The first time I went to lift the canopy up it was binding with the fwd edge. Even 1/8" is pretty tight, so I had to remove the clecos and sand down the fwd edge. It took a couple of iterations…and re-install, remove, sand again, but finally it clears and it can go up and down. I do get, what sounds like metal scraping from inside the gas strut. I'll check with Vans to see if that's a defective strut, but it seems to be working fine.
it works
after a little sanding on the fwd edge it can go up and down
