Why not take a sewing machine, and shorten them a bit?
OR just make a shorter pair.
Nylon strap would be about a dollar, it would take about two minutes.

Kate

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>>> I think you're looking for something like this:
>>>
>>> http://www.quadratec.com/products/13029_00.htm
>>>
>>> But you don't really need those straps, you can just twist the
>>> existing ones around a couple of times to make them shorter
>>>
>> My Suburban has something like this for the rear doors. It works really
>> well. Sometimes you don't want to smash your neighbor's car with a heavy
>> Suburban cargo door, and sometimes you do. ;^) Twisting the straps will
>> make them weak.
>>
> I kind of like the idea of twisting the straps to make them shorter. I
> could see myself doing this. It's not like they need to hold a heavy
> load, just stop the door in a wind. If the unlikely event that they begin
> to fray, replace them. I'd even make the replacements myself.
> Tomes
>