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'97 986 2.5L: Broken Roof

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pothole Member

pothole

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Not the way I wanted to introduce myself to the forum, but the roof on my recently purchased RHD 986 Boxster 2.5L (1997) broke with a loud bang during lowering today. Pictures speak louder than words, so here is the carnage:

Broken transmission on both sides (pls excuse poor quality cameraphone images):

boxster%20roof1.jpg

boxster%20roof2.jpg

Not sure of the name of this next part, but it appears to be damaged on one side, where the white [ball?] joint connects to the roof (damage is not terribly obvious in this image, but you can see it's sort of pulling itself out slightly):

boxster%20roof3.jpg

The other side looks OK:

boxster%20roof4.jpg

Oh, and I also noticed that there's a support cable/rod with a ball joint on each end apparently missing on the right hand side of the roof (doesn't appear to be lying around in the cavity anywhere). You can see the left hand cable in this image (on right hand side of image):

boxster%20roof5.jpg

So, that's as much as I can see right now. I have a nasty feeling this isn't going to be an easy repair. What's the next step?

Thanks for your help.

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pogden Member

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This is crazy, I just got a call from my wife her 97 boxster's roof just broke as she was lowering it this morning. I'll have to wait and see tonight when I get home from work to inspect the damage.

I'll be searching the forum until then. cheers!!!!!!!!!

1schoir Member

1schoir

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This is crazy, I just got a call from my wife her 97 boxster's roof just broke as she was lowering it this morning. I'll have to wait and see tonight when I get home from work to inspect the damage.

I'll be searching the forum until then. cheers!!!!!!!!!

Podgen:

If you find that one (or both) of your plastic ball cups has broken apart, be VERY careful when you operate the top as the now dangling pushrod(s) will tend to dig themselves into the foam drain trays. When that happens, and the foam drain trays rip or tear, you will eventually end up with water in the cabin, and the water will find its way to the lowest part of the floorpan, where it will fry the central alarm computer. So, be careful.

Regards, Maurice.

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