MaKSiNG

How do you know if your hood clips require replacement?

My car is not too quiet anyway when the roof is up, but then I never expected it to be.

When I close the clips they don't seem particularly tight though. The clip shut very easily. The clips on my M Roadster actually pulled the roof tight to the seal at the top of the windscreen and were quite hard to do up.

I have tried moving the roof when the clips are closed and there is a very slight bit of give between the closed roof and the top of the windscreen. Not enough to see but the roof moves slightly. Is this normal?

MaKS

SandyS2K

Pull down on the middle roof handle at speed. If the wind noise gets less then your clips may be loose.

NookieBear

Fairly easy to rectify...Pull the side covers from the upright, the clips are hex screwed onto the frame, just tighten.

Del.

joper90

I too have this problem.. do you mean the window uprights.. i.e the ones from the dash up to the roof.. As i removed them and the catch is held in place by two normal screws..

And on the catch its self theres no hex bolt to tighten that i can see.

i can easily push a key between the roof and seal with out moving rubber. i.e theres a bit of a gap..