Yes, in short I had to muscle it to get back open and continue slightly adjusting the angle/fit of the back half the top. That helped and over time I'm guessing being in the sun and stretching did as well but the initial installation I had to tweak to get things aligned.
I found two things to help and I got mine freed. I put it out in the sun and let things get nice a hot. The plastic that attaches the downward latch now has some flex in it. Secondly someone mentioned in the FB group they had the same issue and used a small cord to slip into the J hook and...
I just installed a trektop on my 4 door and everything went fine. I close the top, flipped the levers and it locked to the factory hinges. Problem is when I unlocked the two levers the J hook won’t fully clear the factory hinge. So the lever disengages but I cannot get the hooks to drop out...