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I've done this mod for all x4 of my s2000's and it's a life-saver! Wanted to contribute to this thread so here's my latest setup...
Took mine one step further since I did not want to mess with the E-brake wire so I just tapped mine into a switch which acts like the E-brake engagement.
So to move the softtop, just unlatch, hit the left switch and operate the top anytime I want
Originally Posted by too much vtAK,Jan 22 2008, 05:08 PM
Did mine last week. Great mod. I love pulling into a space and putting the top up at the same time. By the time I'm stopped I'm ready to get out.
I this mod!
As much fun as it is to raise the top when parking, I have more fun lowering it as I pull away, it's silly looking, it's like as long as the car goes forward, the top has to come down. I love how people turn and stare.
[QUOTE=ace123,May 11 2008, 08:38 AM] Just did this. It took longer to get the tools out and get in the car than it did to do the whole thing. Figured I'd add another blurb to boost confidence for anyone with a MY06+ that's still on the fence. It's a great, easy modification.
On MY06+, unscrew one bolt and release the pins--press at their center with a toothpick, hex wrench, pencil etc. That extra step is the only difference for MY06+ models. Now pull the cover horizontally back with firm, consistent pressure to release all the clips. Then cut the wire. You're done "modifying" your car. Now line the clips up and push the cover back in so they all clip in. I always push each of the surfaces where the clips attach an extra time to make sure they clipped in. For MY06+, put the screw back in, reset the push-pins*, and pin them back in. That's it!
I was thinking to ground the parking brake sensor, but I felt like it was so quick to get in there that I didn't care to bother finding the ground or splicing any other wires--I was excited to try it out and since it's so quick and easy, I'll just go back in if I decide I care.
*On resetting the push-pins, I think it's self-explanatory when you see it out of the car.
I wanted to add some additional photos to the top down while moving thread.
This covers eliminating the brake click. The photo are from an '06.
Connector, unplugged as viewed from the underside
(in original post this wire was hidden under another wire)
Note Black ground wire (#11), is right next to the Green/White (#12). Here the G/W wire has been cut and a 3M tap/splice used to connect it to the Black wire on the connector site (black wire passes through the tap uncut). The unused end of the G/W can be insulated.
This shows the detail of the plug from the back (corrected image).
Pin out
Location of the connector behind the panel. Note the brake connection is on connector "A" on the left. The speed sensor wire (covered earlier) is on connector "B".
Back of the '06 passenger panel. Remove the screw in the center and then the pins on the left and right. Once removed, the panel snaps out with a pull.
The pins on the left and right are pretty easy to remove, but not obvious in that you press the center pin in to unlock them, and then you pull the entire fastener out.
Once removed, you press the pin in from the back so it sticks up from the top side. Then when you re-insert the fastener you press the pin down, flush to re-lock.
Hmm I just tried this on my 08 model and now my roof doesn't work at all....cut the speed sensor wire and grounded the handbrake input and nothing...fixed them back together and still nothing
06-11-2010, 08:31 AM
this mod!
