GAHH Top Owners, Can You Answer A Question? - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

Chills · 10-30-2008, 03:36 AM

I have a GAHH top, had it put on in April 07, and it folds down perfectly each time. I also don't have any wrinkles in my top.

dja1980 · 10-30-2008, 01:20 PM

I talked to Jack from GAHH last night after he had a chance to review the photos. He stated that based on the pictures, he doesn't believe that the issue has to do with the elastic straps. Rather, he believes that the issue is being caused be some inner flaps on the window riser being too wide, preventing the elastic straps from doing their job.

Jack said that the installer should be able to correct the issue, but I would have to drop the car off for a few hours. He left a message for the installer yesterday afternoon, and I'm just waiting to hear back from him to find out the next step. I've got to say that so far, I'm EXTREMELY impressed with the customer service at GAHH!

grossmann66 · 11-01-2008, 03:27 AM

Dave,
I installed a GAHH glass top on my 01 Boxster S myself a couple of weeks ago. So far I have no issues with the cables falling out of the channel. There is definitely a elastic strap on the top that supports the correct unfolding. May be the attached picture helps you to locate the strap and determin if it is assembled to the third bar of the top mechanic.

There is a second part that helps the cable guide into the channel. There are plastic sliders right and left. There is a shorter and a longer version. The old parts in my car were the long ones, the new parts that I bought from Porsche were shorter. So I stayed with the old ones. You can find details on this topic in this thread:
http://www.renntech.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=22871

It is definitely not normal to get out of the car to lo guide the cables!!!

If I can help you with more information, just let me know!

Chris

turbo23dog · 11-02-2008, 08:40 AM

ugggh. Here's a smaller picture.

dja1980 · 11-04-2008, 09:45 AM

I dropped the car off yesterday morning to have the guide channel issue and canvas bubble issue looked at by the installer. He said that he had a few ideas in mind to correct the issues, but there were no guarantees it could be corrected. By mid-afternoon, I got a phone call that everything was fixed.

I am VERY happy with the outcome of this repair. The top is now tight in all areas with no bubbles of loose canvas, and best of all, the edges now fall into the guide channels without having to push them into place!

The installer said he had to get creative with this fix, creating elastic loops riveted to the top that go around the poles on the inside of each side of the top. This is difficult to describe, but I can certainly snap some pictures if anyone is interested.

Of all the tops the installer has done on Boxsters, he said that this is the first time he has gotten the edges to fall into the guide channel by themselves. I think he was pretty happy to have come up with this fix for future installs.