Ever hear a 'snap' from the windshield area?

[xavier405]

Yeah I have the same crack sound in the windshield. It tends to be on the right side. Whether it is near the dash or near the top I can't tell.

Also it happens mostly when the cold A/C is blowing and it is hot outside. But not always! It has happened several times without the A/C cold... but then I suppose you could argue that the regular air coming out the top dash vents is still enough to cool the hot windshield.

I drive a 2002 Boxter with 30000 miles.

Thank you for looking up the TSBs!

[Phil Buxton]

Yeah, I just recently had the same experience. Hear the crack, look for the stone chip in the windshield; don't see anything. I seem to be doing a pretty good job of ignoring it though

[deliriousga]

Since there are so many and different models involved, I'll just post them all when I get home tonight.

I get the TSBs from AllData at www.alldatadiy.com. They have online repair manuals along with recall and technical service bulletins. It's what my friend's auto shop uses for all of the cars they service. For home users, they charge $24.95/year for the first car and $14.95/year for additional ones. I have the FSMs for the 928, and the pictures and illustrations are the same on the AllData website and in the FSMs so they're pretty close to the original manuals but nowhere near the $600 price of the Boxster FSMs. The instructions are better in the FSMs, though.

One thing though, if you look at getting a subscription for all of your cars and you have Hondas, they don't have anything available for them. Honda will not release their info for use by the consumer, just professional shops.

[wetstuff]

Sorry to post-and-run.

Del_sga: I'm an 01-S. ....but how was it you were going to tend to it - this seal relationship between the top and windshield frame?

Kid: Black would be good in Nome to help melt the snow ...but sorta kicking-a-Copperhead anywhere S. of Seattle. My material is foil 2-sides..both shiny.


........glad to hear I'm not 'hearing things'..alone.

Cheers.

Jim

[Porschekid]

Originally Posted by wetstuff

Kid: Black would be good in Nome to help melt the snow ...but sorta kicking-a-Copperhead anywhere S. of Seattle. My material is foil 2-sides..both shiny.

I'm in Pittsburgh, our sun doesn't get very crazy... I just want to keep people from seeing inside of my car when it sits for a long time in a parking lot and keep the rays from hitting my interior. I've seen a few cars with them before, just wanted to know if you made them or were able to.

[deliriousga]

Originally Posted by xavier405

Also it happens mostly when the cold A/C is blowing and it is hot outside. But not always!

I think it has more to do with the difference in outside/inside pressure more than just temp. It has happened to ours when it is cooler outside but the car was parked outside so the cabin was very warm and the A/C kicked in and caused a pressure difference.

You may notice the top flaps a lot more if you turn on the re-circulate button. That happens with A/C and heat. Try it some time, especially on the freeway, and see what the difference its. We had a Jeep Wrangler and it made a huge difference in the amount of noise in the top. When it was set on normal mode, you could look in the driver's side mirror and see the windows bubbling out and the top was pretty quiet. Put it on re-circulate and the windows would suck in and the top flapped like crazy.

[deliriousga]

Here you go, all of the TSBs on the convertible top. The file is 570K so give it time if you're on dial-up. It's an Adobe Acrobat 5 file so if you don't have the Acrobat Reader you need to go to www.adobe.com and download it for free.

http://theschillings.com/boxster/convertibletop.pdf