Post by Admin on Jan 25, 2014 18:06:20 GMT
This is an original post by Si Horsman (Admin)
Had someone email me over doing this ..well to be fair ive fitted around 20 of them lol so thought id put up a little help just in case anyone has to do it ive tryed to put my knolage of doing this in to words but may not be that clear sorry but it should help you anyway
this is for the manual roof the electric is the same other than you after pop the pins out or the rams
To remove hood complete
1st remove complete rear seats
The base is screwed on by 2 small alen key bolts
Pull down the back part look in to each corner where the seat belts bolt there is a clip type thing get a flat head screw driver and push the clip thing back towards the rear of the car both sides then the seat back will lift out
Then undo the seat belts at the bottom 17" bolts then remove the headrest part this is bolted buy 2x 13mm nuts lift of and pull the seat belts through the seat headrest
2nd remove the rear door cards just follow the screws simple these
3rd with rear door cards removed you'll see some black plastic covers inside you see 3 17" bolts remove these both sides don't remove the black plastic covers tho as you ll end up with leaks after
4th remove the carpet rear shelve cover just rubber grommets hold this also the shocker rubber covers
5th undo the 2 10mm nuts that hold the black bars that support the rear window remove them from the glass part
6th undo the 10mm bolts around the Ali frame think they around 8 or 9 you ll see them under the carpet shelve around the rear edge
7th outside the car remove the black rubber trim that goes around the rear boot to roof trim just pulls of also the 2 push on rubber bits to the rear glass to roof ie the other bits to the long rubber trim you just removed
8th lift of the roof it's better to remove while it down also when refitting sit the roof in place when it down and line up the 3 17mm bolts that go behind the rear door card plastics once these in not fully in but just finger tight pull up the roof but don't lock it then get in the back seat area and push fit the Ali frame and fit all the bolts 10mm once all fitted tighten up then the 17mm x3 in rear door card plastics and just repeat the rest of sequence
Any problem welcome email me sivdubgti@yahoo.com
Also a tip get some duck tape and when you about to remove the hood tape up the painted parts around the hood area it's just so you don't scrape the paint removing the hood lol
Had someone email me over doing this ..well to be fair ive fitted around 20 of them lol so thought id put up a little help just in case anyone has to do it ive tryed to put my knolage of doing this in to words but may not be that clear sorry but it should help you anyway
this is for the manual roof the electric is the same other than you after pop the pins out or the rams
To remove hood complete
1st remove complete rear seats
The base is screwed on by 2 small alen key bolts
Pull down the back part look in to each corner where the seat belts bolt there is a clip type thing get a flat head screw driver and push the clip thing back towards the rear of the car both sides then the seat back will lift out
Then undo the seat belts at the bottom 17" bolts then remove the headrest part this is bolted buy 2x 13mm nuts lift of and pull the seat belts through the seat headrest
2nd remove the rear door cards just follow the screws simple these
3rd with rear door cards removed you'll see some black plastic covers inside you see 3 17" bolts remove these both sides don't remove the black plastic covers tho as you ll end up with leaks after
4th remove the carpet rear shelve cover just rubber grommets hold this also the shocker rubber covers
5th undo the 2 10mm nuts that hold the black bars that support the rear window remove them from the glass part
6th undo the 10mm bolts around the Ali frame think they around 8 or 9 you ll see them under the carpet shelve around the rear edge
7th outside the car remove the black rubber trim that goes around the rear boot to roof trim just pulls of also the 2 push on rubber bits to the rear glass to roof ie the other bits to the long rubber trim you just removed
8th lift of the roof it's better to remove while it down also when refitting sit the roof in place when it down and line up the 3 17mm bolts that go behind the rear door card plastics once these in not fully in but just finger tight pull up the roof but don't lock it then get in the back seat area and push fit the Ali frame and fit all the bolts 10mm once all fitted tighten up then the 17mm x3 in rear door card plastics and just repeat the rest of sequence
Any problem welcome email me sivdubgti@yahoo.com
Also a tip get some duck tape and when you about to remove the hood tape up the painted parts around the hood area it's just so you don't scrape the paint removing the hood lol