Top adjustment

[ChrisJP]

Pictures says it all: is there a way to adjust the cable so that it will run inside the rail?

Thanks

[Thanassis]

I have the same issue after installing a new top with a glass window on a 2000 Boxster. Any help from the forum would be appreciated.

Thanassis

[ChrisJP]

I have the same issue after installing a new top with a glass window on a 2000 Boxster. Any help from the forum would be appreciated.

Thanassis

Just found out today that if you don't close completely the top, you will see that the canvas is attached to a metal tube with a strap. Just tight it a bit more and voila...

If you don't see what I'm talking about let me know and I will take a picture

[Thanassis]

I think I got it....I will let you know if I need some more help.

Thanks

[1schoir]

I have the same issue after installing a new top with a glass window on a 2000 Boxster. Any help from the forum would be appreciated.

Thanassis

Thanassis:

The "cable falling outside of the guide channel" when the top is almost all the way closed is a common problem, but it has different causes depending on whether yours is a 986, 987, or later 987.

On the 986, the most common cause is the tearing or the loosening of the two pairs of velcro straps that are looped around one of the black metal arms near the B-Pillar part of the convertible top frame mechanism.

On the 987's it is more commonly caused by the lost elasticity of one of the black fabric elastic straps (with "buttonholes" and attached to a triangular shaped piece of vinyl fabric) that is attached (on each side of the car, below and behind the B-Pillar frame member) to and which pulls on, the (vinyl-sheathed) cable.

Take a look at the article on Mike Focke's Boxster Pages for a more in-depth explanation of the causes of this problem on 986's, here: http://sites.google.com/site/mikefocke2/convertibletopedgedoesnotfallintoguidech

Regards, Maurice.