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Old 11-04-2009, 11:19 AM   #1
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Gougoushu,

Is this the weather stripping and corner pieces you are talking about? I took a picture of it. The guy that installed it gave me a bag of nuts and bolts that he took off the car while installing the top. These plastic pieces were the closest thing I could find. They appear to be worn, as if they were removed from my car in order to install the top. I just went outside and tried to fit these pieces to the car and they dont seem to fit right. Thanks for the advise on the weatherstripping. Any tips on troubleshooting creeks that I can hear while driving?
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Old 11-04-2009, 11:39 AM   #2
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Greg,

The piece in your left hand in the photo appears to be the correct front seal. It also looks like somebody peeled off the protective layer, which is yellow in my first photo. And yes, those are the corner rubbers laying on the countertop in the background. i suggest you visit the shop that installed your top and make sure they didn't throw out anything else.

The corner rubbers must go on first. I had to trim mine a little bit to get good contact, and after I played with the fitment for a while, I applied crazy glue, and clamped them into the corners. The front seal then will neatly fit into them.

PM me with your email, and I'll send you a full collection of Ztop installation photos.

As for creaks, some Ztop owners have them, and some don't. Mine is pretty good that way. You won't know whether you have creaks until you get the front seal fit, because that might affect the fit of the top elsewhere.

Jaxon, I posted this text about the engine access issue on another topic on this forum last week. It's a problem that should be thought about if you DIY engine work.

http://986forum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=195841#post195841

"[Y]ou cannot access the top of the engine with the Zeintop fitted. In order to work on the engine, you must have helpers on hand, remove the top, and then have a place to set it down. Also probably you'll need a garage to store the car and top [or at least use tarps] while you're doing engine work. Therefore, you must plan accordingly; I did all my maintenance items beforehand. One option is to remove the softtop [might help avoid damage to the plastic window from being folded up all winter], which allows some engine access, but that leaves an unattractive and fragile cavity where the top would go."
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Old 11-04-2009, 12:56 PM   #3
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Awesome photos - good ammunition for me, as I'm currently lobbying the wife for a zeintop for my seal grey 986.

How's headroom with the zeintop vs. the convertible top? I can't lose any height - my helmet bumps the inside of the convertible top. Have you noticed that it increases/decreases/doesn't affect headroom?
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Old 11-04-2009, 01:32 PM   #4
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On my 1998 car, the headroom seems to be about the same on the closed-top convertible and the Zeintop... in both cases, there isn't much. Dunno if this problem was improved on a 2003. I know the 987s are better this way.
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