Spumante

Yes I agree with you on the pinch. I went to a professional upholsterer and he said that if you use epoxy it will soak through the Fabric and will be very ugly from outside.. he said there’s nothing you can do for this particular problem. but if you find a solution, please do update us 🙂

Unfortunately not. I have since sold the car; however it did not appear to have too much effect.

Hi guys. so my top is finally working again. Everything is either new or serviced (control module, transmissions, pushrods..). I took care to re-adjust everything so the top opens and closes straight and cuts off just before hitting the windscreen when closing. However I have a small problem, when opening the top, it doesn’t open completely, it remains just a little bit high (maybe 1 or 1.5cm), so the clamshell hits it on its way down, and pushes it down. This makes the motor sound a bit stressed during the last second. And the clamshell remains a little bit high, it doesn’t close fully. If I press it down then it sits flush. I’ve narrowed it down to two strings (one on each side) that are attached to a small round piece of cloth that was supposedly glued to the back part of the top. These have come off. I think this is supposed to constantly pull the back part towards the front so while opening it sets the crease. so in this way it is not folding correctly. I went to two local upholstery shops but they both said that there is no way to glue it back in a permanent way. They say that they are done in the factory using heat presses and anything they do now will not hold up. has anyone ever had this issue? How can I solve it? attached is a photo of the same string attached to the correct place, on another boxster with a well-functioning top.

Why don’t you pop off the ball joints and remove the transmission complete with the boomerang attached? then you can play around with it on the bench. just take photos beforehand so you’ll know how they were attached.

Update 1: I tried to get the IPAS codes from my local dealer, but they wouldn’t have it. They played dumb like they didn’t know what they are. Is there anyone else, maybe someone here working at a dealership, that can get these for me please? Update 2: I went ahead and purchased a new rear control module. I coded it with my PIWIS, and voila.. the top is working again. Now I still have some teething problems (not electronic). But I’ll ask that in a separate thread. Thanks so much.

Thanks. I will try to get them. today I found another strange thing. I was playing around with my PIWIS in simulation mode. the same ‘corrupt’ fields appear and i am still unable to change the fields in simulation mode.

I already tried to recode it using PIWIS. It didn’t change anything. I’ve never heard of these IPAS codes. Can you explain further please?

Hi everyone. New member here, but have been playing around with Porsche’s for a while 🙂 I recently bought a boxster with a non functional roof. I have been troubleshooting it but it has me stumped. the previous owner said that the drains had clogged and the rear body computer had to be replaced. He also said the roof had stopped working prior to this, and he didn’t mind as he preferred leaving it closed. Long story short, I can’t really trust what he said. Until now I checked and confirmed that if I apply 12v in the correct pins in the socket of the rear control module, the relays for the roof both work well. and if I apply 12v to the correct pins when I remove the relays, the motor works. So if the body computer sends the signal for the motor to work, it should work. now, if the right conditions are met (roof latch open, roof ‘not in limit position’, the cluster will say ‘opening convertible top’ or ‘closing convertible top’ if I press the button to open or close the roof. Nothing happens it the roof is latched. so this tells me that the car recognizes the inputs (micro switches) and it recognizes that it is a boxster convertible (not a cayman or a 911 coupe), and it’s trying to send the signal to the rear body computer. But for some reason this body computer isn’t telling the roof to open. even when I access the rear body computer with PIWIS, nothing happens when i tell it to open or close the roof. it’s strange because everything else works (spoiler, lights, trunk lid etc). in PIWIS I noticed that five fields in the rear module are not working well (corrupted?): Vehicle Type, Country Coding, Inclination sensor, Alarm system, Acoustic alarm output. They all say “?50210” instead of the correct value. This leads me to believe that the rear module is malfunctioning. however, strangely enough, ‘vehicle type’ is also ‘corrupted’ in the front module and in the gateway. So, what.. are these toast too? would appreciate if anyone has some insight on the above, as a new rear body computer is around 450€ and I don’t wish to spend money for nothing. thanks!