sure - watch this video - its short - but you can clearly see a checkered pattern in the vinyl... this is a replacement top -
i've since learned that its not the glue - but in the vinyl itself - something bout the machine that puts the grain into the vinyl...
i had previously only noticed it on my original vinyl top cars- which is why i assumed it had to do with the factory glue, or install process - but i was wrong..
it seems that of all the manufacturers of replacement tops - only a few make them correctly to get the correct appearance -
https://youtu.be/SYT8K_QT4f0cheers