Boxster 97 (2.5) Tale of roof woe

[stiggerq]

Hi all,
Here's how a lovely weekend ended ...

Went to a local beach with the family on such a beautifully sunny day and took the Porsche, Roof had been down for the past few days ...

Got to the car park and saw that it was pay and display. Bought ticket and went to raise the roof (didn't want anyone taking the ticket)
All fine with the roof then noticed a labouring sound followed by a god almighty bang!!. Looked around to see the roof fin at a strange angle and the actual roof itself had fallen back to it's rest position.

Closer inspection showed a broken bracket (left hand side looking from the rear to the front) looks like the main rear beam of the roof itself ( sort of cast with two horizontal holes along the length. Part of the ends where the holes exists has sheared off completely !!.

Managed to lower the rear cover back down and travelled home for further investigation.

At home partially raised the cover and managed to undo the ball joint on either side to gain access only to be greeted by not only a broken bracket but a sheared boomerang shaped connection to the rotational arm on the left hand side ( again looking at the left from the rear)

So a few phone calls later and the car is booked in, probable cause is a failed cable (to motor) connection, not such a big job, however the boomerang bracket and the roof beam bracket sounds expensive (sharp intake of breath from the service guy on the phone)

So here's my question.... Are these parts available?? if so does anyone know at what price and the best place to get them...


Thanks guys for your help

Regards

Steve. :ah: