Looking for a new Top

[Perfectlap]

if only I could count the number of times that little $20 ivention has saved my neck driving at night time! The German Po-lice use it on zee autobahn. It sticks to the glass. I crazy glued the middle joint so it stay fixed since I'm the only that drives my car.
There's also the convex mirror that sticks over you existing door mirror but I think it more expensive. I might look into that one for the passenger side blind spot Either one is a must have to overcome the blind spot.

[CJ_Boxster]

Ok i got my top today, Can anyone direct me to a Write-up on how to install it? if possible, a write-up with Pictures!

THanks in advance!

[Travis]

Originally Posted by CJ_Boxster

Ok i got my top today, Can anyone direct me to a Write-up on how to install it? if possible, a write-up with Pictures!

THanks in advance!

Here you go:


Right-Click the hyperlink below and choose "save target as" and download it to your computer.

They have a nice section on removal and replacement starting at page 61.

Boxster Workshop Manual <--------HyperLink

Complete manual can be found here:
http://www.porscheteam.nl/werkplaats/index.html

And credit for finding this site goes to Boggtown

[RandallNeighbour]

I'll say a little prayer for you. After seeing my mechanic do it, that's a job I would not touch unless my mechanic was letting me help him do it. There's too much precision gluing and positioning to do for one who has never done it before.

Please post pix of your process and journal about it here, ok?

I'd love to see a non Porsche trained tech do this and prove to me that a smart guy with a spare weekend can tackle it.

BTW, a committed friend who will work with you throughout the weekend and be a second pair of hands and eyes and brain for you would be very helpful.

PS. You may need a rivet gun and rivets.

[bagwell]

how long did it take to rcv the top from that seller?

[CJ_Boxster]

bagwell- I picked it up since i noticed the seller has afew negative feedback remarks about shipping time. His location is in Tarzana and he allows pick ups without paying shipping.


I installed the Top myself on saturday. It was alittle touch cause you need steam to stretch the new top to get it to stretch since it comes very tight. It was a cold saturday also so that didnt help. As for the 2 metal brackets that the front corners of the top are wraped/glued around, I didnt have any glue or double sided tape to hold the top to them so I pre-drilled the screws into the canvas through the metal brackets in the correct spots that they are suppose to be in, then took the screws out and pulled the canvas as hard as i can and pressed it down on to the skeleton and got one screw started. Everything went well except, in the top front corners of the convertible top where the top meets the corners of the windowsheild.... alittle bit of fabric wants to slide out, But thats only cause i didnt use any double-sided tape to hold the fold of the canvas on to the front edge of the skeleton.

Im taking it to a shop tomorrow to get this fixed... cost me only 20 bucks, They said they will steam the top for me also to get it to loosen up cause it was very very hard to get the top latched on, canvas was really really tight! but other than that little bit of canvas that came up, it looks really really good, It looks like my rear end of my car is much cleaner and my GF was waiting for me to show up after installing the top and she seen me drive by before parking and she said that she thought it was me until i got close and she automatically assumed that it was a 2004 boxster, not my dirty old 1997 boxster, All in All... the top makes a big difference!.

[Peter Serbanica]

I have replaced many boxster tops.... you don't need steam, and hardly any glue. They are very tight, they stretch.....