I think they just clip on, the hard top should come with all the bits required, I don't think there's anything large you have to do to get it to fit, hopefully someone else will chime in to confirm

 

Anybody? :confused

 

cheers ronnie

 

hi gaz how did you get on witht the hardtop as i have just brought one and wondered if i needed anything else to get it fitted


carl

 

hi carl i have just brought one picking it up tomorrow.
as far as i know they just fit into place and tighten with handles attached to the hardtop.

Gaz

 

If I remember right, you can check by lifting off the covers just behing the seat belts (this is where the hardtop rear pillar spikes fit into). There should be two circular metal lugs under these covers. Not the springloaded covers that slide with the opening of the roof, the smaller ones that sit behind it. On one side. there is a wire connecter on one of the circular lugs that allows operation of the heated rear window. As part of the hardtop preparation, this changes the operation from blower through the rear vents to hrw. If those circular lugs aren't there, it is not hardtop prepped.
A word of caution, when you buy the roof, very carefully check the rubber seal on the leading edge particularly where it joins the A pillar and along the rear for any wear or damage from poor storage. If there is any damage, chances are it will leak like crazy! :jaw-dropping ....walk away.
I hope you get the hardtop, I think they make the car look fantastic! Better than the Coupe in fact but that's just my opinion.
My old e36 cabbi, now sadly gone.....