are you talking about the little wire clips that go through the round socket? I believe those are only on the part of the cable that's attached to the top itself and that's not where the part of the cable you want to pop out therefore you should not be touching those.
when you want to pop the cables of the top to lift the back end up you should pop the ones at the bottom, the ones that attach to the chassis not the sides that attach to the top itself. to do so you just gently press down on the top to create some slack and grabbing the cable by the lower base you just pull towards the side of the car. mine come off easily when i realized how to pop them open.
same trick to pop them back in.
i do admit i used to try and pop the upper side of the cable, attached to the top and it was an inexplicable pain in the a$$.
also, i think you can totally live without the little clips, they wont pop out on their own.
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