new glass window soft top - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

boxster · 09-24-2011, 05:55 AM

just installed a new soft top from gahh on my 986 with the upgraded glass window instead of plastic, and when i went to open the hood to access the engine i found a proble, as the glass is obviuosly not able to fold like plastic, so the access to the engine is very restricted.
anyone experienced the same problem? is there another way you should open the new hood?

san rensho · 09-24-2011, 08:08 AM

Yes, the glass top restricts opening the top to the service position. Get a bungee cord and plastic coated hanger that goes on the top of a door and use it to hold the top up so you can work in the engine bay.

boxster · 09-24-2011, 11:14 PM

yeah thats what i thought about doing. do you attatc one end of the bungee cord to the back of the soft top and the other on the windscreen latch?

Overdrive · 09-25-2011, 12:28 PM

I don't know if GAHH does this, but Robbins supplies a strap to the owner for pulling up more on the rear of the top to maximize the amount of room one has to access the engine bay.

Personally, I never ended up diving into the engine bay before the top got replaced, so I've only ever been in there with the glass top lifting as much as it can. I've never used that strap, as I don't feel I needed it for what I was doing at the time. It does get in the way a bit, but I can only see it really being a problem when you have to get in near the firewall.

san rensho · 09-25-2011, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by boxster

yeah thats what i thought about doing. do you attatc one end of the bungee cord to the back of the soft top and the other on the windscreen latch?

I just hook it over the front edge of the top.

teamwenz · 09-25-2011, 02:53 PM

Do you like the top?

tuanle16 · 09-25-2011, 05:47 PM

love my top. so many compliments on it too. glad i made the switch.

pjq · 09-13-2013, 04:32 AM

2004
This is the factory top with a glass window in the extreme service position. The clamshell guides have been dicconnected to give me alittle more access to the engine bay. The angle of the window is what it is, I can't get it into the vertical any more than shown.
To work in the engine bay you are pretty much orientating yourself 45degrees to the car body, from back to front. To gain more engine access I could remove the top completely, then where do I store the top.

pjq · 09-13-2013, 04:41 AM

2004
This is the factory top with a glass window in the extreme service position. The clamshell guides have been dicconnected to give me alittle more access to the engine bay. The angle of the window is what it is, I can't get it into the vertical any more than shown.
To work in the engine bay you are pretty much orientating yourself 45degrees to the car body, from back to front. To gain more engine access I could remove the top completely, then where do I store the top.