Manual top for a 98 (possible?)

[pk2]

Sure, I drove my car, mostly top down, for about a year and half with out power assist for the top. I believe I just disconnected the tie rods and opened and closed it about as described above. Pretty easy to open and close. The only drag is you have to be outside the car to put it up and back inside to latch it.

In addition to driving fast with the top down, we also get hot gusty winter winds around here up to 75mph+. Not a problem at all. It stays put either up or down.

Regards, PK

[The Radium King]

pothole has done it as well and swears by it. on my list of things to do (enroute to the true roadster experience).

to pedro's comments, the clamshell is hinged such that wind pushes it closed. so, if the clamshell has to open for the roof to go up, then a gust of wind will just keep everything closed ...

[ppbon]

Originally Posted by The Radium King

to pedro's comments, the clamshell is hinged such that wind pushes it closed. so, if the clamshell has to open for the roof to go up, then a gust of wind will just keep everything closed ...

I know the clamshell is hinged that way.
My comment was that he would have to first manually lift the clamshell before putting the top up or down.
Happy Boxstering,
Pedro

[MaxD]

So how much weight are we saving when eliminating the motors, etc. in order to make the roof manual?