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Originally Posted by GTsilber
Thank you husker. I am mechanical, I have only owned German cars (Benz and Audi) for the last 15 years, and just recently purchased a 2005 Dodge Ram that I brought back from the dead. I live in South Florida, plenty of upholsterers around, just wasn't sure if it was worth it to go that route or buy a new seat? I have a friend that owns a high end body shop that I could work with on the paint. Very good advice though, you get what you pay for...in my circumstance, I would just rather pony up $7k now and "pay as I go" opposed to dropping $15-$20k on the car.
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I would run over to the paint guy and get some feedback from him. Try to move the top in service mode. It could be as simple as some bad micro switches. Freedom in movement could quickly tell you broken assembly's - arms control and such. A few people have resorted to manually open and closing the top. Doing that doesn't help resale value - but takes only a little more time than automatic mode. There are some great writeup's on trouble shooting the top.