I've been meaning to post this for "years" just came back to me.
When getting your top done, insist on the black plastic fasteners and couplers. Avoid the pretty shiny s/s expensive ones.
Reason: Any trauma to your top, backing into the garage with top up, low overhangs, etc. will allow most of the damage to remain comcentrated to these fasteners and not the bows. Unfortunately the original Arima "peg" will still generate most of the force to your bows, but do what you can to make the weakest link the fastenrs, not the s/s bows. Talk it over with your canvas man. Easore to replace these then s/s bows.
Woody