Can't get convertible boot on?
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Originally Posted by mattfeet,Feb 17 2008, 01:04 AM
Make sure your top is folding correctly as well. One of the supporting bars has a bad tendency to fold up on itself, preventing the boot to go on (at all). I thought you had to squeeze it on there at first as well, but when you put the top down, just push the bar back behind you so it sits under the folded top. If it folds right, the boot is cake to put on.
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Originally Posted by ebchu,Feb 19 2008, 09:41 PM
bump yeah, which bar i would also like to know.
Back to the boot topic. I have had my car over 4 years and still use mine from time to time. It does get easier to put on. I have more trouble taking it off though. The damn snaps don't release very easy.
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Originally Posted by mattfeet,Feb 17 2008, 01:04 AM
Make sure your top is folding correctly as well. One of the supporting bars has a bad tendency to fold up on itself, preventing the boot to go on (at all). I thought you had to squeeze it on there at first as well, but when you put the top down, just push the bar back behind you so it sits under the folded top. If it folds right, the boot is cake to put on.
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I got the roof down today in sunny (but cool) Toronto weather. Looks like my top was not folding down correctly ... pushed the first bar back as it was folding down and low and behold the boot is easy as pie to put on!
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Originally Posted by Rev Happy,Feb 20 2008, 02:42 AM
It's the center bar above your head when the top is closed. If the elastic bands get worn, they have trouble pulling that bar back to fold properly. If the bar doesn't move, the bar sticks out above the rest of the top when folded. NEVER allow this to happen! It causes risk for the bar to catch on the latches and break them which also can tear a nice hole in the top. I know...it happened to me.
Back to the boot topic. I have had my car over 4 years and still use mine from time to time. It does get easier to put on. I have more trouble taking it off though. The damn snaps don't release very easy.
Back to the boot topic. I have had my car over 4 years and still use mine from time to time. It does get easier to put on. I have more trouble taking it off though. The damn snaps don't release very easy.
I am pretty amazing my new '08 was not folding down correctly. Must have been the cold weather.
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