996 C4 2000 Soft Top Hand Brake Light

[cbr786]

HELLO I was told by a friend that if you cut a black wire by the hood ecu you can operate your soft top at any speed (but ideally to prevent damage to your hood mechanism you would not exceed no more the 15-20 mph when doing this)

I HAVE DONE this hack cut the black wire near the hood ecu ..

the hood goes up and down now when I click the hand brake up one notch so the handbrake light has come on to fool the car into thinking it is stationary etc .. and this hack works well ..

my only question is that my car is a tiptronic c4 tiptronic S and the gear box has started to play up not drive properly rev out etc the speed sensor at the gear box has no readings the speedo works fine as does the milometter ???

does any one know if cutting this black wire on the tip version cab will cause problems on the box?

[cbr786]

HELLO I was told by a friend that if you cut a black wire by the hood ecu you can operate your soft top at any speed (but ideally to prevent damage to your hood mechanism you would not exceed no more the 15-20 mph when doing this)

I HAVE DONE this hack cut the black wire near the hood ecu ..

the hood goes up and down now when I click the hand brake up one notch so the handbrake light has come on to fool the car into thinking it is stationary etc .. and this hack works well ..

my only question is that my car is a tiptronic c4 tiptronic S and the gear box has started to play up not drive properly rev out etc the speed sensor at the gear box has no readings the speedo works fine as does the milometter ???

does any one know if cutting this black wire on the tip version cab will cause problems on the box?

sorry I meant gray/pink wire i cut not the black one typo error