "loosen up" - they did not.  My wife
could never close this hatch back though.
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I bought a set last fall.  At first I could not close the lid easily.
Never did pull a groin muscle though, must have used the wrong leg. : )

They have loosened up and now I can close it.  It will even hold a
sunshower on top to run the shower I built that attaches to the rear
open hatch.

Ken
82 westy