Does anyone here know where I can get new pull-down straps?
The direct replacement straps should be 60" long with a 3" long polyrod sewed onto the upper end of the strap and a rubber thread-spool looking device on the other end (1 1/8" long x 1" diameter, hollow core, rubber) that the pull-down cane hooks into to extend downward the window shade fabric when parked.
I have found on Amazon what appears to be an unfinished 93" replacement strap. It has the polyrod sewed onto the upper end, but I don't see the rubber, thread-spool looking device on the lower end. This 93" strap appears to be an option - I would need to shorten it, obviously, and sew a loop into the lower end that snugly holds the rubber, thread-spool looking device.
When I had new fabric installed a couple years back I thought new straps would be forthcoming with the new awning fabric... but I guess the obvious ain't so obvious to some. I mean, after all, the straps see as much sun as the awning fabric, and therefore will be subject to degradation by the sun just as much. Wouldn't you think?