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Cab Top

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After I got done washing my car today, I tried to put the top down and it started to open very slow and when it finally got to the top, instead of retracting slowly, it fell from the very top, straight into the back :eek: When I tried to close it, it took about 10 secs before it did anything!! I opened and closed it a few more times and it all went to hell :( My question is, is it just a loose spring or something serious

P.S. when the top is retracting, its not even straight and it makes funny noises

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yikes! I would get that straight to the dealer.

Sounds like something is bent or undone to cause that.

You MUST ensure you operate the top open or close on a flat and even surface. These cars are stiff as hell but even so, the tolerances in the top mechanism only require a slight twist in the chasis and the top mechanism can go all to hell.

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... You MUST ensure you operate the top open or close on a flat and even surface. These cars are stiff as hell but even so, the tolerances in the top mechanism only require a slight twist in the chasis and the top mechanism can go all to hell.

How do you reconcile that with the fact that Porsche states that you can open/close up to speeds of 50MPH?

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I dunno where you got 50Mph from I thought it was officially a max of 30 MPH and only in the latest cabs 03 onwards.

....the user manual states quite clearly about opening/closing the top on a level surface. If your driving while openng/closing the top then you are on a flat surface ;-)

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